Geoff Keighley (right) interviews Norman Reedus (middle right) and Hideo Kojima (middle left) at the Tribeca Film Festival.
Geoff Keighley (right) interviews Norman Reedus (middle right) and Hideo Kojima (middle left) at the Tribeca Film Festival.
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Tribeca Film Festival adds game awards in recognition of cultural impact

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The Tribeca Film Festival has created an all-star game advisory board, and it plans to add video game awards next year as it recognizes their cultural and artistic impact.

In some ways, this is a pivot as films and filmmaking are struggling during the recession. But it’s also a recognition that games are making a positive contribution to society during the pandemic, Tribeca vice president Casey Baltes said in an interview with GamesBeat.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.