MachinimUWA III: Full List, Winners Ceremony (6am SLT 22nd May), Audience Event (L$60,000)

MachinimUWA III: Journeys - 22 May from Yesikita Coppola on Vimeo.

MachinimUWA III: Journeys which kicked off on the 4th of February 2011 is heading towards its finale! 50 entries (all listed below, and all linked on AViewTV) have come in from around the world, including Spain, USA, Mexico, India, Canada, Poland, Spain, Russia, Netherlands, South Africa, Italy, United Kingdom, Germany, Norway, Sweden & The Ukraine. Both Alaska and Antarctica are represented in some capacity as well!

UWA would like to acknowledge the amazing efforts of some of the main organizers including Laurina Hawks and LaPiscean Liberty (AViewTV), with special mention to Taralyn Gravois as well! UWA would also like to thank the Guest Speaker of Honour for the winners announcements from 6am slt, Sunday 22nd May, acclaimed Director, Peter Greenaway who is also on the panel of judges.

WINNERS ANNOUNCEMENT CEREMONY 6AM SLT SUNDAY 22nd MAY
A special event will be held to announce the outcomes of the challenge:
Time & Date: 6am SLT Sunday, 22nd May
Location: UWA - BOSL Grand Amphitheatre (Entrance 1, Entrance 2)
6AM SLT KICKOFF WITH: The Phoenix Embers Showcats
7AM SLT BRINGS THE HOUSE DOWN WITH: Tukso Okey

L$660,000 PRIZE POOL (Sponsored by UWA, AviewTV & Open This End)
1st Prize - L$100,000
2nd Prize - L$70,000
3rd Prize - L$50,000
Peter Greenaway Prize - L$60,000
Open This End Awards of Excellence - L$60,000 Prize Pool
7 Special Prizes - L$37,150@
Prizes for Audience Members - L$60,000

The trophy for the winners of MachinimUWA III is a fabulous nano version of  Winthrop Clock Tower, created by the Nano Artist Mkoll Wiles especially for this Challenge


L$60,000 AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION EVENT
Win a Share of L$60,000, A Spot on the Official Jury for MachinimUWA IV & Special RL Package
Deadline: Midnight SLT 18th May

L$60,000 (approx USD250) has been set aside for viewers who take part in a special participation event. We are asking everyone to watch the submissions and give us your TOP 10 machinima, in order of your preference (email jay.jay@uwa.edu.au OR list them on a notecard to Jayjay Zifanwe - please put your name on the title of the notecard with the words MachinimUWA III).

The 3 participants whose order comes closest to the final order decided by the judging panel (as below), will win for themselves L$30,000, L$20,000 and L$10,000 each. The first prize winner will also be invited to be on the panel for MachinimUWA IV and ALL 3 will receive in the mail a special pack that includes a copy of the book, '100 Treasures of UWA' which was produced for UWA's Centenary.

MACHINIMUWA III: JOURNEYS (50 Entries - in reverse Klingon alphabetical order*)

LASLOPANTOMIK YAO (Barcelona, Spain) - Beginning of Knowledge and of Sorrow

SODA LEMONDROP (Monterey, California, USA) - The Journey

VERUCA VANDYKE (Arkansas, USA) - Escape

BERT JEDBURGH (Mexico City, Mexico) - Come to me

TUTSY NAVARATHNA (Frenchman in Pondicherry, India) - Journey into the Metaverse (English Version),  (French Version - English Subtitles)

BRYN OH (Toronto, Canada) - Rusted Gears

AL PERETZ [ALFONSO KOHN] (Miami, Florida) - Unplugged

CECIL HIRVI (Citizen of the Universe) - Warriors of Aliveness

L1Aura LOIRE / LORI LANDAY (USA) - Time Journey

SILENE CHRISTEN (The Balears Islands, Spain) - Lost Souls' Island

HYPATIA PICKENS (Rochester, New York, USA) - KAPHD

KOBUK FARSHORE (Alaska, USA) - Requiem

KOBUK FARSHORE (Alaska, USA) - Home

ANDY GRAYCLOUD (Moscow, Russia) - I Want to Go Fast

ANIMATECHNICA UMBARUNDU (Northern California, USA) - The Egg

ERIC BOCCARA (Velp, Netherlands) - Juroney

BRACLO EBER (South Africa) - Journey to the Top

PIA KLAAR (Brewster, Massachusetts, USA) - The Red Shoes

PALLINA60 LOON (Rome, Italy) - A Journey Through Time

ARROW INGLEWOOD (Toronto, Canada) - Bakerman's Journey

FUSCHIA NIGHTFIRE (Dorset, UK) - Take the Road Less Travelled

FRIDAY SIAMENDES (Denver, Colorado, USA) - Journey to Art Terror

MYRON BYRON (Western Europe) - Daydream

MARY WICKENTOWER ( Zimmerman, Minnesota, USA) - Journey Down Moon River

HUGO KRELL (Madrid, Spain) & Soriana Breda (Soria, Spain) - Proyecto XXY

MOLLY CYBERTAR (Wisconsin, USA) - Dance of the Red Boots

EVIE FAIRCHILD (Washington DC, USA) & ALMO SCHUMANN (Chatanooga Tennessee) - Gold

