Academy of Machinima Arts & Sciences
Encyclopedia
This is a list of film festival
s dedicated to machinima
, the use of real-time 3-D engines in filmmaking. The Academy of Machinima Arts & Sciences (AMAS) regularly holds such festivals, and recognizes exemplary machinima works through awards nicknamed the Mackies.
2008 Jury Award Nominees
, was held as part of QuakeCon
2002. However, according to David Stellmack of TG Daily
, the larger QuakeCon event seemed to overshadow the festival, which was "not very well attended".
in Astoria, New York
.
on 12-14 October 2007. The festival was hosted by De Montfort University
’s Institute of Creative Technologies (IOCT), and supported by the AMAS..
Film festival
A film festival is an organised, extended presentation of films in one or more movie theaters or screening venues, usually in a single locality. More and more often film festivals show part of their films to the public by adding outdoor movie screenings...
s dedicated to machinima
Machinima
Machinima is the use of real-time 3D computer graphics rendering engines to create a cinematic production. Most often, video games are used to generate the computer animation...
, the use of real-time 3-D engines in filmmaking. The Academy of Machinima Arts & Sciences (AMAS) regularly holds such festivals, and recognizes exemplary machinima works through awards nicknamed the Mackies.
Machinima Expo
The Machinima Expo (or "MachinExpo") is an annual international machinima festival started in 2008. In 2010 the organization expanded and is now run with help of a large team of volunteers. Submission is accepted during the summer months and the event takes place in November on the Internet and in the virtual world of Second Life".2008 Jury Award Nominees
- Liberty City, directed by Claus-Dieter Schulz Liberty City
- An UnfairWar, directed by Thuyen Nguyen
- The SnowWitch, directed by Michelle Pettit-Mee
- Tiny Nation, directed by Kerria Seabrooke
- Among Fables and Men, directed by Tobias Lundmark
- Clear Skies, directed by Ian Chisolm
- Beast, directed by Leo Lucien-Bay
- The DumbMan, directed by Trace Sanderson
- Wizard of OS: The Fish Incident, directed by Tom Jantol
2002 Machinima Film Festival
On July 17, 2002, the first Machinima Film Festival, sponsored by NVIDIANVIDIA
Nvidia is an American global technology company based in Santa Clara, California. Nvidia is best known for its graphics processors . Nvidia and chief rival AMD Graphics Techonologies have dominated the high performance GPU market, pushing other manufacturers to smaller, niche roles...
, was held as part of QuakeCon
QuakeCon
QuakeCon is a bring-your-own-computer computer gaming event with a competitive tournament held every year in Dallas, Texas, USA. The event, which is named after id Software's game Quake, sees thousands of gamers from all over the world attend every year to celebrate the company's gaming dynasty...
2002. However, according to David Stellmack of TG Daily
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, the larger QuakeCon event seemed to overshadow the festival, which was "not very well attended".
