Festival fantazie
Encyclopedia
Festival fantazie is the largest festival of fantasy
and science fiction
in the Czech Republic
and one of the largest in Central
and Eastern Europe
. As for number of particular programes it surpasses the longest running science fiction convention
Worldcon
. In this sense Festival fantazie belongs among the biggest festivals of its kind in the world. In 2007 the festival was visited by 2135 individuals, who stayed for 5 days on average, Festival fantazie Speciál in autumn entertained 640 participants.
Festival is devoted to fantasy and wide spectrum of related subjects. The program includes films literature, games, it is focused on science fiction and future, astronomy
, modern technologies, fantasy, horror
, mythology
, mysteries, military and history. Visitors are offered the opportunity to see films and TV shows, take part in large number of game
s and contests of all kinds. Furthermore meetings with famous personalities, both vocational and humorous lectures, theatre and fencing performances are organized and much more.
Festival has been held in Chotěboř
every year since 1996 in June and July. Shorter Festival Fantazie Speciál takes place in October. The organizer is independent non-profit civic organization SFK Avalon. Václav Pravda is the festival director.
The core of the festival consists of meetings with well-known writers, actors and artists and both vocational and humorous speeches, presentations (by specialists or fans), panel discussions. Visitors have opportunity to see both the newest films and films which are not commonly available, TV shows or documentary film
s. Fan activities include fanfilms and dramatic performations among others.
A computer hall (with network games, Wii
consoles) is prepared within the GameFest block. Board game
s, card game
s, table role-playing game
s are available. Live action role-playing game
s (LARP) are run. Competitions and tournaments are organized in many games.
In 2007 the program included over 1200 activities and events. That is more than Worldcon 2006
had (1057 events).
The festival organizers allow groups of fans to realize their own programs. This very good cooperation with participants provides basis for richer program than other similar events have. Small conventions
often give up after few years while Festival fantazie offers its services and organizational support for further sequels of convention under patronage of the festival.
.
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| Manga
& anime
AMcon http://amcon-07.wz.cz
| Stargate
http://gatecon.sg1.cz
| Battle of the Hornburg
http://gandalf.tajemno.net/
|-
| Animera http://manga.sk/index.php?option=com_showsection§ion=animera&show=uvod
| Harry Potter
http://www.potterweb.cz/web/content/view/5284/2/
| PP: OrcLYMPIAD http://orclimpijada.ic.cz
|-
| Avalcon http://www.avalcon.cz
| China
Con http://caslava.clever.cz/chinacon/
| RPG
http://www.festivalfantazie.cz/gamefest/index.php3?pg=rpg
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| Babylon 5
http://centauri-prime.net
| InfantilCon http://infantilcon.sg1.cz
| SeriesCon http://seriescon.serialy.net/
|-
| SlayerCon http://slayercon.whedon.cz/
| Jára Cimrman
http://www.festivalfantazie.cz/cimrman
| Soulcalibur III http://doomer.pbox.cz/soul/
|-
| CultCon (British TV shows) http://www.torchwood.cz/cultcon
| Jatkon + paintball
http://scifi.koprivnice.org/jatkon/
| SpaceCon http://honorverse.ic.cz/Main/index.htm
|-
| Red Dwarf
http://rdblok.majls.info
| Klasikon http://klasikon.fejsik.net
| Special FF program http://www.festivalfantazie.cz/index.php3?pg=programspecial
|-
| DDR
http://www.ddr-na-ff.net
| LostCon
http://www.lost.cz/ff/
| SpyCon
http://seriescon.serialy.net/spycon.htm
|-
| DozorCon
http://dozorcon.mfantasy.cz
| MaelströM
| Star Wars
http://www.cswu.cz/avalcon
|-
| DunaCon
http://fanklub.dune.cz/dunacon.php
| MaelströM films
| Star Wars: SithCon
http://sith.mysteria.cz
|-
| FanFest http://fanfest.moviescreen.cz/
| MysteryCon http://gaea.ezin.cz
| Studna (horror
) http://ff2007.studna.net
|-
| Film mix http://www.festivalfantazie.cz/index.php3?pg=filmy
| Narnia
& Eragon
http://www.letopisynarnie.net
| Star trek
TrekFEST http://ff.voyager.cz/
|-
| FutureCon http://www.festivalfantazie.cz/futurecon
| NightCon
| WebCon
http://webcon.mfantasy.cz
|-
| BSG
Galacticon http://www.bsg-cz.net
| OnCon (Online game
s) http://www.molik.go.cz/oncon/index.html
| Xena
, Hercules
, Charmed
http://xena.sff.cz/showpage.php?name=viragofest
|-
| GameFest: Computer games http://www.festivalfantazie.cz/gamefest/index.php3?pg=pocitacove
| The Lord of the Rings
http://www.volny.cz/merope/ff/
| The Witcher
http://ff.zaklinac.com/
|-
| GameFest: Board & card games
|
| The Witcher
: Baptism of fire LARP
http://carodej.wu.cz/krest-ohnem.html
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or Dance Dance Revolution
are available, films are projected in cinema. Events such as expositions, concerts, dramatic performances, fencing shows, ceremonial party with masquerade competition and raffle, beauty contest, literary workshop or book (and DVD
, CD, VHS
) exchange are held in terms of the festival.
