Machinima Europe in Leicester this weekend!

For those of you within reach of Leicester, UK - please join us this weekend, as the very first Machinima Europe festival will be taking place at DeMonfort University in Leicester. I would highly recommend registering for the event prior to attending - you can do so here. Some highlights from the festival program (erm, "programme" as me mates overseas call it):

Saturday, Oct. 13th

13:30 - Machinima for Dummies Recommends...
Machinima pioneers and authors Hugh Hancock and Johnnie Ingram walk the audience through their fave Machinima works.

14.45 - Legal Roundtable
A panel of legal experts and Machinimators will discuss some of the legal issues around making Machinima, and the latest developments in the gaming world.

16.00 - Rooster Teeth
The creators of the infamous Red Versus Blue series, which recently released its 100th and final film of the series, will showcase their work.

Sunday, Oct. 14th

12:00 - European Machinima
A panel comprising some of Europe’s most celebrated and prolific machinimators will showcase and discuss their work so far. With Alex Chan, independent filmmaker,
Hugh Hancock, Director of Strange Company and author of Machinima for Dummies, and Carl Goodman, Director of Digital Media, Museum of Moving Image (New
York).

13.30 - BloodSpell Feature Cut World Premiere
Hugh Hancock presents his feature length cut of Bloodspell, Strange Company’s ‘punk-fantasy’, which may be the largest and most complex Machinima piece ever produced! The presentation includes an opportunity for Q&A.

14:00 - Machinima as Digital Performance
Artists from different backgrounds discuss their approach, with Frank Dellario, Director of The ILL Clan, recently bought by Electric Sheep Company, and Ricard Gras, former De Montfort University student and now Creative Director of La-Interactiva and member of the European Machinima Board.

16:00 - Live Performance: Friedrich Kirschner
Friedrich Kirschner, multi-award winning machinimator and member of AMAS will perform a live Machinima piece.

Again, these are only some of the events happening over the weekend - check out the full schedule for more. In addition to the other panels and presentations, there will be screenings as well as both Hugh and Johnnie on hand to sign copies of their newly released Machinima For Dummies (excellent read, btw - check out Rodica's review).

I will also be speaking at the beginning of the fest on Saturday morning, leading the audience down through the Machinima memory registers and where I feel the medium is headed.

Really looking forward to the event and hope to meet a few of you there as well! (and remember to register!)