Literary Festival and Film Festival Events for Tuesday April 25th

Events a-plenty today! We start off dashingly, thanks to Milkwood, and then have two Tours – a combined Tour to Giraphoria & Sambeaubee at 1pmSLT, and then a Tour of Sipala at 5pmSLT.

And there’s more! FilmFest hosts a talk with the talented film-maker Pryda Parx, while LitFest hosts well-known film-maker Macguyver Mode in an unexpected role, as he will talking about his new project – a novel. Below the line you can see a trailer about this.

And finally, at 7.00pmSLT, Jezebelle Queen will be hosting the Bard Circle – and inviting people to add to her tales with short stories of their own!

The Wafflies: the Results

Images by Wildstar Beaumont, Mavromichali Szondi and Bain Finch and Dawny Daviau

The Wafflies are presented!

This Fantasy Faire saw the first awarding of the Wafflies – a series of special awards to machinima shot within the Fairelands.

There were three categories:
Livestreaming
Factual
Fictional

Awards were given by the Jury, with a special People’s Choice award, voted for by the public (using RFL kiosks to register their votes).

Attendees wore their best Film Awards costumes, and there was an After Party in the Hall of the Golden Stag on Mythspire Ridge, dj’d by Aoife Lorefield. The hosts for the awards were Chantal Harvey and Saffia Widdershins.

And now to the results.

Join us for the the first ever Wafflies Ceremony!

Today, at 11am SLT, the first ever Wafflies will be presented for machinima created over the last two weeks in the Fairelands. The ceremony (and subsequent party) will take place in the Hall of the Golden Stag on Mythspire Ridge.

There are three categories:

Live-streaming
Factual
Fictional

And we think we will have a few surprises along the way!

Once the Wafflies have been awarded, we will have a post-Wafflies party, with DJ Aoife Lorefield, to celebrate FilmFest and LitFest!

Vote for the Wafflies!

There are three films nominated for the Wafflies in the fictional category (there is already an outright winner in the factual category). And now is the time for people to VOTE for their choice.

The three films are:

Once Upon a Time by MacGuyver Mode

Other by the Jewell Theatre

Judi’s Jaunt by Judi Newall and Lorin Tone

Now it’s your turn to choose the winner of the Wafflie!

Last Chance to Enter the Film Festival Contest and win a Wafflie!

Today, Tuesday May 3rd, is the last chance to enter the First Film Festival. The deadline is midnight SLT.

You can enter three different categories of film:

Category 1: Fiction (5 minutes)
A narrative story, set in the Fairelands

Category 2: Factual (5 minutes)
This could be a documentary, a tour of a region, a special Faireland event and – if the creator is willing – perhaps a short interview.

Category 3: Livestream (10 minutes)
We are asking people who wish to enter this category either to edit a ten minute sequence from the livestream, or to give a timeframe of 10 minutes from the longer livestream.

Your chance to win the First Golden Wafflie!