TAG Critical Watch Series : Tetris
January 28 | 17:30 - 20:30
Clusters: Technoculture, Art & Games
Join TAG for the first screening of 2026!
The TAG Critical Watch Series is an opportunity to reflect on how video games are adapted and represented across film. The film screening will be followed by a short discussion. January’s film is Tetris (2023).
ABOUT THE MOVIE:
Tetris is a 2023 biographical thriller film based on true events around the race to license and patent the video game Tetris from Soviet Russia in the late 1980s during the Cold War. Directed by Jon S. Baird and written by Noah Pink, the film stars Taron Egerton, Nikita Efremov, Sofia Lebedeva, and Anthony Boyle. The plot follows Henk Rogers of Bullet-Proof Software, who becomes interested in the game Tetris, created by Alexey Pajitnov, during an electronics show. Desperate to obtain handheld console rights for Nintendo, he takes trips between Japan, the United States, and Russia to win legal battles over the game’s ownership.
January 28, 2026
5:30-8:30 PM
Screening Room EV 10.525
Seating is very limited, so if you wish to attend, please RSVP by sending an email directly to tag.coordinator@concordia.ca or by messaging Marc on the TAG Discord.