List of machinima festivals explained

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.

Machinima Expo

The Machinima Expo (or "MachinExpo") is an annual international machinima festival started in 2008. In 2010 the organization expanded and is now run with help of a large team of volunteers. Submission is accepted during the summer months and the event takes place in November on the Internet and in the virtual world of Second Life".^[1]

2008 Jury Award Nominees

• Liberty City, directed by Claus-Dieter Schulz Liberty City
• An UnfairWar, directed by Thuyen Nguyen
• The SnowWitch, directed by Michelle Pettit-Mee
• Tiny Nation, directed by Kerria Seabrooke
• Among Fables and Men, directed by Tobias Lundmark
• Clear Skies, directed by Ian Chisolm
• Beast, directed by Leo Lucien-Bay
• The DumbMan, directed by Trace Sanderson
• Wizard of OS: The Fish Incident, directed by Tom Jantol

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".^[2]

2002 Machinima Film Festival awards^[3]
Award	Winner	Other nominees
Best Picture		Rendezvous Short Film Series
Best Acting	Hardly Workin'	Rendezvous Rick Jones II
Best Direction	Thin Ice	Militia
Best Sound	Militia II	Fake Science Stomp
Best Editing	Smart Gun	Anachronox Warthog Jump
Best Writing		Rendezvous Under a Fallen Sun: Prelude by Saidin
Best Visual Design	Fake Science	Rebel vs Thug
Best Independent Film	Smart Gun	Rendezvous Militia II
Best Technical Achievement		Fake Science Short Film Series
Honorary Award	id Software	none

2003 Machinima Film Festival

2003 Machinima Film Festival awards^[4]
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	Common Sense Cooking with Carl the Cook Lucky Man Ozymandias The Tournament
Best Editing	The Outcome	Hero LoveDeath Owned Red vs. Blue: The Blood Gulch Chronicles
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	Anna Hero In the Waiting Line Red vs. Blue: The Blood Gulch Chronicles
Best Direction	In the Waiting Line	Anna Hero LoveDeath Red vs. Blue: The Blood Gulch Chronicles
Best Picture	Red vs. Blue: The Blood Gulch Chronicles	Anna Avatara Bouncer Please In the Waiting Line
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^[5]
Award	Winner	Other nominees
Best Picture		The Adventures of Bill and John Bot The Journey Red vs. Blue: Season 3
Best Direction	Whiplash: The Movie	Bot The Journey Red vs. Blue: Season 3 Return
Best Virtual Performance	A Few Good G-Men	Dance, Voldo, Dance The Infiltrators Larry & Lenny on the Campaign Trail Whiplash: The Movie
Best Visual Design	Person 2184	Bot The Infiltrators The Journey
Best Sound	Only The Strong Survive	Bot The Journey The Objective
Best Writing	PANICS	The Adventures of Bill & John Episode 1: Danger in the Sky Larry & Lenny on the Campaign Trail Red vs. Blue: Season 3 Return
Best Editing	Strangerhood Studios	Engine Eve Online: Never Fades Pictures of War Return
Best Commercial/Game Machinima		Half-Life 2 PANICS The Project Strangerhood Studios
Best Independent Machinima	Red vs. Blue: Season 3	The Adventures of Bill & John Episode 1: Danger in the Sky Bot The Journey Peacemaker
Best Off-the-Shelf Machinima	Return	The Adventures of Bill & John Episode 1: Danger in the Sky Only The Strong Survive Ours Again Red vs. Blue: Season 3
Best Machinima Series	This Spartan Life	The Awakening Borg War PANICS Red vs. Blue: Season 3
Academy Honorary Award	David Wright	none

2006 Machinima Festival

2006 Machinima Film Festival awards^[6]
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 Trailer 1 The Days After Desolate
Best Original Music	Stolen Life Trailer	The Anti-Elf Anthem 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 Trailer 1 Machinima! With Officer Dan The Revenge of Dr. Mechanico
Best Series	The Fixer	BloodSpell Red vs. Blue Tra5hTa1k with ILL Will This Spartan Life

Machinima Festival Europe 2007

The first Machinima Festival Europe was held in Leicester on 12–14 October 2007.^[7] The festival was hosted by De Montfort University’s Institute of Creative Technologies (IOCT), and supported by the AMAS.^[8]

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, Screen 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.^[8]

