ION Festival Introduces Machinima, a New Blending of Film, Computer Technology

The ION Festival has released this press release specifically about accepting machinima entries.

Now in its second year, the ION International Animation, Games and Film Festival is accepting entries for Machinima, a new form of filmmaking that utilizes computer game technology to shoot films in the virtual reality of a game engine.

The ION Animation, Games and Film Festival showcases and promotes high-quality animation, short films, Machinima, music videos, game trailers and games by filmmakers and gaming companies from around the world, and it is the first festival and conference dedicated to the merging business of animation, gaming and filmmaking.

“Our mandate is to discover and nurture the brilliance and innovation found within the convergence of animation, gaming and film," Davies said. "In order to best do this, we have also created a summit where the challenges and potential of such innovation can be explored as well as examined by industry professionals, creative entrepreneurs and forward thinking story-tellers. ION encourages the boldness and courage integral to vision. We support creative risk-takers by exhibiting their work and we honor industry veterans who have blazed the trails for them to do so.”

Hey, you loose Ottawa, you gain ION. Submission deadline is Aug 8th. I'll be submitting The Everseason.

Emedia Wire