This year I am honored to be part of the organizational team behind a very exciting event coming this November, precisely one week after the AMAS festival in New York. For several years now, Ingrid Moon has been conducting The Machinima Roadshow, last year making a stop at Festival Arcadia in Montreal. This time around, Arcadia has expressed interest in having machinima move from auxilliary to a full on showcase before the festival's expected 20,000+ attendees.
We sure hope you can attend and enjoy a weekend with us. Whether you can attend or not, please check out the following call for entries. We're looking to screen and showcase some really great machinima from all around the world. Films selected for screening or jury prize consideration will be seen by thousands on a gigantic screen with a great sound system, it's a wonderful opportunity to get your work shown to a large live audience.
International Machinima Expo Call For Entries
July 29, 2008The International Machinima Expo (MachinExpo) is now accepting submissions for its 1st annual showcase which will feature the best work by emerging and established machinima directors. Part of Festival Arcadia in Montreal, Quebec, the event takes place from November 7-9, 2008 at Place Bonaventure in downtown Montreal before an audience expected to exceed 20,000.
Sponsored in part by Machiniplex.com, the expo is organized by Ingrid Moon of The Machinima Roadshow as well as three other veteran machinima producers: Ricky Grove, Damien Valentine, and Phil Rice.
MachinExpo will feature workshops, panel discussions, live film premieres, and several hours of screening of machinima films from all around the world. A jury of professionals from the entertainment and video game industries will select five (5) films for a Jury Prize, with a special 6th film awarded a Special Jury Prize honoring one exceptional Canadian machinima film. There are no category / genre restrictions on submissions, and there is no entry fee. Deadline for submissions is October 6, 2008.
For more information, including submission guidelines and instructions, please visit www.machinima-expo.com, or contact expo2008@machiniplex.net.
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Will films other than the 6 Jury and Special Jury prize winners be shown? Also, will there be a price for admittance? (not a film entry fee, but a fee to gain entry to the expo?)
@krad - Yes, we plan to screen several hours worth of films, not just those up for jury consideration. Every submitter will be contacted as to the status of his/her film once a decision is made, and if something is deemed a "Screening Selection" then it will be shown (barring someone detonating a city-wide EMP or some other unforseen catastrophe, of course).
As for the admission charge for Arcadia and whether there is one, great question. I don't know the answer, but I'll find out pronto and post an answer here.
@krad - I haven't received word on the admission price this year, but here's a listing I found regarding last year which should give you an idea of what to expect:
http://www.festivalarcadia.com/e_tarif.html
Thanks for the research Phil! Those prices are pretty reasonable, assuming the commas are the same as decimal points! I really hope I can make it.