Many contests and tournaments belong to the additional program among others. These contests are often organized by festival visitors themselves (e.g. table football or staring tournament).
Accommodation is prepared in several categories from hotel to sleeping-bag places. The maximum capacity includes 13 buildings (Guest-house Bene, Filippi hotel, U Zámku hotel, Vyočina hotel, Business Academy hostel, Special boarding school, Sport hall, Smetanova and Buttulova elementary schools etc.).
Visitors have access to the Internet through festival computers or they can browse festival Wi-Fi
network.
SFK Avalon Club, predecessor of organization in charge of the festival, was founded 12 February 1994. Among its first activities it issued Zbraně Avalonu magazine or organized Corwinovy spisy contest or brutal short stories competition. In 1996 it failed in candidacy for Parcon organization and decided to make Avalcon, convention of its own which was realized twice. In 1998 SFK Avalon led Parcon with 470 visitors, Avalon's co-founder Václav Pravda was elected a member of Czech Fandom Council. Three years of Festival fantazie Avalcon and two Avalcon Speciáls (1999, 2002) followed with increasing visit rate and extending program. At Eurocon 2000 in Gdynia
Avalon succeeded in candidacy for Eurocon 2002 in Chotěboř.
In 2001 the independent civic organization SFK Avalon was founded by the festival organizers. Their Eurocon 2002 was visited by 1300 attendees for whom 250 programs, 125 projections and GameCon was prepared. Despite accommodation difficulties Film Festival Fantazie connected with FF Parcon-Avalcon, FF GameStar and Literary Festival Vysočina started on 28 June 2003. Festival fantazie together with Festival fantazie Speciál in autumn (formerly Avalcon Speciál) is held annually ever since.
Festival budget got from debt in 2006. Visit rate is increasing every year, program extent is growing and the festival is planned for at least 2 following years.
Fantasy
Fantasy is a genre of fiction that commonly uses magic and other supernatural phenomena as a primary element of plot, theme, or setting. Many works within the genre take place in imaginary worlds where magic is common...
and science fiction
Science fiction
Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...
in the Czech Republic
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....
and one of the largest in Central
Central Europe
Central Europe or alternatively Middle Europe is a region of the European continent lying between the variously defined areas of Eastern and Western Europe...
and Eastern Europe
Eastern Europe
Eastern Europe is the eastern part of Europe. The term has widely disparate geopolitical, geographical, cultural and socioeconomic readings, which makes it highly context-dependent and even volatile, and there are "almost as many definitions of Eastern Europe as there are scholars of the region"...
. As for number of particular programes it surpasses the longest running science fiction convention
Science fiction convention
Science fiction conventions are gatherings of fans of various forms of speculative fiction including science fiction and fantasy. Historically, science fiction conventions had focused primarily on literature, but the purview of many extends to such other avenues of expression as movies and...
Worldcon
Worldcon
Worldcon, or more formally The World Science Fiction Convention, is a science fiction convention held each year since 1939 . It is the annual convention of the World Science Fiction Society...
