2006 Mackies

Below is the full list of the Mackie Award categories and this year’s nominees. Links to the online works will be posted within the next few days…

Right here and now, I’d like to formerly announce that “Neverending Nights” has officially changed the series name to something clearly more successful – something like: The Adventures of Peter & Grayson: Dragons Attack at Dawn!

You can see who didn’t get the “Denied Message” by going here to visit the 2006 Machinima Festival Nominations.

The Academy of Machinima Arts & Sciences announces this years Mackie nominations!

Best Picture
* The Adventures of Bill & John: Danger Attacks at Dawn – KBS Productions
* Deviation – Jon Griggs
* Desolate – Blood Signature Films
* Edge of Remorse – Riot Films
* Stolen Life – Nanoflix Productions

Best Direction
* The Adventures of Bill & John: Danger Attacks at Dawn – Bertrand Le Cabec, Frederic Servant, Sébastien Savine
* An American Baby in Iraq – Paul Henderson
* Deviation – Hardlight Films – Jon Griggs
* Edge of Remorse – Riot Films – Jason I. Choi
* Illegal Danish: Super Snacks – Myndflame – Clint Hackleman

Best Virtual Performance: Puppeteering
* The Adventures of Bill & John: Danger Attacks at Dawn – KBS Productions
* An American Baby in Iraq – Paul Henderson
* The Brothers Tauren 2 – Red Sky Foundry
* Just a Game – Mu Productions
* Tra5hTa1k – The ILL Clan

Best Virtual Performance: Custom Animation
* Better Life – Rob Wright
* Company of Heroes – Relic Studios
* Game Over – Pierce Portocarrero
* Stolen Life – Nanoflix Productions
* Tra5hTa1k – The ILL Clan

Best Voice-Acting Performance
* The Adventures of Bill & John: Danger Attacks at Dawn – KBS Productions
* Deviation – Hardlight Films
* Red vs. Blue Season 4 – Rooster Teeth Productions
* Slightly Later Man – Machinima.com
* Stolen Life – Nanoflix Productions

Best Visual Design
* Edge of Remorse – Riot Films
* Game Over – Pierce Portocarrero
* Machinima Island (Trailer) – Ricard Gras
* Reich and Roll – Scintilla Films
* Stolen Life – Nanoflix Productions

Best Cinematography
* The Adventures of Bill & John: Danger Attacks at Dawn – Bertrand Le Cabec, Frederic Servant, Sébastien Savine
* An American Baby in Iraq – Paul Henderson
* The Days After – Apollo Productions – André Pesch
* Desolate – Blood Signature Films – James Dubose
* Official Armored Fury – Reliant Films – Joseph Falcione

Best Original Music
* The Anti-Elf Anthem – Brandon M. Dennis
* Armored Fury Gameplay (Trailer) – Reliant Films – Roger Hooper
* Edge of Remorse – Riot Films – Scott Buckley
* Code Monkey – The ILL Clan – Jonathan Coulton
* Stolen Life – Nanoflix Productions – Phillip Johnston

Best Sound Design
* The Adventures of Bill & John: Danger Attacks at Dawn – KBS Productions
* Company of Heroes – Relic Studios – Airwaves Studios
* Desolate – Blood Signature Films
* Deviation – Neil Fazzari, Tom Efinger, John Moros
* No Other Destiny – CCP Games

Best Writing
* The Adventures of Bill & John: Danger Attacks at Dawn – KBS Productions – Bertrand Le Cabec, Frederic Servant
* Deviation – Jon Griggs
* Male Restroom Etiquette – Z-Studios – Phil Rice
* Red vs. Blue – Season 4 – Rooster Teeth Productions – Burnie Burns, Matt Hullum
* Slightly Later Man – Machinima.com – Jon Colton Barry

Best Editing
* The Adventures of Bill & John: Danger Attacks at Dawn – KBS Productions – Bertrand Le Cabec, Frederic Servant
* An American Baby in Iraq – Paul Henderson
* Converse Commercial – Crafting Worlds – Tristan Pope
* Deviation – Hardlight Films – Jon Griggs
* No Other Destiny – CCP Games – Greg Kruk

Best Technical Achievement
* BloodSpell – Strange Company
* Company of Heroes – Relic Studios
* Game Over – Pierce Portocarrero
* Silver Bells and Golden Spurs – Eric Call
* Stolen Life – Nanoflix Productions

Best Commercial Machinima
* Company of Heroes – Relic Studios
* No Other Destiny – CCP Games
* Silver Bells and Golden Spurs – Eric Call
* Slightly Later Man – Machinima.com
* Soda Commercial Demo – Mu Productions

Best Independent Machinima
* The Adventures of Bill & John: Danger Attacks at Dawn – KBS Productions
* Desolate – Blood Signature Films
* Deviation – Jon Griggs
* Edge of Remorse – Riot Films
* Male Restroom Etiquette – Phil Rice

Best Off-the-Shelf Machinima
* Am Ende der Distanz – David Riedel
* Just a Game – Mu Productions
* Machinima! With Officer Dan – Amorphous Blob Productions
* Official Armored Fury (Trailer) – Reliant Films
* The Revenge of Dr. Mechanico – Stone Falcon Productions

Best Series
* BloodSpell – Strange Company
* The Fixer – TF Stallkamp
* Red vs. Blue Season 4 – Rooster Teeth Productions
* This Spartan Life – Chris Burke
* Tra5hTa1k – The ILL Clan

Congratulations to all nominees!

2006 Machinima Film Festival

So there you have it. Want to discuss it? If you have a RedvsBlue account, there’s a 7 page thread over there about it. Or you can voice your thoughts on our own forum, where we have a 5 page thread about it. Anna (over on Machinima.com) even noted that she thinks the nominations are stacked. Read what she had to say and add your own input if you want!

However, despite the disappointing news regarding us and the 2006 Machinima Film Festival – we still have “The Announcement” to make when we’re able which will balance out not making it into the Mackie Awards. (We’re probably going to be screened like we were last year… or I’d hope)!