Garfeimao writes: On Friday, April 29, the awards ceremony for the Newport Beach Film Festival was held. Ringers: Lord of the Fans took home one of the awards, for Best Documentary: Feature Length, early on in the evening. The Festival website should be updated in the next day or so to reflect all the awards, because there were many! [More]
Month: April 2005
TaffyCat writes: Today (April 30th), at 3:00 pm in the Community Room of the Bloomington, Illinois Public Library, author David Salo will speak on the Elvish languages in the Lord of the Rings and various aspects of his involvement with the movies. David served as a linguistic consultant and wrote dialogue and songs in Elvish for the Lord of the Rings movies. [More]
The Science Fiction Writers of America have announced the nominees for the Nebula Awards, which cover works published in 2003 and 2004. The script for The Return of the King was nominated for best adapted screenplay. The Nebulas will be awarded in Chicago tonight (Saturday, April 30th). [More]
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Garfeimao writes: Tonight, Friday, April 29, was the awards ceremony for the Newport Beach Film Festival. Ringers: Lord of the Fans took home one of the awards, for Best Documentary: Feature Length, early on in the evening. The Festival website should be updated in the next day or so to reflect all the awards, because there were many.
It was a nice, rather simple ceremony, for a really great film festival. The awards were spread out amongst genres and film styles, which was really nice to see. Shorts, Documentaries, features, everyone had their own categories, with mulitiple winners in all of them. Nearly all the Ringers crew was present and went up onstage. I’ve included some pictures to show who was there and how silly they all got celebrating.
BTW, all you Ringers, you really made an impression on the Festival staff. How do I know this? Aside from several festival staff constantly congratulating the crew on the film and having such wonderful fans, many of you were featured in their Recap videos. That’s right, during their opening ceremony for the awards presentation, they showed clips from the events, and there was Aragorn and an Ithilien Ranger out on the dance floor. Later on, when they did a tribute to the fans attending the festival, the only one’s they talked to were those of you in line at the Lido Line Party, and there were many of you interviewed. So, Ringers the film made an impact on the festival staff, and so did all of you Ringers fans.
I hope that those of you who live in So Cal enjoyed the festival and will go back next year, I know I will. I’ve gone every year they’ve had the festival and it just keeps getting better and better. For me, it’s really nice to have a film festival so close to my home so I don’t have to trek up to LA. But it helps that it’s also a quality event and staffed by such nice people who throw really great parties.
Ruth writes: I am writing about the John Howe weekend in Kitchener, Ontario. The Chapters bookstore was filled with dedicated fans wanting to chat with the famous illustrator. I happened to arrive an hour and a half prior to the book signing and there was already a long line up. It was fasinating chatting with LOTR fans. One of the men in line with me came on behalf of his wife. She couldn’t make it due to work schedule and he came in her place. [More]
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Ruth writes: I am writing about the John Howe weekend in Kitchener, Ontario. The Chapters bookstore was filled with dedicated fans wanting to chat with the famous illustrator. I happened to arrive an hour and a half prior to the book signing and there was already a long line up. It was fasinating chatting with LOTR fans. One of the men in line with me came on behalf of his wife. She couldn’t make it due to work schedule and he came in her place. Each fan had an opportunity to purchase his book: Myths and Magic ; the maps of Middle Earth, or other artwork. This lovely gentleman bought all three for his wife, what a great husband. I personally bought the book, Myths and Magic which showcases his work with LOTR and other illustrations.
As the time drew near, it felt as if we were going to see Santa Clause. John Howe and his desk was located on the upper level and the fans waited one by one at the bottom of the stairs with anticipation. The gentleman before me went up and John signed all three purchases for his wife. We watched in amazment as he drew the One Ring in pencil and sign it. Now it was my turn. I walked up the steps with my husband and two children in awe of his talent. I told him how my children enjoyed watching him draw the One Ring. His reply was that he was unable to draw for everyone, so he asked us to crowd around the table so no one else would see and he drew Gandalf before our very eyes! It was wonderful. He spoke to my children and encouraged them to keep going in their art and to not give up. We found him very personable and approachable–a very kind man.
Needless to say our visit with John Howe was a memorable one
Thank you for the heads up on the book signing. If it wasn’t for your web-site, I probably would not have had the opportunity to go.