. In this sense Festival fantazie belongs among the biggest festivals of its kind in the world. In 2007 the festival was visited by 2135 individuals, who stayed for 5 days on average, Festival fantazie Speciál in autumn entertained 640 participants.
Festival is devoted to fantasy and wide spectrum of related subjects. The program includes films literature, games, it is focused on science fiction and future, astronomy
Astronomy
Astronomy is a natural science that deals with the study of celestial objects and phenomena that originate outside the atmosphere of Earth...
, modern technologies, fantasy, horror
Horror fiction
Horror fiction also Horror fantasy is a philosophy of literature, which is intended to, or has the capacity to frighten its readers, inducing feelings of horror and terror. It creates an eerie atmosphere. Horror can be either supernatural or non-supernatural...
, mythology
Mythology
The term mythology can refer either to the study of myths, or to a body or collection of myths. As examples, comparative mythology is the study of connections between myths from different cultures, whereas Greek mythology is the body of myths from ancient Greece...
, mysteries, military and history. Visitors are offered the opportunity to see films and TV shows, take part in large number of game
Game
A game is structured playing, usually undertaken for enjoyment and sometimes used as an educational tool. Games are distinct from work, which is usually carried out for remuneration, and from art, which is more often an expression of aesthetic or ideological elements...
s and contests of all kinds. Furthermore meetings with famous personalities, both vocational and humorous lectures, theatre and fencing performances are organized and much more.
Festival has been held in Chotěboř
Chotebor
Chotěboř is a town in the Havlíčkův Brod District, Vysočina Region, Czech Republic. It belongs to the historical land of Bohemia. Population: 9,739 .- External links :*...
every year since 1996 in June and July. Shorter Festival Fantazie Speciál takes place in October. The organizer is independent non-profit civic organization SFK Avalon. Václav Pravda is the festival director.
Program
Program runs in several parallel program lines. Lines come under program sections which may also be parallel:- Festival fantazie – the main program, special programs
- Festival Járy Cimrmana – Jára CimrmanJára CimrmanJára Cimrman or Jára da Cimrman is a Czech fictional character created by Jiří Šebánek, Ladislav Smoljak and Zdeněk Svěrák. He is presented as one of the greatest Czech playwrights, poets, composers, teachers, travellers, philosophers, inventors, detectives, mathematicians and sportsmen of the...
and other art and science geniuses - Avalcon – literary branch
- GameFest – free gaming
The core of the festival consists of meetings with well-known writers, actors and artists and both vocational and humorous speeches, presentations (by specialists or fans), panel discussions. Visitors have opportunity to see both the newest films and films which are not commonly available, TV shows or documentary film
Documentary film
Documentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record...
s. Fan activities include fanfilms and dramatic performations among others.
A computer hall (with network games, Wii
Wii
The Wii is a home video game console released by Nintendo on November 19, 2006. As a seventh-generation console, the Wii primarily competes with Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Sony's PlayStation 3. Nintendo states that its console targets a broader demographic than that of the two others...
consoles) is prepared within the GameFest block. Board game
Board game
A board game is a game which involves counters or pieces being moved on a pre-marked surface or "board", according to a set of rules. Games may be based on pure strategy, chance or a mixture of the two, and usually have a goal which a player aims to achieve...
s, card game
Card game
A card game is any game using playing cards as the primary device with which the game is played, be they traditional or game-specific. Countless card games exist, including families of related games...
s, table role-playing game
Role-playing game
A role-playing game is a game in which players assume the roles of characters in a fictional setting. Players take responsibility for acting out these roles within a narrative, either through literal acting, or through a process of structured decision-making or character development...
s are available. Live action role-playing game
Live action role-playing game
A live action role-playing game is a form of role-playing game where the participants physically act out their characters' actions. The players pursue goals within a fictional setting represented by the real world, while interacting with each other in character. The outcome of player actions may...
s (LARP) are run. Competitions and tournaments are organized in many games.
