golden blasters

Two of Octocon's perenial favourite guests are returning in 2010 to discuss their work, and their thoughts on numerous subjects.

Michael Carroll, the astonishing author of The Quantum Prophecy and Superhuman novels and short stories, is welcomed back with open arms and we couldn't be happier to have him. Michael has written for such comic books as 2000 AD and FutureQuake.

Film-maker John Vaughan will also be returning, best known for the award-winning My Dad, which he calls "true horror". John Vaughan is also the man behind Octocon's Sci-Fi film festival, The Golden Blasters. We're so glad to have him back for 2010.

These two people have contributed so much to Octocon and we thank them from the bottom of our hearts.

Lots of love,

Octocon

As the countdown to this year's Golden Blaster Awards continues, we here at Octocon Towers have been overwhelmed with questions about the nominated films. One question in particular is what film did Golden Blaster Nominee Rurairi Robinson (The Silent City) recieve an Oscar Nomination  for. That film was the surreal Sci Fi animated piece Fifty Percent Grey and as a treat, with special thanks to Zanita films here it is in full!

We are spoiling you! :)

In a war-torn near-future, three soldiers fight to survive an enviroment that is out to kill them with booby traps, snipers and something very, very different.

The Silent City is a wonderful Irish film that captures the horrors of a post-war environment perfectly.

John Vaughan says, "Starring Cillian Murphy (of Batman Begins and Sunshine fame), Oscar-nominee Rurairi Robinson shows in this visually astonishing short that through the use of both digital FX and traditional film making that it is now possible for short film makers to acheive an epic breadth and scale in their productions, even when it's lacking in most features."