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StarWars Day With Animator Damon Wellner And GeekFestToronto

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May The 4th Be With You! Happy StarWarsDay!

Join GeekFestToronto and Award Winning Animator Damon Wellner in a LiveStream Stop Motion Animation Fiesta!

To Celebrate May4th “Star Wars Day”, Damon will have a micro budget set built for under $20, and with it he will animate a quick, freestyle Star Wars Stop-Motion Animation featuring FOUR of his favorite practical effects (meaning done in-camera) #Holograms #Lasers #Explosions and #Lightsabers!

Damon Wellner is a Multi-Award International Stop Motion Animator Bringing Toys to Life Since 1998!

His experimental toy animation videos caught the attention of MIT Professor Henry Jenkins, who wrote about them in his book, Convergence Culture, as an example of fans parodying Hollywood with its own merchandise. He’s worked in house on practical effects for films such as Hellboy, The Punisher, and Resident Evil 2.

He’s the Animator behind Sia’s Award winning MusicVideo “Snowman” and countless of #FanFilms on his favorite Film Franchise #StarWars!

Join us 3PM(EST) at this Zoom Link for NonStop #StopMotion Fun!
Maybe Win Some Geeky Prizes Too!

4th GeekFest Toronto – Feb 14, 2019 – Films, Docs ‘n’ Talks For Lovers Of All Things Geek

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GeekFestToronto Official Selection Laurel“A Loveless Retreat For Self Professed Geeks”
~Toronto Life

An Alternative Valentine’s Day Event – Films, Docs ‘n’ Talks For Lovers Of All Things Geek

  • Activities Films, Docs ‘n’ Talks, Crafts, Comic Drawing, Food, Games and Giveaways
  • Costume Parade – Come Dressed as a ‘Superhero’ – Win a Prize!
    • Pssst *hint* #GeeksAreSuperHeroesToo
  • Time 5:00PM-11:00PM
  • Tickets are $12 Per Block or $30 for the Whole Event
    • Includes Bar and Valentine Themed Snacks
Presented by

Chez BonBon

234 Queen Street East
Toronto, Ontario
M5A 1S3

2018 GeekFest Toronto Winners Announced

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With Geek Pride We Announce our
GeekFest Toronto 2018
WINNERS

GeekFest Toronto 2018
BEST of Fest
“Search/Destroy: A Strontium Dog Fan Film”
dir. Steven Sterlacchini, dir. Stephen Green

GeekFest Toronto 2018
BEST Animation
“The Amazing Neckbeard”
Dir. Aaron Legg

GeekFest Toronto 2018
Best Actor
“Search/Destroy: A Strontium Dog Fan Film”
Kevin J. Horsham as “Wulf”

GeekFest Toronto 2018
Top Geek
“Prop Wars: Prop Harder”
Dir. Gary Scullion, Dir. Nick Acott

GeekFest Toronto 2018
Honorable Mention
“Wild Cards”
Dir. Gwendolin Mah

3rd Annual GeekFest Toronto Official Selections Announced

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Please welcome our Official Selections (in alphabetical order) below that premiere at the 3rd Annual GeekFest Toronto. Join us for  Films, Docs and Talks on Tuesday February 14, 2018 at 5:00PM at Cinecycle – –  “a hidden treasure of the Toronto film scene” ~BlogTO

2018 GeekFestToronto Acceptance Laurel
  1. Andrea Rossi: Live From His Shipping Container dir. Thomas Florek, New Jersey, USA
  2. CineBasura: The Movie, dir. Miguel Angel Viruete, dir. Paco Fox – Madrid, Spain
  3. GeekLounge: Down and Dirty, dir. Larry Ziegelman – Illinois, USA
  4. GeekLounge: Going Solo, dir. Larry Ziegelman – Illinois, USA
  5. Good Game Well Played: An Esports Documentary, dir. Gabriella Devia-Allen – USA
  6. Marauder, dir. Brendon Rathbone, New Jersey, USA
  7. Muscles, dir. Genevieve Kaiser – Sydney, Australia
  8. Official Teaser #2 Reaction!!!, dir. Kevin McCarthy – Massachusetts, USA
  9. Prime Perfect, dir. Tom Bessoir – New York, USA
  10. Prop Wars: Prop Harder, dir. Gary Scullion, dir. Nick Acott – Kent, UK
  11. Search/Destroy: A Strontium Dog Fan Film, dir. Steven Sterlacchini – West Yorkshire, UK
  12. The Amazing Neckbeard, dir. Aaron Legg – Chicago, IL, USA
  13. Wild Cards, dir. Gwendolin Mah – Singapore

GeekFest Toronto 2017 Winners Announced

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Is it with great and Geeky pride please that we announce our Winners for
GeekFest Toronto 2017

 

GeekFest Toronto 2017
BEST of Fest
“Space Detective”
Dir. Antonio Llapur

GeekFest Toronto 2017
BEST VFX, 3D or Animation
“Space Detective”
Amahl Dunbar

GeekFest Toronto 2017
Honorable Mention
“Long Live the King”
Dir. Frank Dietz
Dir. Trish Geiger

GeekFest Toronto 2017
Honorable Mention
“Epigenetics. The Memory Of The World In Our Body”
(Epigenetica. Come il nostro corpo memorizza il mondo)
Dir. Paolo Turro

GeekFest Toronto 2017
Honorable Mention
“We Don’t Like Captain Sausage!
(No nos gusta Capitán Morcilla!)”
Dir. Angel Tirado
Dir. Antonio Garcia Jimenez

GeekFest Toronto 2017
BEST Canada Geek Film
“Heroes Manufactured”
dir. Aaron Betan

GeekFest Toronto 2017 Official Selections Announced

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On December 31, 2017, we informed our Official Selections below that we are honored to have their films screen at the 2nd Annual GeekFest Toronto. Please welcome them by attending Films, Docs and Talks on Tuesday February 14, 2017 starting at 4:00PM at Cinecycle “a hidden treasure of the Toronto film scene” ~BlogTO

Official Selection Laurel GeekFest Toronto 2017
  1. A David Lynch Movie, director Francine Daveta
  2. A Perfect Vacuum, director Becca Johanson
  3. Arco de choque (Bow shock) (Arco de choque), director Javier Diez Botet
  4. Biohacking: We Need an Upgrade, director Floor Brock, Laura Okkersen
  5. Dungeons and Drama, director Chris Rencavage
  6. Epigenetics. The Memory Of The World In Our Body (Epigenetica. Come il nostro corpo memorizza il mondo), director Paolo Turro
  7. Goodbye at the End of the World, director Vance Kotrla
  8. Google Maps, director Ruby Cogan
  9. Heroes Manufactured, director Yaron Betan
  10. LENR Revolution, director Thomas Florek
  11. Long Live the King, director Frank Dietz, Trish Geiger
  12. Rewrite, director Crash Buist
  13. Sniff! The Art Of Air Tasting, director Sandra Ignagni
  14. Space Detective, director Antonio Llapur
  15. Trolls & Antechambers: The Comeback, director Tom Sanchez Prunier
  16. Voyeur, director Katy Lukianiuk
  17. We Don’t Like Captain Sausage! (No nos gusta Capitán Morcilla!), director Angel Tirado