In 2007 the program included over 1200 activities and events. That is more than Worldcon 2006
64th World Science Fiction Convention
The 64th World Science Fiction Convention , styled L.A.con IV, was held in Anaheim, California, United States, from 23 to 27 August 2006. The Venue for the 64th Worldcon was the Anaheim Convention Center and the nearby Hilton and Marriott hotels. The organizing committee was chaired by Christian B...
had (1057 events).
The festival organizers allow groups of fans to realize their own programs. This very good cooperation with participants provides basis for richer program than other similar events have. Small conventions
Convention (meeting)
A convention, in the sense of a meeting, is a gathering of individuals who meet at an arranged place and time in order to discuss or engage in some common interest. The most common conventions are based upon industry, profession, and fandom...
often give up after few years while Festival fantazie offers its services and organizational support for further sequels of convention under patronage of the festival.
Program lines
This is list of program lines at Festival fantazie. Note that links to the lines' webpages are mostly in Czech languageCzech language
Czech is a West Slavic language with about 12 million native speakers; it is the majority language in the Czech Republic and spoken by Czechs worldwide. The language was known as Bohemian in English until the late 19th century...
.
| Manga
Manga
Manga is the Japanese word for "comics" and consists of comics and print cartoons . In the West, the term "manga" has been appropriated to refer specifically to comics created in Japan, or by Japanese authors, in the Japanese language and conforming to the style developed in Japan in the late 19th...
& anime
Anime
is the Japanese abbreviated pronunciation of "animation". The definition sometimes changes depending on the context. In English-speaking countries, the term most commonly refers to Japanese animated cartoons....
AMcon http://amcon-07.wz.cz
| Stargate
Stargate
Stargate is a adventure military science fiction franchise, initially conceived by Roland Emmerich and Dean Devlin. The first film in the franchise was simply titled Stargate. It was originally released on October 28, 1994, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Carolco, and became a hit, grossing nearly...
http://gatecon.sg1.cz
| Battle of the Hornburg
Battle of the Hornburg
The Battle of the Hornburg is a fictional battle in J. R. R. Tolkien's novel The Lord of the Rings. The battle pitted the forces of the Wizard Saruman against the Rohirrim under King Théoden, who had taken refuge in the mountain fortress of the Hornburg at Helm's Deep...
http://gandalf.tajemno.net/
|-
| Animera http://manga.sk/index.php?option=com_showsection§ion=animera&show=uvod
| Harry Potter
Harry Potter
Harry Potter is a series of seven fantasy novels written by the British author J. K. Rowling. The books chronicle the adventures of the adolescent wizard Harry Potter and his best friends Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger, all of whom are students at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry...
http://www.potterweb.cz/web/content/view/5284/2/
| PP: OrcLYMPIAD http://orclimpijada.ic.cz
|-
| Avalcon http://www.avalcon.cz
| China
China
Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...
Con http://caslava.clever.cz/chinacon/
| RPG
Role-playing game
A role-playing game is a game in which players assume the roles of characters in a fictional setting. Players take responsibility for acting out these roles within a narrative, either through literal acting, or through a process of structured decision-making or character development...
http://www.festivalfantazie.cz/gamefest/index.php3?pg=rpg
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| Babylon 5
Babylon 5
Babylon 5 is an American science fiction television series created, produced and largely written by J. Michael Straczynski. The show centers on a space station named Babylon 5: a focal point for politics, diplomacy, and conflict during the years 2257–2262...
http://centauri-prime.net
| InfantilCon http://infantilcon.sg1.cz
| SeriesCon http://seriescon.serialy.net/
|-
| SlayerCon http://slayercon.whedon.cz/
| Jára Cimrman
Jára Cimrman
Jára Cimrman or Jára da Cimrman is a Czech fictional character created by Jiří Šebánek, Ladislav Smoljak and Zdeněk Svěrák. He is presented as one of the greatest Czech playwrights, poets, composers, teachers, travellers, philosophers, inventors, detectives, mathematicians and sportsmen of the...
http://www.festivalfantazie.cz/cimrman
| Soulcalibur III http://doomer.pbox.cz/soul/
|-
| CultCon (British TV shows) http://www.torchwood.cz/cultcon
| Jatkon + paintball
Paintball
Paintball is a sport in which players compete, in teams or individually, to eliminate opponents by tagging them with capsules containing water soluble dye and gelatin shell outside propelled from a device called a paintball marker . Paintballs have a non-toxic, biodegradable, water soluble...