| 2002 Machinima Film Festival awards | ||
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| Award | Winner | Other nominees |
| Best Picture | Anachronox: The Movie |
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| Best Acting | Hardly Workin' |
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| Best Direction | Thin Ice |
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| Best Sound | Militia II |
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| Best Editing | Smart Gun |
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| Best Writing | Anachronox: The Movie |
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| Best Visual Design | Fake Science |
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| Best Independent Film | Smart Gun |
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| Best Technical Achievement | Anachronox: The Movie |
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| Honorary Award | id Software Id Software Id Software is an American video game development company with its headquarters in Richardson, Texas. The company was founded in 1991 by four members of the computer company Softdisk: programmers John Carmack and John Romero, game designer Tom Hall, and artist Adrian Carmack... |
none |
2003 Machinima Film Festival
| 2003 Machinima Film Festival awards | ||
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| Award | Winner | Other nominees |
| Best Independent Machinima Film | Red vs. Blue: The Blood Gulch Chronicles Red vs. Blue Red vs. Blue, often abbreviated as RvB, is a set of related comic science fiction video series created by Rooster Teeth Productions and distributed through the Internet and on DVD... |
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| Best Commercial/Game Machinima | In the Waiting Line |
Halo 2 Halo 2 is a first-person shooter video game developed by Bungie Studios. Released for the Xbox video game console on November 9, 2004, the game is the second installment in the Halo franchise and the sequel to 2001's critically acclaimed Halo: Combat Evolved... |
| Best Technical Achievement | Anna |
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| Best Editing | The Outcome |
Red vs. Blue Red vs. Blue, often abbreviated as RvB, is a set of related comic science fiction video series created by Rooster Teeth Productions and distributed through the Internet and on DVD... |
| Best Writing | Red vs. Blue: The Blood Gulch Chronicles Red vs. Blue Red vs. Blue, often abbreviated as RvB, is a set of related comic science fiction video series created by Rooster Teeth Productions and distributed through the Internet and on DVD... |
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| Best Sound | Hero |
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| Best Visual Design | In the Waiting Line |
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| Best Virtual Performance | Common Sense Cooking with Carl the Cook |
Red vs. Blue Red vs. Blue, often abbreviated as RvB, is a set of related comic science fiction video series created by Rooster Teeth Productions and distributed through the Internet and on DVD... |
| Best Direction | In the Waiting Line |
Red vs. Blue Red vs. Blue, often abbreviated as RvB, is a set of related comic science fiction video series created by Rooster Teeth Productions and distributed through the Internet and on DVD... |
| Best Picture | Red vs. Blue: The Blood Gulch Chronicles Red vs. Blue Red vs. Blue, often abbreviated as RvB, is a set of related comic science fiction video series created by Rooster Teeth Productions and distributed through the Internet and on DVD... |
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| Honorary Award | Dr. Uwe Girlich | none |
2005 Machinima Film Festival
The 2005 Machinima Film Festival was held on November 12, 2005 at the American Museum of the Moving ImageAmerican Museum of the Moving Image
The Museum of the Moving Image is a media museum located in Astoria, Queens on the former site of the Kaufman Astoria Studios. The museum originally opened in 1988 as the American Museum of the Moving Image. The museum began a $67 million expansion in March 2008 and reopened in January 2011...
in Astoria, New York
Astoria, Queens
Astoria is a neighborhood in the northwestern corner of the borough of Queens in New York City. Located in Community Board 1, Astoria is bounded by the East River and is adjacent to three other Queens neighborhoods: Long Island City, Sunnyside , and Woodside...
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| 2005 Machinima Film Festival awards | ||
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| Award | Winner | Other nominees |
| Best Picture | Game: On Game: On Game: On is a 2004 short film produced by Ethan Vogt, a student at New York University, as an advertisement for Volvo Cars. The work is the first to combine live action and machinima, the use of real-time computer animation from a three-dimensional graphics rendering engine... |
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| Best Direction | Whiplash: The Movie |
