2016 Schedule

Interactive: March 11–15  •  Film: March 11–19  •  Music: March 15–20

Bad Robot, Epic Digital, and Google Present Moon Shot. The story of the Google Lunar XPRIZE

Monday, March 14
12:30PM - 1:30PM

Austin Convention Center
Ballroom C
531 E 4th St

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Academy Award®-nominated director Orlando von Einsiedel, Executive Producer J.J. Abrams, Bad Robot and Epic Digital have joined forces with Google and XPRIZE to create a documentary web series about the people competing for the Google Lunar XPRIZE. The Google Lunar XPRIZE is the largest prize competition of all time with a reward of $30 million and aims to incentivize entrepreneurs to create a new era of affordable access to the Moon and beyond, while inspiring the next generation of scientists, engineers, and explorers. The teams come from all walks of life and range from Silicon Valley tech experts, to hackers in Germany, to IT specialists in India, to a father and son in a spare bedroom in Vancouver.
This character-driven, emotional, awe-inspiring series of 9 short films will follow a selection of the teams currently racing to complete their missions. It will explore the lives of their charismatic, quirky members, the...

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Presenters

Andrew Lee at SXSW

Andrew Lee

Producer

Bad Robot





Joshua Davis

Producer

Epic Digital

Orlando von Einsiedel

Dir

Grain Media

Details

Access
Music Badge, Film Badge, Interactive Badge, Gold Badge, Platinum Badge, Artist Wristband
Event Type
Sessions
Level
Intermediate
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