{"id":86250,"date":"2024-10-23T22:05:04","date_gmt":"2024-10-23T22:05:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/grand-theft-auto-movie-in-the-race-for-bifas-award\/"},"modified":"2024-10-23T22:05:04","modified_gmt":"2024-10-23T22:05:04","slug":"grand-theft-auto-movie-in-the-race-for-bifas-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/grand-theft-auto-movie-in-the-race-for-bifas-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Grand Theft Auto movie in the race for BIFAs Award"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u201cGrand Theft Hamlet\u201d documentary, which takes place inside the Rockstar Games\u2019 Grand Theft Auto (GTA) Online has been shortlisted for the Raindance Maverick Award at the British Independent Film Awards.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Directed by Pinny Grylls and Sam Crane, the documentary is about out-of-work theatre actors who try to stage a production of Hamlet within the video game GTA Online.<\/p>\n

The documentary, which has no relation with Rockstar Games or its parent company Take-Two Interactive, is among 13 feature films on the longlist for the award at the BIFAs, according to a report from Variety<\/em>.<\/p>\n

The film, a fan-made documentary, recorded in the virtual world of Los Santos has already made its debut at in-person events like SXSW.<\/p>\n

MUBI, a streaming platform, has acquired distribution rights for the documentary and has announced its plans to debut it online in early 2025.<\/p>\n

According to reports, \u2018Grand Theft Hamlet\u2019 has been inspired by the William Shakespeare play and will follow the lives of Sam and Mark during the Covid pandemic.<\/p>\n

Read more: GTA 6 fans \u2018camp\u2019 outside Rockstar Games\u2019 office<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Meanwhile, fans are awaiting updates on the hotly-anticipated Grand Theft Auto (GTA) 6 set to arrive in the Fall of 2025.<\/p>\n

After releasing the reveal trailer in December 2023, Rockstar Games or its parent company have not released any media or details about the sixth title in the Grand Theft Auto series.<\/p>\n

The trailer for the highly-anticipated game showed that GTA 6 will be set in a fictional Vice City, reminiscent of Miami, and will feature the first playable female character in the franchise.<\/p>\n

Full longlist for the Raindance Maverick Award at BIFAs:<\/strong><\/p>\n

THE CEREMONY \u2013 Jack King, Hollie Bryan, Lucy Meer<\/p>\n

THE FLIGHT OF BRYAN \u2013 James Erskine, Victoria Gregory, Philipp Manderla<\/p>\n

GRAND THEFT HAMLET \u2013 Pinny Grylls, Sam Crane, Julia Ton, Rebecca Wolff<\/p>\n

KING BABY \u2013 Arran Shearing, Kit Redstone<\/p>\n

REAWAKENING \u2013 Virginia Gilbert, Barry Castagnola<\/p>\n

RESTLESS \u2013 Jed Hart, Benedict Turnbull<\/p>\n

SATU \u2013 YEAR OF THE RABBIT \u2013 Joshua Trigg<\/p>\n

SILENT MEN \u2013 Duncan Cowles<\/p>\n

THE STIMMING POOL \u2013 Robin Elliot Knowles, Sam Chown Ahern, Benjamin Brown, Steven Eastwood,<\/p>\n

Georgia Bradburn, Lucy Walker, Chloe White<\/p>\n

STRIKE: AN UNCIVIL WAR \u2013 Daniel Gordon, Nick Taussig, Fjolla Iberhysaj<\/p>\n

TOPS \u2013 Ames Pennington, Archie Sinclair<\/p>\n

TREADING WATER \u2013 Gino Evans, Ben Toye<\/p>\n

WITCHES \u2013 Elizabeth Sankey, Jeremy Warmsley, Chiara Ventura, Manon Ardisson<\/p>\n<\/div>\n