I just noticed the diacritical marks in the D*C 2011 book - before or after the first letter of guest names, and no discernable pattern scattered throughout the movie titles in the independent film festival section.

What does it mean?
(Probably nothing, I know, but I'd love to hear everyone's conspiracy theories.)

Dragon*con & Studio Movie Grill invite you to a special pre-convention screening of FORBIDDEN PLANET,
Aug 18th at 7:30pm SMG HOLCOMB BRIDGE, In Alpharetta (north Atlanta suburbia) .   ONLY $1

This is going to be a riot.  Classic SF, Dragon*Con people, drinks, good food.  Come on out and join us for what's going to be a great time.  I want to see ( Read more... )

How doe an action hero do it?  Fight evil doers and save the day?
Time to learn from the best.  Patrick Warburton (MIB 2, Joe on Family Guy, Brock on Venture Brothers) is the Action hero in The Action Hero’s Guide to Saving Lives.  This crowd favorite film from the Dragon*Con Independent Film Festival will be presented at a free screening this ( Read more... )

How about a block of fantastic comedy films from the Dragon*Con film festival, screened in a beautiful cozy theater just north of Atlanta, with free popcorn and pop, oh…and the whole thing is free.

That’s right, the perfect date night (or friends night, or you night)-September 30th at 7:00 pm.

The films (including this year’s award winner for ( Read more... )

Screenings begin today at the Dragon*Con Independent Film Festival, and 2010 will prove to be the Year of the Zombie  with a plethora of flesh eating treats. Your taste for human brains will be satisfied with a  line up including two different zombie shorts blocks, a zombie animation series, and two zombie features.

Exhibits A and B:

Doctor “S” ( Read more... )

Last night I was fortunate enough to see the pre-screening of Roberto Rodriguez's Machete, which was created from the the fake trailer featured in Rodriguez's and Tarantino's 2007, Grindhouse. Recurring in Roberto's movies is actor and special effects master, Tom Savini. I was excited to see him playing Osiris Ampanpour, a bounty hunter, in ( Read more... )

Dragon*Con draws people from all over the world, and it also brings films.  Our line up this year includes an array of shorts, comedies, animations, fantasy, sci-fi, and horror madness for the pass holders of Dragon*Con 2010.

We Atlantans are proud to feature the Georgian filmmakers who are representing at the Dragon*Con Independent Film Festival.

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Artistry may come naturally, but skill you need to learn, and the D*CIS Film Festival's Film School is here to teach film making skill. The seven sessions over all four days of the convention will cover various technical topics of filmmaking and are listed on our schedule here.

From The Dead Matter Facebook and Website by Midnight Syndicate ( Read more... )

Only one more day to submit to the 2010 Dragon*Con Independent Film Festival.  Don't miss your chance,

We will start making decisions in about a week (and finish in some unknown quantum twisted time later) and post the selected titles on our website (www.filmfest.dragoncon.org) as well as here.