AIDEN WITRIAL (Munich, Germany) - Easel

AIDEN WITRIAL (Munich, Germany) - Rhythm of Time, Movement & The Moon

TAUBCHEN SONNENKERN (Alkmaar, Netherlands) & MERIT COBA (Alkmaar, Netherlands) - Object

AMBROSIA LANLEY (Seal Beach, California, USA) - My Second Life

ED VESPUCCIANO (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada) - Peyote, It Was Sweet

BAY SWEETWATER (Northern California, USA) - Twinkle's Journey

MIMESIS MONDAY (Oslo, Norway) - Yourney

LALA LARIX (Gdańsk, Poland) - 3 Minutes Ophelia Journey

OONA EIREN (London, UK) - Onward & Upward

ARM STROM (Oslo, Norway) - SymbioticA-Exotica or Vice Versa

NICOLEX MOONWALL (New Orleans, USA) - Spirit's Dream

NICOLEX MOONWALL (New Orleans, USA) - Journey Into

APMEL GOOSSON (Stockholm, Sweden) - The Rider

THETELL MERLIN (South East London, UK) - The Dragon


DELGADO CINQUETTI (Springfield, Illinois, USA) - An Infinite Journey

GINGER ALSOP (Calgary, Alberta, Canada) - The Clock Tower

YT RECREANT (Europe) - Straight to the Light

ED VESPUCCIANO (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada) - The Marine Corps Does Not Want Robots

MYTH GUYOT (Frankfurt, Germany) & LAKSHMI GIHA - Walk to Eleal

ANRI EMERALD (Riga, Latvia) - The journey of life and death

TIKAF VIPER (Living in Rome, Italy) - A Fashionable Journey

FAIRODIS AVIATIK (Kherson, Ukraine) - Journey to Fashion

CORPHAELIA NINETAILS (Bristol, UK) - Voyage to Antarctica

JUDGING PANEL
Peter Greenaway (RL) - Acclaimed Director
Professor Ted Snell (RL) - Director, Cultural Precinct, The University of Western Australia
Jay  Jay Jegathesan (RL) / Jayjay Zifanwe (SL) - Manager School of Physics/ Lead of UWA Virtual Worlds
Cristina García-Lasuén (RL) / Aino Baar (SL) International Curator, Art Writer, Founder & Owner of Open This End group
Yesikita Coppola (SL) - Official Machinimatographer for UWA 2011
Laurina Hawks (SL) - Joint Reigning UWA MachinimUWA Champion
FreeWee Ling (SL) - Curator, UWA 3D Open Art Challenge
LaPiscean Liberty (SL) - CEO AviewTV and UWA Virtual World Technical Media Advisor
Nazz Lane (SL) - Journalist and Author
Rowan Derryth (SL) - Art & Design Historian; Writer for Prim Perfect Publications
Apollo Manga (SL) - examiner.com Writer & Novelist
Dr. Phylis Johnson (RL) - Media Professor, Southern Illinois University, Author - Machinima: Aesthetics and Practice (a.k.a, Sonicity Fitzroy, SL Virtual Journalist)
Lowell Cremorne (SL), Owner & Editor-In-Chief, The Metaverse Journal
Mal Burns (SL), Metaverse News Aggregator and Broadcaster
Paisley Beebe (SL), CEO of Perfect World Productions TV
Flimsey Freenote - CEO of Metamix TV (Mixed Reality Television)
Rhett Linden (SL) - Linden Labs
Bradley Dorchester (SL) - Joint Reigning UWA MachinimUWA Champion
Dousa Dragonash (SL) - COO Metaverse Television
White Lebed (SL) - Former Lead of Burning Life Art Department, Director of Special Projects @ UWA
Madeline Bates (RL) - Program Manager (Film), Perth International Arts Festival, UWA
Chantal Harvey (SL) - Founder of MaMachinima Group
Jon Stubbs (RL) - Director of Student Services, UWA
Dr Lisa Cluett (RL) - Project Leader - ALTC Viral Leadership Project, UWA
A/Prof Peter Mudie (RL) - Film: Imagist Avant-Garde, School of Architecture, Landscape and Visual Arts
Thomas Chadwick (RL) - UWA Guild Public Affairs Council President


* Random
** RL - real life name, SL second life name