Game: On Game: On is a 2004 short film produced by Ethan Vogt, a student at New York University, as an advertisement for Volvo Cars. The work is the first to combine live action and machinima, the use of real-time computer animation from a three-dimensional graphics rendering engine... Red vs. Blue (season 3) This is a list of episodes for season 3 of the machinima comedy series Red vs. Blue.-Main Series:-External links:**... |
| Best Virtual Performance | A Few Good G-Men |
Dance, Voldo, Dance Dance, Voldo, Dance is a machinima-based music video produced in 2002 by Chris Brandt. The video, created using the fighting game Soulcalibur, features two players both controlling the character Voldo, using existing in-game animation to have the characters perform a synchronized dance to the song... |
| Best Visual Design | Person 2184 |
Game: On Game: On is a 2004 short film produced by Ethan Vogt, a student at New York University, as an advertisement for Volvo Cars. The work is the first to combine live action and machinima, the use of real-time computer animation from a three-dimensional graphics rendering engine... |
| Best Sound | Only The Strong Survive |
Game: On Game: On is a 2004 short film produced by Ethan Vogt, a student at New York University, as an advertisement for Volvo Cars. The work is the first to combine live action and machinima, the use of real-time computer animation from a three-dimensional graphics rendering engine... |
| Best Writing | PANICS PANICS PANICS or P.A.N.I.C.S., an acronym for People Acting Normal In Crazy-Ass Situations, is a comic science fiction mini-series created by Rooster Teeth Productions and released in 2005... |
Red vs. Blue (season 3) This is a list of episodes for season 3 of the machinima comedy series Red vs. Blue.-Main Series:-External links:**... |
| Best Editing | Strangerhood Studios |
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| Best Commercial/Game Machinima | Game: On Game: On Game: On is a 2004 short film produced by Ethan Vogt, a student at New York University, as an advertisement for Volvo Cars. The work is the first to combine live action and machinima, the use of real-time computer animation from a three-dimensional graphics rendering engine... |
Half-Life 2 Half-Life 2 , the sequel to Half-Life, is a first-person shooter video game and a signature title in the Half-Life series. It is singleplayer, story-driven, science fiction, and linear... PANICS PANICS or P.A.N.I.C.S., an acronym for People Acting Normal In Crazy-Ass Situations, is a comic science fiction mini-series created by Rooster Teeth Productions and released in 2005... |
| Best Independent Machinima | Red vs. Blue: Season 3 Red vs. Blue (season 3) This is a list of episodes for season 3 of the machinima comedy series Red vs. Blue.-Main Series:-External links:**... |
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| Best Off-the-Shelf Machinima | Return |
Red vs. Blue (season 3) This is a list of episodes for season 3 of the machinima comedy series Red vs. Blue.-Main Series:-External links:**... |
| Best Machinima Series | This Spartan Life This Spartan Life This Spartan Life is an award-winning talk show created by Bong + Dern Productions and produced and directed by Chris Burke, who hosts the show under the pseudonym Damian Lacedaemion... |
PANICS PANICS or P.A.N.I.C.S., an acronym for People Acting Normal In Crazy-Ass Situations, is a comic science fiction mini-series created by Rooster Teeth Productions and released in 2005... Red vs. Blue (season 3) This is a list of episodes for season 3 of the machinima comedy series Red vs. Blue.-Main Series:-External links:**... |
| Academy Honorary Award | David Wright | none |
2006 Machinima Festival
| 2006 Machinima Film Festival awards | ||
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| Award | Winner | Other nominees |
| Best Picture | The Adventures of Bill and John: Ep. II |
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| Best Direction | Edge of Remorse |
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| Best Virtual Performance: Puppeteering | Tra5hTa1k with ILL Will |
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| Best Virtual Performance: Custom Animation | Company of Heroes |
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| Best Voice-Acting Performance | Deviation |
Red vs. Blue Red vs. Blue, often abbreviated as RvB, is a set of related comic science fiction video series created by Rooster Teeth Productions and distributed through the Internet and on DVD... |
| Best Visual Design | Edge of Remorse |
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| Best Cinematography | The Adventures of Bill and John: Ep. II |
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| Best Original Music | Stolen Life Trailer |
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| Best Sound Design | Deviation |
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| Best Writing | Male Restroom Etiquette |
Red vs. Blue Red vs. Blue, often abbreviated as RvB, is a set of related comic science fiction video series created by Rooster Teeth Productions and distributed through the Internet and on DVD... |
