Got Machinima? Enter FMX!

One of the premiere animation fests in Europe, FMX, has issued a call for entries for their annual competition (of which, Machinima is one of their new categories). More from my friend Moritz below (and English-ified a bit by yours truly):

Call for Entries - Realtime Film Festival

The *Realtime Film Festival* will take place from May 2 to 4 in Stuttgart, Germany, as a part of the FMX conference for animation, effects, games and postproduction (http://www.fmx.de) and the Stuttgart Festival for Animated Film (http://www.itfs.de).

The Realtime Film Festival deals with the artistic challenges through current realtime graphics and screens the most interesting Demos, Machinimas, Cut Scenes, Flash Animations and VJ Visuals of the past year.

You can submit your work in the following categories:

Cut Scenes

Films and sequences which are part of computer or console games based on realtime technology like intros, trailers etc.

Flash Animation

Films in the SWF format, using realtime features of Macromedia Flash (eg. Actionscript, tweenings)

Machinima

Movies shot in real time with game engines

Demos

Small EXE programs that make the computer generate 3D animations in realtime

VJ Visuals

Realtime shows by VJs mixing visuals live to the music (please send in a showreel that documents your live performance)

And, finally, the submission form.

Winners will be rewarded with different attractive prizes.

I'm sure the FMX '06 will be a blast again and recommend you attend if you live in that part of the world (there's a chance that I might even make it out there this year). In any case, if you've crafted a Machinima you're extremely proud of (I hope you Mackie winners/nominees are paying attention), hop to it and enter.