# List of machinima festivals

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".
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".
2002 Machinima Film Festival awards :
| 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 | Anachronox Warthog Jump |
| 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 :
| 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 :
| Award | Winner | Other nominees |
| Best Picture | Game: On | The Adventures of Bill and John Bot The Journey Red vs. Blue: Season 3 |
| Best Direction | Whiplash: The Movie | Bot Game: On 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 Game: On The Infiltrators The Journey |
| Best Sound | Only The Strong Survive | Bot Game: On 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 | Game: On | 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 :
| 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 | 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. The festival was hosted by De Montfort University’s Institute of Creative Technologies (IOCT), and supported by the AMAS.

### 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.
2007 Machinima Festival Europe Awards :
| 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 :
| 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 |