| Best Editing | The Adventures of Bill and John: Ep. II |
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| Best Technical Achievement | Company of Heroes |
BloodSpell BloodSpell is a 2006 fantasy film produced by Strange Company. BloodSpell employs filming techniques known as machinima, and is the first feature-length production to use BioWare's Aurora Engine, developed for the computer role-playing game Neverwinter Nights, to generate the video portion of the... |
| Best Commercial Machinima | Silver Bells and Golden Spurs |
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| Best Independent Machinima | The Adventures of Bill and John: Ep. II |
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| Best Off-the-Shelf Machinima | Just a Game |
Am Ende der Distanz is a 2005 German machinima film made by David Riedel using Lionhead Studios' 2005 business simulation game The Movies.-Plot:... |
| Best Series | The Fixer |
BloodSpell BloodSpell is a 2006 fantasy film produced by Strange Company. BloodSpell employs filming techniques known as machinima, and is the first feature-length production to use BioWare's Aurora Engine, developed for the computer role-playing game Neverwinter Nights, to generate the video portion of the... Red vs. Blue Red vs. Blue, often abbreviated as RvB, is a set of related comic science fiction video series created by Rooster Teeth Productions and distributed through the Internet and on DVD... This Spartan Life This Spartan Life is an award-winning talk show created by Bong + Dern Productions and produced and directed by Chris Burke, who hosts the show under the pseudonym Damian Lacedaemion... |
Machinima Festival Europe 2007
The first Machinima Festival Europe was held in LeicesterLeicester
Leicester is a city and unitary authority in the East Midlands of England, and the county town of Leicestershire. The city lies on the River Soar and at the edge of the National Forest...
on 12-14 October 2007. The festival was hosted by De Montfort University
De Montfort University
De Montfort University is a public research and teaching university situated in the medieval Old Town of Leicester, England, adjacent to the River Soar and the Leicester Castle Gardens...
’s Institute of Creative Technologies (IOCT), and supported by the AMAS..
Speakers
- Burnie BurnsBurnie BurnsMichael Justin "Burnie" Burns is an independent filmmaker living in Texas. His best known contributions have been in machinima, although he has also worked with live-action. In April 2003, Burns, along with several of his friends, created the Internet machinima series Red vs. Blue: The Blood Gulch...
, Rooster Teeth ProductionsRooster Teeth ProductionsRooster Teeth Productions is a production group from Austin, Texas that specializes in the creation of live action shorts, animated peices and machinima, or films created using real-time, interactive engines from computer and video games. The name Rooster Teeth is a euphemism for Cockbite, an... - Alex Chan, Machinimator
- Frank Dellario, The Electric Sheep Company
- Ricard Gras, Inter-ActivaInter-ActivaInter-Activa Ltd is a digital media production company registered in the UK. They are known for having created Machinima work since 2000, virtual world content since 2004 and having promoted the use of videogames in artistic and educational settings...
- Hugh Hancock, Strange CompanyStrange CompanyStrange Company is a group of machinima creators and distributors based in Edinburgh, Scotland. They are known in the medium as the longest-standing machinima production company, having produced machinima films since 1997, and for creating the Machinima.com website, which distributes such films on...
- Tracy Harwood, De Montfort UniversityDe Montfort UniversityDe Montfort University is a public research and teaching university situated in the medieval Old Town of Leicester, England, adjacent to the River Soar and the Leicester Castle Gardens...
- Deryck Houghton, Freeth CartwrightFreeth CartwrightFreeth Cartwright is a full service law firm in United Kingdom. It is one of the top 100 law firms in the UK, and is regarded by the Legal 500 as one of the leading law firms in the East Midlands region of England. The firm has offices in Nottingham, Manchester, Leicester, Birmingham, Derby and...
- Andrew Hugill, Institute of Creative Technologies
- Johnnie Ingram, Strange CompanyStrange CompanyStrange Company is a group of machinima creators and distributors based in Edinburgh, Scotland. They are known in the medium as the longest-standing machinima production company, having produced machinima films since 1997, and for creating the Machinima.com website, which distributes such films on...
- Matt Kelland, Moviestorm
- Friedrich Kirschner, AMAS
- Xavier Lardy, Machinima.fr
- Xin Kai Li, De Montfort UniversityDe Montfort UniversityDe Montfort University is a public research and teaching university situated in the medieval Old Town of Leicester, England, adjacent to the River Soar and the Leicester Castle Gardens...
