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This is a list of film festivals dedicated to machinima, the use of real-time 3-D engines in filmmaking. The Academy of Machinima Arts & Sciences (AMAS) regularly holds such festivals, and recognizes exemplary machinima works through awards nicknamed the Mackies.
2002 Machinima Film Festival
On July 17, 2002, the first Machinima Film Festival, sponsored by NVIDIA, was held as part of QuakeCon 2002. However, according to David Stellmack of TG Daily, the larger QuakeCon event seemed to overshadow the festival, which was "not very well attended".[1]
| 2002 Machinima Film Festival awards[2] |
| Award |
Winner |
Other nominees |
| Best Picture |
Anachronox: The Movie |
- Rendezvous
- Short Film Series
|
| Best Acting |
Hardly Workin' |
|
| Best Direction |
Thin Ice |
- Militia
- Anachronox: The Movie
|
| Best Sound |
Militia II |
|
| Best Editing |
Smart Gun |
|
| Best Writing |
Anachronox: The Movie |
- Rendezvous
- Under a Fallen Sun: Prelude by Saidin
|
| Best Visual Design |
Fake Science |
- Rebel vs Thug
- Anachronox: The Movie
|
| Best Independent Film |
Smart Gun |
|
| Best Technical Achievement |
Anachronox: The Movie |
- Fake Science
- Short Film Series
|
| Honorary Award |
id Software |
none |
2003 Machinima Film Festival
2005 Machinima Film Festival
The 2005 Machinima Film Festival was held on November 12, 2005 at the American Museum of the Moving Image in Astoria, New York.
| 2005 Machinima Film Festival awards[4] |
| Award |
Winner |
Other nominees |
| Best Picture |
Game: On |
|
| Best Direction |
Whiplash: The Movie |
|
| Best Virtual Performance |
A Few Good G-Men |
|
| Best Visual Design |
Person 2184 |
- Bot
- Game: On
- The Infiltrators
- The Journey
|
| Best Sound |
Only The Strong Survive |
- Bot
- Game: On
- The Journey
- The Objective
|
| Best Writing |
PANICS |
|
| Best Editing |
Strangerhood Studios |
- Engine
- Eve Online: Never Fades
- Pictures of War
- Return
|
| Best Commercial/Game Machinima |
Game: On |
|
| Best Independent Machinima |
Red vs. Blue: Season 3 |
- The Adventures of Bill and John
- Bot
- The Journey
- Peacemaker
|
| Best Off-the-Shelf Machinima |
Return |
|
| Best Machinima Series |
This Spartan Life |
|
| Academy Honorary Award |
David Wright |
none |
2006 Machinima Festival
| 2006 Machinima Film Festival awards[5] |
| Award |
Winner |
Other nominees |
| Best Picture |
The Adventures of Bill and John: Ep. II |
- Desolate
- Deviation
- Edge of Remorse
- Stolen Life Trailer
|
| Best Direction |
Edge of Remorse |
- The Adventures of Bill and John: Ep. II
- An American Baby in Iraq
- Deviation
- Illegal Danish: Super Snacks!
|
| Best Virtual Performance: Puppeteering |
Tra5hTa1k with ILL Will |
- The Adventures of Bill and John: Ep. II
- An American Baby in Iraq
- The Brothers Tauren 2
- Just a Game
|
| Best Virtual Performance: Custom Animation |
Company of Heroes |
- Better Life
- Game Over
- Stolen Life Trailer
- Tra5hTa1k with ILL Will
|
| Best Voice-Acting Performance |
Deviation |
- The Adventures of Bill and John: Ep. II
- Red vs. Blue
- Slightly Later Man
- Stolen Life Trailer
|
| Best Visual Design |
Edge of Remorse |
- Game Over
- Machinima Island Trailer
- Reich and Roll
- Stolen Life Trailer
|
| Best Cinematography |
The Adventures of Bill and John: Ep. II |
- An American Baby in Iraq
- Battlefield 2: Armored Fury: Trailer 1
- The Days After
- Desolate
|
| Best Original Music |
Stolen Life Trailer |
- The Anti-Elf Anthem
- Battlefield 2: Armored Fury: Trailer 1
- Code Monkey
- Edge of Remorse
|
| Best Sound Design |
Deviation |
- The Adventures of Bill and John: Ep. II
- Company of Heroes
- Desolate
- No Other Destiny
|
| Best Writing |
Male Restroom Etiquette |
- The Adventures of Bill and John: Ep. II
- Deviation
- Red vs. Blue
- Slightly Later Man
|
| Best Editing |
The Adventures of Bill and John: Ep. II |
- An American Baby in Iraq
- Converse Commercial
- Deviation
- No Other Desiny
|
| Best Technical Achievement |
Company of Heroes |
- BloodSpell
- Game Over
- Silver Bells and Golden Spurs
- Stolen Life Trailer
|
| Best Commercial Machinima |
Silver Bells and Golden Spurs |
- Company of Heroes
- No Other Destiny
- Slightly Later Man
- Soda Commercial Demo
|
| Best Independent Machinima |
The Adventures of Bill and John: Ep. II |
- Desolate
- Deviation
- Edge of Remorse
- Male Restroom Etiquette
|
| Best Off-the-Shelf Machinima |
Just a Game |
- Am Ende der Distanz
- Battlefield 2: Armored Fury: Trailer 1
- Machinima! With Officer Dan
- The Revenge of Dr. Mechanico
|
| Best Series |
The Fixer |
|
Machinima Festival Europe 2007
The first Machinima Festival Europe was held in Leicester on 12-14 October 2007[6]. The festival was hosted by De Montfort University’s Institute of Creative Technologies (IOCT), and supported by the AMAS.[7].
