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Fort McMoney is a 2013 web documentary about Fort McMurray, Alberta and oil sands development, directed by David Dufresne. The documentary uses interactive video game elements to allow users to decide the city's future as well as how to responsibly develop the world's largest oil sands reserves.

Game play
Over a four-week period starting November 25, users will decide on the virtual future of the city, while exploring the social, economic, political and cultural history of Fort McMurray. Players will be able to virtually walk around the city, meet residents and ask them questions. They'll then be able to vote in referendums and surveys that will affect the city's virtual future. The game is trilingual: available in English, French, and German.

Production
Fort McMoney incorporates 60 days of filming in more than 22 locations in the city, including 55 interviews. Research took place over 2 years, with 2000 hours of footage shot, at a cost of C$870,000. It is a collaboration of the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) and Arte. Dufresne has stated he is drawn to stories about single-industry towns, having previously directed an award-winning webdoc about Cañon City, Colorado, entitled Prison Valley. The project features photographs by Philippe Brault and was produced for the NFB in Montreal by Dominique Willem. Fort McMoney will also be accessible online via four media partners: Globe and Mail and Radio-Canada in Canada, as well as France's Le Monde and Germany's Süddeutsche Zeitung.

Release
Fort McMoney is being launched at the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam, with pre-launch events in Paris, Toronto and Montreal, as part of Rencontres internationales du documentaire de Montréal, an international documentary film festival.