- Matthew Linley, Phoenix Arts CentrePhoenix Arts CentreUpper Brown Street is a theatre in the city centre of Leicester, England. The centre hosted live shows and films of the arthouse and world cinema genres. In 2010 it was reborn as an important music training and performance venue under a new name.- History :In the 1963 Leicester City Council ...
- Mary Mackintosh, De Montfort UniversityDe Montfort UniversityDe Montfort University is a public research and teaching university situated in the medieval Old Town of Leicester, England, adjacent to the River Soar and the Leicester Castle Gardens...
- Paul MarinoPaul MarinoPaul Marino is a film director, producer, animator, voice actor, and author currently focused on machinima, the art of using engines from video games to create films. He is a co-founder and the executive director of the Academy of Machinima Arts & Sciences , a non-profit organization formed in...
, The ILL ClanILL ClanThe ILL Clan is a machinima production team based in Brooklyn, New York City. One of the first of the "Machinima Clans," they created their first short: Apartment Huntin' in 1997, and have continued to produce machinima since then... - John C Martin II, Reallusion
- Toby Moores, Sleepydog
- Klaus Neumann, Sceen Magazine
- Kate PullingerKate PullingerKate Pullinger is a Canadian novelist and author of digital fiction currently lecturing at De Montfort University, England. She was born in Cranbrook, British Columbia, and went to high school on Vancouver Island. She dropped out of McGill University, Montreal after a year and a half and...
, De Montfort UniversityDe Montfort UniversityDe Montfort University is a public research and teaching university situated in the medieval Old Town of Leicester, England, adjacent to the River Soar and the Leicester Castle Gardens... - Jason Saldana, Rooster Teeth Productions
- Sue Thomas, De Montfort UniversityDe Montfort UniversityDe Montfort University is a public research and teaching university situated in the medieval Old Town of Leicester, England, adjacent to the River Soar and the Leicester Castle Gardens...
- Martyn WareMartyn WareMartyn "Teddy Bear" Ware is a British musician and music producer. He is the chairman of a local football team: PPA. As a founder member of both The Human League and Heaven 17, he was partly responsible for hit records such as "Being Boiled" and "Temptation"...
, Illustrious Company
Awards
As part of the festival, exemplary machinima productions were recognised with awards presented by Toby Moores, Visiting Professor at the IOCT and CEO of Sleepydog.| 2007 Machinima Festival Europe Awards | ||
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| Award | Winner | Other nominees |
| Best Picture | Stolen Life | none |
| Best Visual Design | Stolen Life |
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| Best Direction | Stolen Life |
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| Best Sound | Innocent Minds |
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| Best Series | Grid Review (Episodes 3, 7 and 8) |
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| Best Experimental | Cirque du Machinima: Cuckoo Clock |
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| Best Student Film | Machinima! With Officer Dan (Episode 1) |
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| Best Story | Snow Witch |
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| Best Technical Achievement | Machinima Island (Episode 1) |
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| Best Commercial | When the Postman Spits Twice |
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2008 Machinima Film Festival
| 2008 Machinima Festival Awards | ||
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| Award | Winner | Other nominees |
| Best Long Format | Clear Skies |
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| Best Series | This Spartan Life |
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| Best Short Format | World of Workcraft |
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| Best Independent | The Ship |
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| Best Student Work | Azerothian Super Villains |
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| Best Direction | The Ship |
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| Best Virtual Performance | The Monad |
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| Best Voice Acting | The Monad |
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| Best Technical Achievement | Leaving the Game |
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| Best Visual Design | Apocalypsis Ex Machina |
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| Best Cinematography | The Monad |
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| Best Original Music | Ignis Solus |
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| Best Sound Design | Chevauchée nocturne |
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| Best Writing | World of Workcraft |
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| Best Editing | Tales of the Past III |
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| Best of the Festival | The Ship |
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| Outstanding Achievement in Game Cinematics | Mass Effect |
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