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Echo (narrated by Tilda Swinton) guides you through the many realities of Goliath, a man who spent years isolated in psychiatric institutions but finds connection in multiplayer games. Combining heart-felt dialogue, mesmerising visuals and symbolic interactions, weave through multiple worlds to uncover Goliath's poignant story. 

Created by Anagram, the team that brought you The Collider and Door into the Dark. Winners of the 2015 Tribeca Film Festival Storyscapes award, the 2019 Sandbox Immersive Art award, and part of the Best VR in 2019 at the Venice International Film Festival.

Goliath: Playing With Reality talks about the places we choose to feel safe in. It is an exploration of what it means to experience someone else’s reality. In Goliath we introduce users to a world where things aren’t as they seem. This story helps us grasp how fragile reality is and how easy it is to lose sight of it. Ultimately this experience is about our preconceptions and prejudices around  mental health and about how the shame engendered by so-called psychiatric disorders distances us from the feelings of people presenting these behaviours. Because of this, society struggles to grasp the concrete ramifications of this phenomenon. The story is also about connection in our present world and by making Goliath,  we  hope to achieve a better understanding of the social role of online video games in the lives of people who have been marginalised by society.”

-       Barry Gene Murphy and May Abdalla, Directors