Speakers
- Burnie Burns, Rooster Teeth Productions
- Alex Chan, Machinimator
- Frank Dellario, The Electric Sheep Company
- Ricard Gras, Inter-Activa
- Hugh Hancock, Strange Company
- Tracy Harwood, De Montfort University
- Deryck Houghton, Freeth Cartwright
- Andrew Hugill, Institute of Creative Technologies
- Johnnie Ingram, Strange Company
- Matt Kelland, Moviestorm
- Friedrich Kirschner, AMAS
- Xavier Lardy, Machinima.fr
- Xin Kai Li, De Montfort University
- Matthew Linley, Phoenix Arts Centre
- Mary Mackintosh, De Montfort University
- Paul Marino, The ILL Clan
- John C Martin II, Reallusion
- Toby Moores, Sleepydog
- Klaus Neumann, Sceen Magazine
- Kate Pullinger, De Montfort University
- Jason Saldana, Rooster Teeth Productions
- Sue Thomas, De Montfort University
- Martyn Ware, Illustrious Company
Awards
As part of the festival, exemplary machinima productions were recognised with awards presented by Toby Moores, Visiting Professor at the IOCT and CEO of Sleepydog[7].
| 2007 Machinima Festival Europe Awards[8][9] |
| Award |
Winner |
Other nominees |
| Best Picture |
Stolen Life |
none
|
| Best Visual Design |
Stolen Life |
- Faith Hope and Charity
- Fallacies of a Stranger
- Pictures of War 2 (Before and Beyond FLight 19)
- Blink (Episode 2)
|
| Best Direction |
Stolen Life |
- Faith Hope and Charity
- Fallacies of a Stranger
- Instinct
- Pictures of War 2 (Before and Beyond Flight 19)
|
| Best Sound |
Innocent Minds |
- Ausgedacht (Dreamed Up)
- The Ballad of Black Mesa
- Hark! Hear the Wails
- Blink (Episodes 1, 2 and 3)
|
| Best Series |
Grid Review (Episodes 3, 7 and 8) |
- Pirates of Parallel Structure, Sopronouns, Passive Pete Awakens
- Pathfinders: Operation Husky, Operation Avalanche, Operation Neptune
- Bloodspell: Episodes 11, 13 and 14
- Blink (Episodes 1, 2 and 3)
|
| Best Experimental |
Cirque du Machinima: Cuckoo Clock |
- The Ballad of Black Mesa
- Kung-Fu Glitch
- Duel
- Mum's Gone to Iceland
|
| Best Student Film |
Machinima! With Officer Dan (Episode 1) |
- Azerothian Super Villains (Episode 3)
- A Child's War
- Waterlogged 3
- Domestic Violence
|
| Best Story |
Snow Witch |
- Faith Hope and Charity
- Stolen Life
- Instinct
- Pictures of War 2 (Before and Beyond Flight 19)
|
| Best Technical Achievement |
Machinima Island (Episode 1) |
- Bloodspell: Episode 14
- Better Life
- Hindenburg
- Halo Unyielding Part 1 and 2
|
| Best Commercial |
When the Postman Spits Twice |
- Comcast Island
- 4 Commercials for mtvU
- Did That Break Your Concentration
- You Hypocrite You
|
2008 Machinima Film Festival
Notes
References
- "2005 Award Nominations and Selections". 2005 Machinima Film Festival. Archived from the original on 2006-04-27. http://web.archive.org/web/20060427054638/http://festival.machinima.org/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=5. Retrieved 2006-11-14.
- "2006 Machinima Film Festival: WINNERS & Nominees". Machinima.com. Machinima, Inc. November 5, 2006. http://www.machinima.com/article.php?article=455. Retrieved 2006-11-12.
- "Machinima Awards 2003 Results". Machinima.com. Machinima, Inc. October 26, 2003. http://www.machinima.com/article.php?article=379. Retrieved 2006-04-15.
- "Machinima Film Festival 2002 - results". Machinima.com. Machinima, Inc. August 19, 2002. http://www.machinima.com/article.php?article=303. Retrieved 2006-04-15.
- Maragos, Nick (November 14, 2005). "2005 Machinima Film Festival Awards Announced". Gamasutra. CMP United Business Media. http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=7179. Retrieved 2006-09-26.
- Marino, Paul (October 6, 2004). "The Wonderful World of Machinima". G4 Media, Inc. http://www.g4tv.com/screensavers/features/49874/The_Wonderful_World_of_Machinima.html. Retrieved 2006-06-25.
- Stellmack, David (July 23, 2002). "Quakecon 2002 Day 3: Wrap Up - What A Great Event It Was!". TG Daily. Tom's Guide Publishing. http://www.tgdaily.com/2002/08/23/quakecon_2002_day_3/index.html. Retrieved 2006-04-15.
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