Speakers
Celine Tricart, President, COVEN, COVEN
Celine Tricart is an internationally acclaimed film and game director, an expert in new technologies such as VR and AR. Her work has been showcased at Sundance, Venice, Tribeca, SXSW, and HotDocs. She received the Lion for Best Immersive Work at the Venice Film Festival, the Storyscapes Award at Tribeca and an Auggie amongst many other accolades. Celine served as the President of the International Jury for Virtual Reality at the 2020 Venice Film Festival alongside video game legend Hideo Kojima. Originally from France, Celine specialized in film and new technologies early on and worked on cutting-edge franchise films such as Transformers 4 and 5. She co-founded COVEN, a video game studio based in Paris that focuses on strong emotional stories, innovative gameplay, and inclusivity. COVEN's first game, MASTERS OF LIGHT VR, was released in 2024 on Meta Quest Store to raving reviews and earned the reputation of being the best hand tracking game on the platform. It was the second hand tracking game ever on Playstation VR2. Masters of Light went on to be nominated for Best VR Game of the Year and won Best European VR Game in 2024. In 2021, Celine was awarded France's prestigious insignia of Chevalier De l'Ordre Des Arts et Des Lettres (Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters) by the Ministry of Culture of France. She was a keynote speaker at SXSW 2022. Celine is a martial artist, a certified self-defense instructor, and an avid gamer.