Origins Film Festival

24/06/2023

We are happy to announce the winners of the 2023 Origins Film Festival at Origins Game Fair! Thanks to all of the filmmakers who submitted this year.

Best Short Film: The Strangle of Ivy by Tarakata Films
Best Gaming Film: Arcade by Bus Stop Films
Best Sci-Fi Film: Dust and Data by William Macchia
Best Fantasy Film: Lord Henry Boddingham III by Elinor Glassco

24/06/2023

Day 2! See all of our official selections at originsfilmfestival.com/2023-official-selections and go to originsfilmfestival.com/online for our entire screening lineup and our Twitch streaming link. We screen simultaneously in person at Origins Game Fair in Rm B144. All times in EST.

TODAY
-12:30pm Filmmaker Meet & Greet and announcement of our 2023 awards in Rm B144 - Open to all.

-2pm-
Short Documentary:
Game On UNCW: Esports + Education

With Animated Shorts:
The Dark Odyssey 2: Ice Nexus
A Player's Quest

-4pm Dark & Dystopian Shorts-
The Good? Witch
Dust and Data
The Strangle of Ivy (Tarakata Films)
The Sacred Bees

-8pm Feature Film-
Eye of the Beholder: The Art of Dungeons & Dragons
(EXHIBITION ONLY)

23/06/2023

The 7th Annual Origins Film Festival start today at 2pm! See all of our official selections at originsfilmfestival.com/2023-official-selections and go to originsfilmfestival.com/online for our entire screening lineup and our Twitch streaming link. We screen simultaneously in-person at Origins Game Fair in Rm B144.

TODAY
-2pm Comedy Shorts-
Lord Henry Boddingam III
Arcade (Bus Stop Films)
Conspiracy Cases: The Wasp Woman
Met(EYE)morphosis

-4pm Sci-Fi Shorts-
The Assassin's Apprentice 2: Silbadores of the Canary Islands
Unseen - Short Film
Gravity Hill

-8pm Feature Film-
Of Dice and Men (EXHIBITION ONLY)

01/05/2023

07/03/2023

Early submissions are open!

12/06/2022

We're closing out the 2022 Origins Film Festival at 9pm in Rm B144 at Origins Game Fair and originsfilmfestival.com/online with Best of the Fest sci-fi comedies: short film Ceti Alpha No. 5 by Haleigh Ciel and feature film Inhumanwich!

When all-American astronaut Joe Neumann mutates into an unstoppable blob of meat, it's up to a team of devoted scientists and hard-nosed soldiers to stop the creature before it devours the planet.

11/06/2022

Coming up at 7pm in Rm B144 at Origins Game Fair & online at originsfilmfestival.com/online - our last sci-fi/fantasy dramatic short film block with Identity Check, Killing Time, Permission The Film, The Greater Evil by Tohubohu Productions, and The Isaacs Chronicles: Checkmate by Ranger 7 Studios.

11/06/2022

At 4pm ET in Rm B144 at Origins Game Fair & at originsfilmfestival.com/online - our 2nd block of sci-fi/fantasy dramatic short films, including:
IN-FINITE, Virtually, Stepmother, and Real Artists.

11/06/2022

Today at 3pm ET: A restream of our Sci-Fi/Fantasy Dramatic Short Film Block 1 at originsfilmfestival.com/online - including:
I'll Follow You
Mirror Man
The Amber Thief
The Forgotten

11/06/2022

Congratulations to the 2022 Origins Film Festival award winners & thanks to all of this year's filmmakers! OFF is held at Origins Game Fair & at originsfilmfestival.com/online.

I'll Follow You - Best Fantasy Film
Must Love Board Games (Hedges Pictures)- Best Gaming Film
Stepmother - Best Sci-Fi Film
The Amber Thief - Honorable Mention
Metube: August sings 'Una furtiva lagrima' - Best Short Film

11/06/2022

Join us at 12pm ET in Rm B144 at Origins Game Fair for our Filmmaker Meet & Greet & announcement of the 2022 Origins Film Festival award winners! We'll be playing a reel with clips of all of our Official Selections & Best of the Fest films in-person and concurrently at originsfilmfestival.com/online, with a reveal of our award winners at the end.

11/06/2022

Coming up at 9pm in Rm B144 at Origins Game Fair and originsfilmfestival.com/online - the third part of the internationally award-winning Austrian MeTube short film series - August sings 'Una furtiva lagrima', and the animated feature Infinite Santa 8000: The Director's Cut.

In the year 8000, a cyborg Santa Claus must kill mutants and robo-people, in a vast, post-apocalyptic wasteland, to save the Christmas spirit.

10/06/2022

Playing now at Origins Game Fair Rm B144 & originsfilmfestival.com/online - our first sci-fi/fantasy dramatic short film block including I'll Follow You, Mirror Man, The Amber Thief & Best of the Fest pick - The Forgotten. Due to some technical difficulties that delayed this evening's streaming screening - we will reair this block at 3pm Saturday June 11th.

10/06/2022

4PM ET at Origins Game Fair RmB144 & originsfilmfestival.com/online - A Best of the Fest selection - the feature documentary The Next Great American Game by Grandfather Films.

Randall Hoyt is an aspiring game designer on the road to publishing his first board game. His wry observations about life, gaming and his own struggles with being bipolar drive this story about what it takes to get a board game published.

10/06/2022

Next up at 3:30PM ET: The short comedy Must Love Board Games by Hedges Pictures. originsfilmfestival.com/online & RM B144 at Origins Game Fair.

When Quinn meets David she has to decide if he is a worthy suitor according to the rules of dating and tabletop gaming. As the weekly game nights go on, the couple adventures through some of the most popular board games in the world and discovers the true meaning of romance.

10/06/2022

We'll be kicking off our festival at 1pm today in-person at Origins Game Fair Rm B144 & online at originsfilmfestival.com/online with a Best of the Fest selection - the adorable animated short film, Penguins in Space by Tropical Squirrel Productions LLC - followed by an exhibition-only screening of the documentary Plastic Galaxy: The Story of Star Wars Toys.

08/06/2022

Here are clips of just some of the many amazing films we'll be screening Friday June 10th & Saturday June 11th at the 2022 Origins Film Festival in-person at Origins Game Fair, and at originsfilmfestival.com/online. This highlight reel features: The Next Great American Game by Grandfather Films, I'll Follow You, Ceti Alpha No. 5 by Haleigh Ciel, Eye Of The Beholder: The Art of Dungeons and Dragons, In-Finite by Alican Eren Kuzu, Killing Time, Infinite Santa 8000, Real Artists, The Amber Thief, Must Love Board Games by Travis Hedges Williams, Penguins in Space by Tropical Squirrel Productions LLC, and Stepmother by Joakim Pusenius.

06/05/2022

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