This is a list of film festivals dedicated to

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, the use of real-time 3-D engines in filmmaking. The Academy of Machinima Arts & Sciences (AMAS) regularly holds such festivals, and recognizes exemplary

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through awards nicknamed the Mackies.

Machinima Expo

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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". 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

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, was held as part of QuakeCon 2002. However, according to David Stellmack of ''

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'', the larger QuakeCon event seemed to overshadow the festival, which was "not very well attended".Stellmack.

2003 Machinima Film Festival

2005 Machinima Film Festival

The 2005 Machinima Film Festival was held on November 12, 2005 at the

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2006 Machinima Festival

Machinima Festival Europe 2007

The first Machinima Festival Europe was held in

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on 12–14 October 2007. The festival was hosted by De Montfort University’s Institute of Creative Technologies (IOCT), and supported by the AMAS.

Speakers

* Burnie Burns,

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*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 Sue Townsend Theatre (formerly the Phoenix Theatre, Phoenix Arts Centre and the Upper Brown Street Theatre) is a theatre in the city of Leicester, England. The centre hosts live shows and films of the arthouse and world cinema genres. Julian Wr ...

*Mary Mackintosh, De Montfort University *

Paul Marino Paul Marino (born March 10, 1980) is a film director, producer, animator, voice actor, and author currently focused on machinima, the art of using engines from video games to create films. He is a co-founder and the executive director of the ...

, The

ILL Clan Machinima, originally machinema () is the use of real-time computer graphics engines to create a cinematic production. Most often, video games are used to generate the computer animation. The word "machinima" is a portmanteau of the words '' ...

*John C Martin II, Reallusion *Toby Moores,

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*Klaus Neumann, ''Screen'' Magazine *

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, 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

2008 Machinima Film Festival

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External links

* {{official website, http://www.machinima.org/, Academy of Machinima Arts & Sciences
Machinima Festival Europe 2007

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