Collapsus signals a new experience in transmedia storytelling that combines interactivity, animation, fiction, and documentary. This pioneering approach blends real documentary footage with mini-games and movie fragments, inviting you to choose your own perspective as the story unfolds. Interact and make decisions to avoid further blackouts; get a broader perspective by listening to the experts; or observe the consequences for everyday people through the fictional story.
Collapsus looks into the near future and shows you how the imminent energy transition affects a group of ten young people, who appear to be caught up in an energy conspiracy. What will their world look like after the turbulent transition from fossil fuels to alternative energy sources?
Following the adventures of Vera, Jack, Tony and Amir, you are lead into a world of conspiracy, treason and, most alarmingly, failing energy supplies. In this story, set in the near future, the international powers try to cope with a transition from fossil to alternative fuels, while dealing with political dissension, uprisings and a population terrified by increasingly frequent black-outs. As a player, you are required to make decisions that leave their mark on a national and a global scale, in your quest to find solutions to the energy crisis.
| Director | Tommy Pallotta |
| Producers | Bruno Felix Femke Wolting |
| Cast | Nanette Drazic Mick de Lint Jamer R. Kirkland Phi Nguyen Katarina Justic Lisette Merenciana Fahd Larhzaoui Hossein Mardani Joy Ehrlich Kiko de Pater |
| Line Producer | Matthijs Vermoten |
| D.O.P. | Martijn van Beenen |
This production was made with the support of Dutch Cultural Media Fund, SNS Reaal Fund, VSB Fund, Gasterra
A Submarine Channel Production
In Co-production with VPRO
| Language | Multiple language versions available |
| Release | 2010 |
| Length | Interactive Online Experience |