http://scifi.koprivnice.org/jatkon/
| SpaceCon http://honorverse.ic.cz/Main/index.htm
|-
| Red Dwarf
Red Dwarf
Red Dwarf is a British comedy franchise which primarily comprises eight series of a television science fiction sitcom that aired on BBC Two between 1988 and 1999 and Dave from 2009–present. It gained cult following. It was created by Rob Grant and Doug Naylor, who also wrote the first six series...
http://rdblok.majls.info
| Klasikon http://klasikon.fejsik.net
| Special FF program http://www.festivalfantazie.cz/index.php3?pg=programspecial
|-
| DDR
Dance Dance Revolution
Dance Dance Revolution, abbreviated DDR, and previously known as Dancing Stage in Europe and Australasia, is a music video game series produced by Konami. Introduced in Japan in 1998 as part of the Bemani series, and released in North America and Europe in 1999, Dance Dance Revolution is the...
http://www.ddr-na-ff.net
| LostCon
Lost (TV series)
Lost is an American television series that originally aired on ABC from September 22, 2004 to May 23, 2010, consisting of six seasons. Lost is a drama series that follows the survivors of the crash of a commercial passenger jet flying between Sydney and Los Angeles, on a mysterious tropical island...
http://www.lost.cz/ff/
| SpyCon
Espionage
Espionage or spying involves an individual obtaining information that is considered secret or confidential without the permission of the holder of the information. Espionage is inherently clandestine, lest the legitimate holder of the information change plans or take other countermeasures once it...
http://seriescon.serialy.net/spycon.htm
|-
| DozorCon
Night Watch (Russian novel)
Night Watch is a fantasy novel by Russian writer Sergei Lukyanenko published in 1998...
http://dozorcon.mfantasy.cz
| MaelströM
| Star Wars
Star Wars
Star Wars is an American epic space opera film series created by George Lucas. The first film in the series was originally released on May 25, 1977, under the title Star Wars, by 20th Century Fox, and became a worldwide pop culture phenomenon, followed by two sequels, released at three-year...
http://www.cswu.cz/avalcon
|-
| DunaCon
Dune (novel)
Dune is a science fiction novel written by Frank Herbert, published in 1965. It won the Hugo Award in 1966, and the inaugural Nebula Award for Best Novel...
http://fanklub.dune.cz/dunacon.php
| MaelströM films
| Star Wars: SithCon
Sith
-Sith:The Sith is a name applied to certain characters in the Star Wars universe. In the films they are the central antagonists. They are capable of using the dark side of the Force.-The Invention of the Sith:...
http://sith.mysteria.cz
|-
| FanFest http://fanfest.moviescreen.cz/
| MysteryCon http://gaea.ezin.cz
| Studna (horror
Horror film
Horror films seek to elicit a negative emotional reaction from viewers by playing on the audience's most primal fears. They often feature scenes that startle the viewer through the means of macabre and the supernatural, thus frequently overlapping with the fantasy and science fiction genres...
) http://ff2007.studna.net
|-
| Film mix http://www.festivalfantazie.cz/index.php3?pg=filmy
| Narnia
The Chronicles of Narnia
The Chronicles of Narnia is a series of seven fantasy novels for children by C. S. Lewis. It is considered a classic of children's literature and is the author's best-known work, having sold over 100 million copies in 47 languages...
& Eragon
Eragon
Eragon is the first book in the Inheritance Cycle by Christopher Paolini, who began writing at the age of 15. After writing the first draft for a year, he spent a second year rewriting it and fleshing out the story and characters. Paolini's parents saw the final manuscript and decided to...
http://www.letopisynarnie.net
| Star trek
Star Trek
Star Trek is an American science fiction entertainment franchise created by Gene Roddenberry. The core of Star Trek is its six television series: The Original Series, The Animated Series, The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, Voyager, and Enterprise...
