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2008 Mackie Winners

Here are theĀ  2008 Mackie Winners as presented this past Saturday at Eyebeam.

Filmmaker Meet and Greet on Friday

If you’re a Machinima Filmmaker and you’re in New York this Friday (Halloween, and also the day before the Festival) - come over to Eyebeam at 5PM to meet the people involved in the festival, have a drink and be social. If you haven’t done so already, let us know if you’re coming by writing [...]

Panel and Screening Programs now online

We have finalised the Panels and Screenings for November 1st! It’s going to be a packed Saturday, but we are very excited that we will be able to show all the Nominees in full length! In parallel, we will have a whole day of panel discussions with filmmakers, researchers and other practitioners, discussing the state [...]

Announcing the Machinima Filmfest 2008 Nominees!

Head over to the Nominees page now to have a look at the five films in each of our 15 categories that compete for this year’s Mackies, making for a total of 35 nominated films!
The general quality of submissions was so high this year that the Selection Committee chose to give out 15 additional Honorary [...]

Submissions closed

Thanks to all the filmmakers for over 200 submissions for this year’s festival!
We will notify all filmmakers and announce Nominations and a list of judges in early October.
Good luck to you all!

Submission deadline extended!

Due to a couple of requests and the high number of submissions that are coming in, we’re extending the submission deadline by a week to the 19th of September! So get that last bit of polish on and keep on submitting!

Join our Network

We have created a Facebook group for all enthusiasts who would like to join;
visit Machinima: The Future of Film and meet fellow Machinima lovers!
We also have a Facebook event page for this years ceremony.
Continue reading for hyperlinks to these pages and don’t forget that the Sept 19th deadline for submitting is coming up soon!
Machinima: The [...]

Submissions now open

The submission period for the Machinima Filmfestival 2008 started today! Be sure to check the categories we have, read our rules and regulations and then send in your movies using our online submission form.
You can find links to both of them on the right hand side of the page. In case your film is not [...]

The 5th Machinima Film-Festival in New York, November 1st!

Doors open at 11:00 am for a day filled with presentations, panels and screenings of this years’ top machinima entries. You can check the Program page for more details!
Join us at 8:00 pm for the ‘Mackies’, the festival awards ceremony, to see who wins top honors in over 15 different festival categories.
November 1st at EYEBEAM [...]

Submission Categories announced

We decided to make a couple of small changes to the number and type of categories for the festival this year. For the first time, we are including a “Best Long Format” category to pay tribute to the growing number of machinima films out there that are longer than 20 minutes!
We’re also introducing the “Best [...]