Stunfest 2018: on the way to a 14th edition!

Stunfest is a video game event like no other: a mix of eSports, fun and video game culture. It will take place in Rennes, from 14 to 20 May. A renowned international festival, Stunfest returns after a one-year break.

Widely attended by players in the video game sector, the Rennes festival offers a new program with the motto "discover video games in all its forms". There's nothing like playing, seeing, listening, testing and sharing.

The Stunfest in a few figures is

• 14 years of existence
• 12,000 festival-goers at the 2016 edition
• 35 indie games in the last edition
• 350 volunteers and stakeholders to energize the festival

The history of Stunfest

Born in 2005 under the impetus of the Rennes association 3 Hit Combo, the Stunfest was basically a tournament of fighting games. The festival quickly reached a wider audience by mixing video game cultures. The main objective was to push the public to question its relationship with a cultural object in constant evolution. Then the programming was enriched and widely diversified, reaching a larger audience. The local festival then became an international event.

The Stunfest allows via the ADDON meeting to generate cultural meetings around video games, between professionals and individuals. The ADDON meetings are an opportunity to approach video games as an art with their artistic, creative, technical and conceptual aspects. This event involving professionals encourages innovative practices and creative spirit. Co-produced by 3 Hit Combo and Atlangames since 2017, these are part of the Stunfest 2018 program. The ADDON meetings participate in the animation and also allow game creators, publishers and amateurs in France, Europe and the world to meet. Together, they can exchange on their skills and practices. This year, professions related to video games such as researchers, education, animation and culture professionals will be present.

Stunfest is a mix of the presence of major world players, creators, researchers, festival-goers… All around games, conferences, concerts, independent games, superplay, musical games, classics …

Stunfest 2018 Program

The festival lasts 9 days and starts with a Game Jam on the weekend of the 12th to the 13th. At Stunfest you will find:

• An outdoor village for a larger festival with new perks
• A special space around independent video game creators
• International esports tournaments in Versus Fighting (including the Capcom Pro Tour on Street Fighter V)
• Game exhibitions
• Wasshoi thanks to the arrival of the best Japanese shoot'em up players!
• A retrogaming & classic game area worthy of the largest arcades with the animation of old-school tournaments.
• Superplay
• Concerts (Jankenpopp, The Algorithm, Look Mum no Computer…),
• Interactive installations
• Conferences, workshops and round tables,…
• Tuesday, May 15: Barcamp on the challenges of video game research that aims to unify a national network of
  researchers in the field (open on registration)
• Wednesday 16 and Thursday 17 May: conferences, round tables and workshops during the day, networking evenings (for a fee)
  In the evening (paying): the Stunfest at the Ubu in concert with Totorro and Friends + Guests on 16 May and the screening of "The
  Thing" by John Carpenter at the Arvor on 17 May.

PRACTICAL INFO

ADDON OPENING HOURS
Tuesday to Thursday from 8am to 6pm.
For more information, here is the official website

OPENING HOURS OF THE FESTIVAL AU LIBERTÉ
Friday : 10h00 – 01h00 Saturday : 10h00 – 3h00 Sunday : 10h00 – 20h00

ADDRESS
Le Liberté
1 Esplanade Charles de Gaulle
35000 Rennes