TrekFEST http://ff.voyager.cz/
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| FutureCon http://www.festivalfantazie.cz/futurecon
| NightCon
| WebCon
World Wide Web
The World Wide Web is a system of interlinked hypertext documents accessed via the Internet...
http://webcon.mfantasy.cz
|-
| BSG
Battlestar Galactica
Battlestar Galactica is an American science fiction franchise created by Glen A. Larson. The franchise began with the Battlestar Galactica TV series in 1978, and was followed by a brief sequel TV series in 1980, a line of book adaptations, original novels, comic books, a board game, and video games...
Galacticon http://www.bsg-cz.net
| OnCon (Online game
Online game
An online game is a game played over some form of computer network. This almost always means the Internet or equivalent technology, but games have always used whatever technology was current: modems before the Internet, and hard wired terminals before modems...
s) http://www.molik.go.cz/oncon/index.html
| Xena
Xena
Xena is a fictional character from Robert Tapert's Xena: Warrior Princess franchise. She first appeared in the 1995–1999 television series Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, before going on to appear in Xena: Warrior Princess TV show and subsequent comic book of the same name...
, Hercules
Hercules: The Legendary Journeys
Hercules: The Legendary Journeys is a television series, filmed in New Zealand and the United States. It was produced from 1995, and was very loosely based on the tales of the classical Greek culture hero Heracles...
, Charmed
Charmed
Charmed is an American television series that originally aired from October 7, 1998, until May 21, 2006, on the now defunct The WB Television Network. The series was created in 1998 by writer Constance M...
http://xena.sff.cz/showpage.php?name=viragofest
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| GameFest: Computer games http://www.festivalfantazie.cz/gamefest/index.php3?pg=pocitacove
| The Lord of the Rings
The Lord of the Rings
The Lord of the Rings is a high fantasy epic written by English philologist and University of Oxford professor J. R. R. Tolkien. The story began as a sequel to Tolkien's earlier, less complex children's fantasy novel The Hobbit , but eventually developed into a much larger work. It was written in...
http://www.volny.cz/merope/ff/
| The Witcher
The Witcher
The Witcher, or , by Polish writer Andrzej Sapkowski is a cult series of fantasy short stories and five novels about the witcher Geralt of Rivia...
http://ff.zaklinac.com/
|-
| GameFest: Board & card games
|
| The Witcher
The Witcher
The Witcher, or , by Polish writer Andrzej Sapkowski is a cult series of fantasy short stories and five novels about the witcher Geralt of Rivia...
: Baptism of fire LARP
Live action role-playing game
A live action role-playing game is a form of role-playing game where the participants physically act out their characters' actions. The players pursue goals within a fictional setting represented by the real world, while interacting with each other in character. The outcome of player actions may...
http://carodej.wu.cz/krest-ohnem.html
|->
Additional program
Many other activities are held out of main program lines. Table footballTable football
Table football, also known as gitoni or foosball, is a table-top game and sport that is loosely based on association football.-Names:...
or Dance Dance Revolution
Dance Dance Revolution
Dance Dance Revolution, abbreviated DDR, and previously known as Dancing Stage in Europe and Australasia, is a music video game series produced by Konami. Introduced in Japan in 1998 as part of the Bemani series, and released in North America and Europe in 1999, Dance Dance Revolution is the...
are available, films are projected in cinema. Events such as expositions, concerts, dramatic performances, fencing shows, ceremonial party with masquerade competition and raffle, beauty contest, literary workshop or book (and DVD
DVD
A DVD is an optical disc storage media format, invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions....
, CD, VHS
VHS
The Video Home System is a consumer-level analog recording videocassette standard developed by Victor Company of Japan ....
) exchange are held in terms of the festival.
Many contests and tournaments belong to the additional program among others. These contests are often organized by festival visitors themselves (e.g. table football or staring tournament).
Speciál
Festival fantazie Speciál is a happening tied to Festival fantazie which is organized by SFK Avalon too. Speciál is linked with the summer festival, chosen programs appear again, but it offers variety of original program. Speciál is aimed to satisfy fans who prefer a smaller event to bustle of a large one or who missed desired program of Festival fantazie and also to enable further socializing across various interest groups.Guests
These guests confirmed attendance for Festival fantazie 2007:- Harry HarrisonHarry HarrisonHarry Harrison is an American science fiction author best known for his character the Stainless Steel Rat and the novel Make Room! Make Room! , the basis for the film Soylent Green...
