At the upcoming International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam, which will take place from November 20 till November 30, a documentary film titled 'Beyond the Game' is to be aired featuring several WarCraft III players as they battle for World Cyber Games gold.

Made by renowned Dutch filmmaker Jos de Putter, the film mainly revolves around rivals China Xiaofeng 'Sky' Li (pictured) and Netherlands Manuel 'Grubby' Schenkhuizen who clash at WCG 2007 in United States of America Seattle. Featured as well is eSports Player of the Year 2004 Sweden Fredrik 'MaDFroG' Johansson, who reflects back on his competitive years as he is now living a life in Sweden that has nothing to do with gaming.


For a full synopsis read the film's entry at IDFA here, for more general information read it's Wikipedia entry and to stay updated and learn more about the film there are a series of on-going blogs which include entries by Jos de Putter and Manuel Schenkhuizen which can be found here.