This is a list of film festivals dedicated to machinima, the use of real-time 3-D engines in filmmaking. The Academy of Machinima Arts & Sciences (AMAS) regularly holds such festivals, and recognizes exemplary machinima works through awards nicknamed the Mackies. Machinima Expo The Machinima Expo (or "MachinExpo") is an annual international machinima festival started in 2008. In 2010 the organization expanded and is now run with help of a large team of volunteers. Submission is accepted during the summer months and the event takes place in November on the Internet and in the virtual world of Second Life". 2008 Jury Award Nominees Liberty City, directed by Claus-Dieter Schulz Liberty City An UnfairWar, directed by Thuyen Nguyen The SnowWitch, directed by Michelle Pettit-Mee Tiny Nation, directed by Kerria Seabrooke Among Fables and Men, directed by Tobias Lundmark Clear Skies, directed by Ian Chisolm Beast, directed by Leo Lucien-Bay The DumbMan, directed by Trace Sanderson Wizard of OS: The Fish Incident, directed by Tom Jantol 2002 Machinima Film Festival On July 17, 2002, the first Machinima Film Festival, sponsored by NVIDIA, was held as part of QuakeCon 2002. However, according to David Stellmack of TG Daily, the larger QuakeCon event seemed to overshadow the festival, which was "not very well attended". 2003 Machinima Film Festival 2005 Machinima Film Festival The 2005 Machinima Film Festival was held on November 12, 2005 at the American Museum of the Moving Image in Astoria, New York. 2006 Machinima Festival Machinima Festival Europe 2007 The first Machinima Festival Europe was held in Leicester on 12–14 October 2007. The festival was hosted by De Montfort University’s Institute of Creative Technologies (IOCT), and supported by the AMAS. Speakers Burnie Burns, Rooster Teeth Productions Alex Chan, Machinimator Frank Dellario, The Electric Sheep Company Ricard Gras, Inter-Activa Hugh Hancock, Strange Company Tracy Harwood, De Montfort University Deryck Houghton, Freeth Cartwright Andrew Hugill, Institute of Creative Technologies Johnnie Ingram, Strange Company Matt Kelland, Moviestorm Friedrich Kirschner, AMAS Xavier Lardy, Machinima.fr Xin Kai Li, De Montfort University Matthew Linley, Phoenix Arts Centre Mary Mackintosh, De Montfort University Paul Marino, The ILL Clan John C Martin II, Reallusion Toby Moores, Sleepydog Klaus Neumann, Screen Magazine Kate Pullinger, De Montfort University Jason Saldana, Rooster Teeth Productions Sue Thomas, De Montfort University Martyn Ware, Illustrious Company Awards As part of the festival, exemplary machinima productions were recognised with awards presented by Toby Moores, Visiting Professor at