– American science fictionScience fictionScience fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...
writer - Magdalena Kozak – Polish doctor and writer
- Andrzej PilipiukAndrzej PilipiukAndrzej Pilipiuk , Polish humoristic science-fiction and fantasy author. He debuted in 1996 with short story "Hiena", which featured the first appearance of Jakub Wędrowycz, an alcoholic exorcist. Since that time, Pilipiuk has written several dozen other short stories about that character.Nine...
– Polish archaeologist and writer - Nikolaj Reďka – Ukrainian painter
- David NyklDavid NyklDavid Nykl is a Czech Canadian actor of film, television, commercials and theater.After the Soviet invasion in 1968, he and his family left then-Communist Czechoslovakia for Canada...
– Canadian actor of Czech origin (character of Dr. ZelenkaRadek ZelenkaDr. Radek Zelenka is a fictional character in the television series Stargate Atlantis, portrayed by David Nykl. He is a scientist from the Czech Republic and a member of the original expedition from Earth to the Ancient city of Atlantis in the Pegasus galaxy. His expertise on Ancient technology is...
in Stargate AtlantisStargate AtlantisStargate Atlantis is a Canadian-American adventure and military science fiction television series and part of MGM's Stargate franchise. The show was created by Brad Wright and Robert C. Cooper as a spin-off series of Stargate SG-1, which was created by Wright and Jonathan Glassner and was itself... - Ondrej Herec – Slovak literary theorist, translator, organizer
- Jan KantůrekJan KanturekJan Kantůrek is a Czech translator of fantasy, science fiction, comics and westerns from English. His most known translations are Discworld by Terry Pratchett and book about Conan the Barbarian by R.E. Howard and his successors.-Life:...
– Czech translator (e.g. DiscworldDiscworldDiscworld is a comic fantasy book series by English author Sir Terry Pratchett, set on the Discworld, a flat world balanced on the backs of four elephants which, in turn, stand on the back of a giant turtle, Great A'Tuin. The books frequently parody, or at least take inspiration from, J. R. R....
by Terry PratchettTerry PratchettSir Terence David John "Terry" Pratchett, OBE is an English novelist, known for his frequently comical work in the fantasy genre. He is best known for his popular and long-running Discworld series of comic fantasy novels...
) - Jiří Kocman – Czech dubber
- Pavol Martinický – Slovak architect, artist, publicist
- Miloslav Mejzlík – Czech dubber (e.g. Jack O'NeillJack O'NeillJonathan J. "Jack" O'Neill is a fictional character in the Canadian-American military science fiction television series Stargate SG-1, Stargate Atlantis and Stargate Universe, three science fiction shows about military teams exploring the galaxy via a network of alien transportation devices...
in Stargate SG-1Stargate SG-1Stargate SG-1 is a Canadian-American adventure and military science fiction television series and part of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's Stargate franchise. The show, created by Brad Wright and Jonathan Glassner, is based on the 1994 feature film Stargate by Dean Devlin and Roland Emmerich...
) - Jaroslav Mostecký – Czech writer, collector, moderator
- Ondřej NeffOndrej NeffOndřej Neff is a Czech science fiction writer and journalist. He is the founder of , one of the earliest and most popular Czech daily news/comments websites, and , a website about digital photography for amateurs.His father Vladimír Neff was a popular writer, author of many historical...
– Czech spisovatel, script-writer, publicist, founder of Ikarie magazine and internet journal Neviditelný pes - Anežka Pohorská – Czech dubber
- Jiří W. Procházka – Czech writer (e.g. John Francis Kovář series)
- Jiří Samek – Czech actor, dubber (e.g. George Hammond in Stargate SG-1Stargate SG-1Stargate SG-1 is a Canadian-American adventure and military science fiction television series and part of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's Stargate franchise. The show, created by Brad Wright and Jonathan Glassner, is based on the 1994 feature film Stargate by Dean Devlin and Roland Emmerich...
