''Sanctuary'' is a re-mixable

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. In 2005, it became the first production to sign professional union actors to

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licensing terms. It is a superhero origin story set in Head Bin, a fictional universe created by MOD Films for their re-mixable movie experiment. “Sanctuary” is also a pilot for a multi-player feature film and an open interactive story format, the RIG, being developed by MOD Films in

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. The film was completed in 2009. Most production assets, including principal photography shot on

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and digitized, have been cleared for free-for-non-commercial use.

Reception and awards

*Sydney Film Festival Innovation Award (2009) *Creative Commons article (July 2006) *ABC Radio (May 2004) *Sydney Morning Herald (April 2004) *Slashdot (March 2004) *

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article (June 2004) *NESTA Inventions award for Sanctuary (May 2004)http://www.nesta.org.uk/about/directory/index.aspx?q=Michela%20Ledwidge%20-%20MOD%20Films

References

External links

*
Sanctuary "Beta band" community site on MultiplySanctuary assets
on

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