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Things are looking mighty weird in the Swiss scifi-fantasy picture Polder: Tokyo Heidi - a film that seemingly takes a bit of everything, throws it is a pot, stirs it up a bit, and then throws in a little bit more.  The second feature by the duo of Julian Grunthal and Samuel Schwarz the story revolves around a new gaming system that draws its narrative out of the secret desires of its users. Because nothing could possibly go wrong with that. Right? Neuroo-x, a German-Swiss-Chinese entertainment company group, stands for games that dissolve the boundary between reality and gaming. A new gadget, the myth-enshrouded Red Book, offers the ultimate gaming experience. The most secret longings of gamers are scanned by the engine and transformed into...

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So, what the heck is Polder you ask, and what did I just watch? Well, from what I can tell it's sci-fi, it's horror, it's cyberpunk, it's alternate reality art-house and everything in between. It's a film, a game and the biggest Swiss transmedia venture ever. In short, I have no idea, but I want more now!

According to creator Samuel Schwarz - a film and theatre director and the founder of Theatre group "400asa" - the Polder film is but one adaptation, or "touchpoint" for the whole Polder project that includes

More specifically, according to the Encyclopedia of Fantasy, Polders are:

"enclaves of toughened reality demarcated by boundaries (thresholds) from the surrounding world... an activ [Continued ...]...