Hugh Hancock just passed along the nominee list to the EU Machinima Festival, and it includes six seven eight entries created in SL. Most prominent is Robbie Dingo's excellent "Better Life", created last year, along with "Machinima Island", "Dreamed Up", ["A Child's War"], ["You Hypocrite You"], "The Grid Review" (eps 3, 7, and 8), "Comcast Island", and "When the Postman Rings Twice"-- the last three for RL corporate sites in SL.
Dingo fans will likely wonder why his now-classic "Watch the World(s)" wasn't nominated; I'm guessing copyright concerns were a better.
I haven't seen most of these before, and to be honest, my personal list of the best and latest in the form is quite different. (No disrespect meant to the nominees which did get in, of course; hard to know what was submitted in time, because only days away from the deadline, there were scant few SL entries at all.) Anyway, read Hugh's full write-up here.
Update, 7:05pm: EU Machinima's Toby Moore just sent me the full list, including one I initially missed. SL entries in bold.
BEST DIRECTION
Faith Hope and Charity – James Thorpe (UK)
Stolen Life – Nanoflix Productions (Australia)
Fallacies of a Stranger – David Reidel (Germany)
Instinct – Werner Versluys (Belgium)
Pictures of War 2 (Before and Beyond Flight 19) – Steven Worsley (UK)
BEST EXPERIMENTAL
The Ballad of Black Mesa – Zachariah Scott (USA)
Kung-Fu Glitch – ENTTER (Spain/Sweden)
Duel – La-Interactiva (UK)
Cirque du Machinima: Cuckoo Clock – Tom Jantol (Croatia)
Mum's Gone to Iceland – Katy Fosk (UK)
BEST COMMERCIAL/GAME
Comcast Island – Planet Video (UK)
When the Postman Spits Twice – SL-Inworld Productions (Germany)
4 Commercials for mtvU – Oxhorn Brand Movies (USA)
Did That Break Your Concentration – Short Fuze Limited (UK)
You Hypocrite You – Mannea LLC (USA) (from Geuis Dassin)
BEST SERIES
Pirates of Parallel Structure, Sopronouns, Passive Pete Awakens – Mark Marino (USA)
Pathfinders: Operation Husky, Operation Avalanche, Operation Neptune – Machinima Inc (USA)
The Grid Review (Episode 3, 7 and 8) – The ILL Clan (USA)
BloodSpell: Episodes 11, 13 and 14 – Strange Company (UK)
Blink (Episodes 1, 2 and 3) – Brigit Lichtenegger (Netherlands)
BEST SOUND
Ausgedacht (Dreamed Up) – Machinima Studios (Germany)
Innocent Minds – James Dubose (USA)
The Ballad of Black Mesa – Zachariah Scott (USA)
Hark! Hear the Wails – Oxhorn Brand Movies (USA)
Blink (Episodes 1, 2 and 3) – Brigit Lichtenegger (Netherlands)
BEST STORY
Faith Hope and Charity – James Thorpe (UK)
Stolen Life – Nanoflix Productions (Australia)
Instinct – Werner Versluys (Belgium)
Pictures of War 2 (Before and Beyond Flight 19) – Steven Worsley (UK)
The Snow Witch – Britannica Dreams (UK/Canada)
BEST STUDENT
Azerothian Super Villains (Episode 3) – Beckman Movie Productions (USA)
A Child's War – Global Kids (USA)
Waterlogged 3 – Nathan Clark (UK)
Machinima! With Officer Dan (Episode 1) – Amorphous Blob Productions (USA)
Domestic Violence – La-Interactiva (UK)
BEST TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT
BloodSpell: Episode 14 – Strange Company (UK)
Better Life – Rob Wright (UK)
Hindenburg – Paul Carr (Japan)
Machinima Island (Episode 1) – La-Interactiva (UK)
Halo Unyielding Part 1 and 2 – ThatRandomCanadianGuy Productions (Canada)
BEST VISUAL DESIGN
Faith Hope and Charity – James Thorpe (UK)
Stolen Life – Nanoflix Productions (Australia)
Fallacies of a Stranger – David Reidel (Germany)
Pictures of War 2 (Before and Beyond Flight 19) – Steven Worsley (UK)
Blink (Episode 2) – Brigit Lichtenegger (Netherlands)
Update, 9/19: Added link and note of Geuis Dassin's machinima.
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