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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.

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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'
  • Rendezvous
  • Rick Jones II
Best Direction Thin Ice
  • Militia
  • Anachronox: The Movie
Best Sound Militia II
  • Fake Science
  • Stomp
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
  • Rendezvous
  • Militia II
Best Technical Achievement Anachronox: The Movie
  • Fake Science
  • Short Film Series
Honorary Award id Software none

2003 Machinima Film Festival

2003 Machinima Film Festival awards[3]
Award Winner Other nominees
Best Independent Machinima Film Red vs. Blue: The Blood Gulch Chronicles
  • Bouncer Please
  • Die Waltons
  • Hero
  • Ozymandias
Best Commercial/Game Machinima In the Waiting Line
  • Halo 2
  • Portal
  • Safety Kids
  • TRON 2.0
Best Technical Achievement Anna
Best Editing The Outcome
Best Writing Red vs. Blue: The Blood Gulch Chronicles
  • The Battle of Xerxes
  • Dragons
  • Gods and Fathers
  • Portal
Best Sound Hero
  • Anna
  • The Battle of Xerxes
  • Dragons
  • In the Waiting Line
Best Visual Design In the Waiting Line
  • Anna
  • The Battle of Xerxes
  • Safety Kids
  • The Tournament
Best Virtual Performance Common Sense Cooking with Carl the Cook
Best Direction In the Waiting Line
Best Picture Red vs. Blue: The Blood Gulch Chronicles
Honorary Award Dr. Uwe Girlich none

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

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

  1. ^ Stellmack.
  2. ^ Machinima Film Festival 2002 - results.
  3. ^ Machinima Awards 2003 Results.
  4. ^ 2005 Award Nominations and Selections; Maragos.
  5. ^ 2006 Machinima Film Festival: WINNERS & Nominees.
  6. ^ Machinima Festival Europe 07
  7. ^ a b Machinima Festival Europe 07
  8. ^ Machinima Festival Europe 07 award winners
  9. ^ Machinima Festival Europe 07 award nominees

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