Our newest promotional video for the Harb40 Passion Competition.

AN annual film competition that now has a short story category for writers to submit their stories also.

To learn more, go to www.harb40passioncompetition.com.

Created by Henrik Safegaard.

- 40th Telluride Film Festival Announces Call for Entries: Telluridefilmfestival.org

- Rooster Teeth Striking Out On Its Own: Statesman.com

- Maker Studios Wants To Develop Your Series, Give You Money: Tubefilter

- Introducing the Machinima Expo Archives: Machinima-Expo

- Call for Entries: Milwaukee Film Festival: AVClub.com

- Call for Entries: Toronto After Dark Film Festival: Toronto After Dark

Submission deadline is April 29, 2013. Submission details can be found here.

The tenth annual Animation Block Party film festival is this July 25-28 2013 in Brooklyn.

Filmmakers can submit now at: animationblock.com/submit.php

- Channels Spawned By YouTube Are Making a Fortune But Are the People Making the Videos Missing Out?: Independent.ie

- Fear Fête Horror Film Festival Accepting Entries: Fear Fête

- 24th Annual New Orleans Film Festival Announces Call for Submissions: New Orleans Film Society

- Moviestorm Launch on IGGY: Moviestorm Blog

- Telcos’ Six-strikes Plan Could Kill Public WiFi: BoingBoing
Here’s a perspective on the alliance between our ISPs and abusive copyright holders from Cory Doctorow. Read it and think about it. Rather frightening when you do. The extinction of public WiFi hotspots… think about what this would mean… what this could do.

- A Few Thoughts on Machinima’s Two New Original Series: Cartoon Brew
A cold, frank look at Machinima’s latest offerings by Amid Amidi.

- Rage Against the Machinima: YouTube’s Stars Battle Networks: SFWeekly.com
If you are thinking of signing with Machinima.com, you need to must read this first.

- 70 countries expected to participate in 8th Tehran Animation Festival: Payvand.com

Machinima Interactive Film Festival

The Machinima Interactive Film Festival shines a light on the hard working filmmakers and animators at the forefront of this unprecedented cultural shift in online video media. YouTube has exploded with talent over the last few years and we here at Machinima have been fortunate enough to be right there with it, forging new paths and being a part of the birth of a true media renaissance. We are excited to launch this groundbreaking and thought provoking event, in collaboration with iam8bit.

Music courtesy of MonstercatMedia: Tristam – Party for the Living
http://youtu.be/ksQbpP9v88Q

Promo for Machinima Expo 2012 from VimPickens on Vimeo.

The Fifth Annual Machinima Expo will be held this coming November 16th, 17th, and 18th, showcasing some of the most exciting machinima entries for viewing, discussion and awards. The three day convention is open to viewers on stream at machinima-expo.com
and to avatars in Second Life at specified locations. Come hear machinimatographers, writers, critics, and scholars talk about one of the most interesting developments in New Media, and watch some great films.

We are very proud to announce our 5-member Machinima Expo Jury for 2012.

And they have every right to be! Impressive jury here, folks. I want you to go here to read the full announcement at the Expo site itself. I was impressed as I read the names and credentials and then was thrilled by the announced return of… nah, you gotta go there to read it. ;-)

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