) - Františka Vrbenská – Czech writer
- Miroslav ŽambochMiroslav ŽambochMiroslav Žamboch is a Czech physicist and author whose modern-sensibility-imbued science fiction and fantasy novels and short stories have propelled him to the forefront of early 21st century Eastern European genre writers....
– Czech writer (e.g. John Francis Kovář series)
New events
List of recent festival innovations:- More program lines: SeriesCon, LOSTcon, MysteryCon, DozorCon, SpyCon, The Witsher, ChinaCon, Klasikon, SithCon, ANImera, InfantilCon, CultCon, FireFly marathon.
- Program runs 24 hours a day – NightCon offers computer games, board and card games, film projections
- Fantasy LARPs The Witcher: Baptism of fire and Battle of the Hornburg, OrcBall, Orc olympiad
- Eight days' paintballPaintballPaintball is a sport in which players compete, in teams or individually, to eliminate opponents by tagging them with capsules containing water soluble dye and gelatin shell outside propelled from a device called a paintball marker . Paintballs have a non-toxic, biodegradable, water soluble...
program, bicycles and sport equipment rental - Festival journal, daily FanTV interviews with notable persons
- First official festival wedding (Star Trek style)
Background
Festival provides organizers and attendees with reliable background. The centre is located in House of Culture Junior with halls and lecture rooms for circa 400 attendees. A snack bar, tearoom and workshop are situated here too. In proximate neighbourhood there are Druzba Cinema (capacity for 200–300 visitors), Sport Hall (for 190 visitors) and Sokolovna (for 200–400 visitors, snack bar, winebar).Accommodation is prepared in several categories from hotel to sleeping-bag places. The maximum capacity includes 13 buildings (Guest-house Bene, Filippi hotel, U Zámku hotel, Vyočina hotel, Business Academy hostel, Special boarding school, Sport hall, Smetanova and Buttulova elementary schools etc.).
Visitors have access to the Internet through festival computers or they can browse festival Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi or Wifi, is a mechanism for wirelessly connecting electronic devices. A device enabled with Wi-Fi, such as a personal computer, video game console, smartphone, or digital audio player, can connect to the Internet via a wireless network access point. An access point has a range of about 20...
network.
History
Gdynia
Gdynia is a city in the Pomeranian Voivodeship of Poland and an important seaport of Gdańsk Bay on the south coast of the Baltic Sea.Located in Kashubia in Eastern Pomerania, Gdynia is part of a conurbation with the spa town of Sopot, the city of Gdańsk and suburban communities, which together...
Avalon succeeded in candidacy for Eurocon 2002 in Chotěboř.
In 2001 the independent civic organization SFK Avalon was founded by the festival organizers. Their Eurocon 2002 was visited by 1300 attendees for whom 250 programs, 125 projections and GameCon was prepared. Despite accommodation difficulties Film Festival Fantazie connected with FF Parcon-Avalcon, FF GameStar and Literary Festival Vysočina started on 28 June 2003. Festival fantazie together with Festival fantazie Speciál in autumn (formerly Avalcon Speciál) is held annually ever since.
Festival budget got from debt in 2006. Visit rate is increasing every year, program extent is growing and the festival is planned for at least 2 following years.
See also
- Science fiction conventionScience fiction conventionScience fiction conventions are gatherings of fans of various forms of speculative fiction including science fiction and fantasy. Historically, science fiction conventions had focused primarily on literature, but the purview of many extends to such other avenues of expression as movies and...
- WorldconWorldconWorldcon, or more formally The World Science Fiction Convention, is a science fiction convention held each year since 1939 . It is the annual convention of the World Science Fiction Society...
- ChotěbořChoteborChotěboř is a town in the Havlíčkův Brod District, Vysočina Region, Czech Republic. It belongs to the historical land of Bohemia. Population: 9,739 .- External links :*...
- FantasyFantasyFantasy is a genre of fiction that commonly uses magic and other supernatural phenomena as a primary element of plot, theme, or setting. Many works within the genre take place in imaginary worlds where magic is common...
- Science fictionScience fictionScience fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...
External links
- Festival fantazie official website
- Chotěboř today at Chotěboř official website