2007 Machinima Festival Europe Awards^[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

2008 Machinima Festival Awards^[10]
Award	Winner	Other nominees
Best Long Format	Clear Skies	Tales Of the Past III War of the Servers Jonathan Jekill Molotov Alva and His Search for the Creator: A Second Life Odyssey
Best Series	This Spartan Life	Virtual Worlds and the Public Good As the Hamster Wheel Turns Eden’s Garden Snacky’s Journal
Best Short Format	World of Workcraft	A Day in the Life of a Turret The Bag Boy Havoc Azeroth Movie Top 3
Best Independent	The Ship	The Monad Ignis Solus Chevauchée Nocturne The Dumb Man
Best Student Work	Azerothian Super Villains	The Seven Hour War Race to Equality Nico Bellic – A Portrait Half-Life 2 Anxiety & Nightmare
Best Direction	The Ship	Snacky’s Journal Molotov Alva and His Search for the Creator: A Second Life Odyssey War of the Servers Ignis Solus
Best Virtual Performance	The Monad	Ignis Solus Jill’s Song "Wert" Live The Ship
Best Voice Acting	The Monad	Clear Skies The Bag Boy Havoc Jill’s Song
Best Technical Achievement	Leaving the Game	Apocalypsis Ex Machina Tiny Nation BEAST "Wert" Live
Best Visual Design	Apocalypsis Ex Machina	The Demise The Dumb Man Chevauchée Nocturne The Ship
Best Cinematography	The Monad	Without Providence Jill’s Song The Ship Ignis Solus
Best Original Music	Ignis Solus	This Spartan Life- Episode 6 A Day in the Life a Turret Chevauchée Nocturne The Monad
Best Sound Design	Chevauchée nocturne	Havoc Blackstone [Log 1] Apocalypsis Ex Machina "The Ship
Best Writing	World of Workcraft	The Bag Boy Clear Skies Snacky’s Journal, Episode 3 Molotov Alva and His Search for the Creator: A Second Life Odyssey
Best Editing	Tales of the Past III	Snacky’s Journal, Episode 3 The Device Has Been Modified Blackstone [Log 1]
Best of the Festival	The Ship	N/A
Outstanding Achievement in Game Cinematics	Mass Effect	N/A

References

• Web site: 2005 Award Nominations and Selections. 2005 Machinima Film Festival. https://web.archive.org/web/20060427054638/http://festival.machinima.org/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=5. 2006-04-27. 2006-11-14.
• Web site: November 5, 2006 . 2006 Machinima Film Festival: WINNERS & Nominees . . Machinima, Inc . 2006-11-12 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20061014213825/http://www.machinima.com/article.php?article=455 . October 14, 2006 .
• Web site: October 26, 2003 . Machinima Awards 2003 Results . . Machinima, Inc . 2006-04-15 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070613084002/http://www.machinima.com/article.php?article=379 . June 13, 2007 .
• Web site: August 19, 2002 . Machinima Film Festival 2002 - results . . Machinima, Inc . 2006-04-15 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20060421083151/http://www.machinima.com/article.php?article=303 . April 21, 2006 .
• Web site: Maragos. Nick. November 14, 2005. 2005 Machinima Film Festival Awards Announced. Gamasutra. CMP United Business Media. 2006-09-26.
• Web site: Marino. Paul. Paul Marino. October 6, 2004. The Wonderful World of Machinima. G4 Media, Inc. 2006-06-25. 2006-01-30. https://web.archive.org/web/20060130103255/http://www.g4tv.com/screensavers/features/49874/The_Wonderful_World_of_Machinima.html. dead.
• Web site: Stellmack. David. July 23, 2002. Quakecon 2002 Day 3: Wrap Up - What A Great Event It Was!. TG Daily. Tom's Guide Publishing. 2006-04-15.

External links

• • Machinima Festival Europe 2007

Notes and References

1. Web site: MachinExpo. 19 September 2016.
2. Stellmack.
3. Machinima Film Festival 2002 - results.
4. Machinima Awards 2003 Results.
5. 2005 Award Nominations and Selections; Maragos.
6. 2006 Machinima Film Festival: WINNERS & Nominees.
7. Web site: De Montfort University - Leicester, UK. 19 September 2016.
8. Web site: De Montfort University - Leicester, UK. 19 September 2016.
9. Web site: De Montfort University - Leicester, UK. 19 September 2016.
10. http://festival.machinima.org/wordpress/?p=102