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Film-A-Thon 2011

Come one, come all to the Film-A-Thon 2011 on Friday, May 6th from 8:30 p.m.-11:30 p.m. at the eGARAGE in Long Island City, 44-02 23rd Street Suite 104. To get there check out Hopstop.com for more information.
Episode 1 will be premiering along with an extended trailer showcasing “Calloway“, showcasing the aftermath of “Batman: Hothouse” [...]

Halo: Faith

An amazing amount of talent has pulled together to make one of the most ambitious fan films to date. Leave it to the die hard fans to keep expanding onto this fun genre of film that makes Hollywood look like little girly men. Not much details to date on this Halo project. The new poster [...]

S: A Superman Fan Film Teaser Trailer

There’s a couple Superman fan films on the way this coming year. One in particular is this “S” production I’ve been following a few months on FaceBook.
The film is shot mostly (if not all) in front a very large green screen. Green screen has its place in film, but even in Hollywood productions it gets [...]

Masters Of The Universe Trailer

Masters of the Universe: The Wizard of Stone Mountain is an independent, live-action fan film based upon the popular Masters of the Universe franchise.
Determined to win the respect of his people and the love of his life, Teela; Malik, The Wizard of Stone Mountain, makes a bargain with a demon to wield great power. It [...]

ElfQuest The Trailer

This ElfQuest fan production is based on the comic book series created by Richard and Wendy Pini. Stephanie Thorpe and Paula Rhodes are the two creative forces making the quest to bring the series to film.
Interesting trailer. It’s a lot of good looking girls with pointy ears moving their eyes around making a variety of [...]

FFF Sneak Peaks

No April Fool’s joke here. These are legitimate trailers to fan made web series or short films that are to be released on the horizon. Fan Films can be a fickle lot. At times there’s a glut of professional productions and other times these babies are released in a wave of vengeance. It looks to [...]

For Tomorrow We Die

I’ll be representing Fan Film Follies in two film efforts for 2011. The first one I’ll be announcing later in the year. Just think whip and fedora that will be the biggest “Indy” fan film that’s been produced thus far. No joke. Would I lie to you? Seriously. It will be awesome.
Now put that out [...]

Doctor Robbins Barstow Tribute

I just learned and am extremely saddened that film maker Doctor Robbins Barstow passed away on November 7th of 2010 at the age 91. Mr. Barstow brought the world one of the first of what we call fan films that have gained some popularity since the conception of the internet. Over his many years he [...]

Fourth Annual Superman Celebration Fan Film Competition

The Metropolis Chamber of Commerce and TCB Video Productions are proud to announce the Fourth Annual Superman Celebration Fan Film Competition.
We’re looking for the best superhero-themed short fan films of 15 minutes or less, and the winner will walk away with $300! Films can feature existing or original superheroes, and are not limited to [...]

Fan Film Follies 2.0

Happy New Year! My apologies. I may be a couple months after the fact. If you’re a regular viewer to the Fan Film Follies you may have noticed we changed the look of the site. It was time for a cosmetic update as well as time to deal with some of the navigational issues [...]