Movie Description
State of Play
(2013)Overview
A feature documentary about the world of South-Korean professional gamers. Every year thousands of South-Koreans flock to the game stadiums in Seoul to watch the Pro League, a live sports event where professional gamers compete to be the best at one single video game: Starcraft. It’s a title many young South Koreans dream of. The game itself is more than a decade old, almost ancient in the fast developing world of video games, but in South Korea it has become a national past-time. Like most specator sports, this world of eSports rapidly evolved in a multi-million dollar business. In this story, we follow 3 boys in different stages of their career as a Pro-Gamer in South Korea. For some it will be a struggle to stay on top of their game, for others it might be the turning point of their lives
Featured Crew
- Director : Steven Dhoedt
- Producer : Kim Min-chul,Steven Dhoedt,Gert Van Berckelaer
- Writer : Steven Dhoedt
- Editor : Gert Van Berckelaer
- Cast : Lee Jae-Dong,Joon-Hyuk Kim,Yohan Park,Kim Joo Soon
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Original TitleState of Play
Status Released
Release Information
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2013-09-09
Original LanguageEnglish
Runtime 01h 25m
Homepagehttp://stateofplaydoc.com/
Genres
- Documentary