Fan Film

Synonyms:
See also:	vidding, fic trailer
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Fan Films are films made by fans set in a fandom's universe but with fan-made footage, rather than remixes of existing footage as in vidding. Clive Young's book "Homemade Hollywood: Fans Behind The Camera" (2008) provides a fairly exhaustive history of fan films up until the time of publication.

Examples

See also Category:Fan Films for more.

DC Comics

• Lobo - Fan Film
• Wonder Woman - Fan Film
• Harlequin - A Joker Fan Film

Doctor Who

• P.R.O.B.E.
• The Wrath of Eukor (1984)

Harry Potter

See also: List of Harry Potter Fan Films

• Severus Snape and the Marauders (2016)
• Sisters of House Black (2019)

Indiana Jones

• Raiders of the Lost Ark: The Adaptation

The Legend of Zelda

• The Hero of Time [1]

LOTR

• Born of Hope [2]
• The Hunt for Gollum [3]

Marvel

• GAMBIT - Play For Keeps [4]

Perry Rhodan

• Der Einsame der Zeit [5] (1969-present)

Power Rangers

• Power/Rangers

Punisher

• Dirty Laundry

Sailor Moon

• Dead Moon Circus [6], [7] (2012)
• Sailor Moon and the Return of Shadows [8] (2014)
• Sailor Moon: The Movie [9] (2015)

Spawn

• Spawn: The Recall

Spider-Man

• Truth in Journalism [Bootleg Universe] (Eddie Brock focused)

Stargate Atlantis

• Stargate Atlantis: A Mini Adventure by fraggledragon [10]

Star Trek

• Axanar (Star Trek fan film)
  • Prelude to Axanar (2014)
• CometCon Blankety Blanks (1986) [11]
• Farragut Forward (first known as "Starship Farragut") (2007- ) [12]
• Free Maltz! (1987) [13]
• The Nearly-Wed Game (1987) [14]
• Perfect Botch (1986) [15]
• Raumschiff Highlander [16]
  • The Return of Captain Norad (1995)
  • Captain Norad, Ruler of the Universe (1996)
  • Captain Norad, King of the Impossible (1997)
  • Raumschiff Highlander: History (1998)
  • Norad - Resurrection (1999)
• Sale of the 23rd Century (1985) [17]
• Star Trek Continues (2013-2017), eleven episodes [18]
• Star Trek: Phase II (first known as "Star Trek: New Voyages") (2003-2016), ten episodes [19]
• Starfleet Blankety Blanks (1985) [20]
• Starship Exeter, (2002-2014), two episodes, one vignette [21]
• Steam Trek: The Moving Picture by Dennis Sisterson (1994) [22]
• Yorktown: A Time to Heal (1985; debuting in 2022) [23]

Star Wars

• Quest of the Jedi (?1994)
• Troops (1997)
• The Dark Redemption (1999)
• Legacy of the Force (2015)
• Star Wars: TIE Fighter (2015)
• Han Solo: A Smuggler's Trade (2016)
• The Distant Echo (2017)
• Kenobi: A Star Wars Fan Film (2019)

X-Files

• X-Philes - Ils voulaient croire (documentary, 2016)
• The Fans Are Out There (documentary, 2017)

Meta/Further Reading

• A Long Time Ago, in a Website Far, Far Away by Melissa Wilson (May 25, 2007)
• Fan filmmaking and copyright in a global world: "Warhammer 40,000" fan films and the case of "Damnatus", article by John Walliss in Transformative Works and Cultures, Vol 5 (2010).
• FILM; 'Star Wars' Fan Films Come Tumbling Back to Earth, ^{Archived version} Accessed April 2, 2009. (2002)
• Making Fake 'Star Trek': The True Story of a 'Star Trek' Fan Film With the Real Walter Koenig (2019) by Andy Bray & John Lim.
• Making More Fake 'Star Trek': The True Story of a 'Star Trek' Fan Film With the Real George Takei (2020) by John Lim & Andy Bray.
• Star Trek Fan Films: Paramount's 2016 Guidelines, ^{Archived version}
• Want to make your own Star Wars movie? We did, ^{Archived version}