Rescue Dina Foxx!

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Rescue Dina Foxx!
Also known asWer rettet Dina Foxx?
(orig. german title)
Genre Transmedia Crime fiction Thriller
Developed byMax Zeitler
Kristian Costa-Zahn (Ufa-Lab/online)
Burkhard Althoff (ZDF-TV)
Milena Bonse (ZDF-online)
Leif Alexis (teamWorx/TV)
Boris Dennulat
Martha Friedrich
Markus Kaiserswerth
Maxim Kuphal
Drita Parduzi
Philipp Zimmermann
Written byTV
Boris Dennulat
Max Zeitler
Online
Philipp Zimmermann
Directed byMax Zeitler
StarringJesssika Richter
Max Woelky
Sven Gerhard
Björn Bugri
Thomas Spencer
Natascha Hockwin
Tim Morton Uhlenbrock
Laura Schwickerath
Theme music composerRoss Spencer
Robert Galic (RAS)
Opening themeLooking at You by Ross Spencer
RAS
Country of originGermany
Original languageGerman
No. of seasons1
Production
ProducersLeif Alexis (TV)
Kristian Costa-Zahn (online)
Jochen Laube
CinematographyFlorian Foest
EditorAngelika von Charnier
Running time58 minutes
project: 6 weeks
Production companiesteamWorx (TV)
Ufa-lab (online)
Budget€ 320.000
Original release
Network ZDF
ReleaseApril 20, 2011 (2011-04-20)

Rescue Dina Foxx! (orig. German title: Wer rettet Dina Foxx?), is atransmedia event by the German television network Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF). Development was helmed by director and co-writer Max Zeitler [1] [2] in cooperation with ZDF, teamWorx and UFA-lab. [1] [3] The event took place in Germany in April/May 2011 and lasted for six weeks combining TV and internet to highlight the dangers of digital identity theft. [4] Rescue Dina Foxx! was marketed as an "interactive crime story" and turned into Germany's largest alternate reality game to date. [5]

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A TV-crime thriller introduced the story of Dina Foxx who is arrested for murder but claims her world has been manipulated by a digital doppelganger. The film abruptly ended and invited the audience to "Rescue Dina Foxx" by starting a public investigation on the internet and in reality. [4]

In 2014 ZDF showed the sequel Dina Foxx: Deadly Contact  [ de ] which in 2015 won the Emmy Award in the category Digital Program:Fiction. [6]

Awards and nominations

Awards

Nominations

References

  1. 1 2 "Dina Foxx". dinafoxx.zdf.de. ZDF. Archived from the original on 5 April 2011. Retrieved 19 February 2013.
  2. ↑ Zeitler, Max. "Dina Foxx Creation & Development". www.do4d.com. do4D!. Archived from the original on 2013-04-10.
  3. ↑ Peignois, Julie (Aug 4, 2011). "ZDF schickt Zuschauer im Web auf Spurensuche". dwdl (in German).
  4. 1 2 "Chancen und Grenzen transmedialer Formate" (PDF). www.result.de/. Result.
  5. ↑ "Rescue Dina Foxx!". Toutube. Ufa-Lab.
  6. ↑ "AwesomenessTV, Digital Productions Feted with International Emmy Awards". Yahoo Entertainment. 2015-04-13. Retrieved 2024-02-15.
  7. ↑ "Banff Winners 2012". Banff media Festival. Archived from the original on 2013-03-16.
  8. 1 2 "Two Wins for Dina Foxx in Banff". mediabiz.
  9. ↑ "Banff Rockies 2012". Banff Media Festival. Archived from the original on 2013-04-29.
  10. ↑ "NY Festivals Winners 2012". New York Festivals. Archived from the original on 2012-05-21. Retrieved 2013-02-19.
  11. ↑ "Verdi TV-Award Winners 2012". verdi. Archived from the original on 2013-04-12.
  12. ↑ "Grimme Nominations 2012". Grimme Award. Archived from the original on 2013-11-05.
  13. ↑ "SXSW title nominations 2012". Watch the Titles. Archived from the original on 19 March 2012. Retrieved 19 February 2013.
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