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Fan Film
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| 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
Doctor Who
See also: List of Doctor Who Fan Films
- P.R.O.B.E. (1994)
- The Wrath of Eukor (1984)
- Theta-G (1987)
Harry Potter
See also: List of Harry Potter Fan Films
- Severus Snape and the Marauders (2016)
- Sisters of House Black (2019)
Indiana Jones
The Legend of Zelda
LOTR
Marvel
Perry Rhodan
- Der Einsame der Zeit [5] (1969-present)
Power Rangers
Punisher
Sailor Moon
- Dead Moon Circus [6], [7] (2012)
- Sailor Moon and the Return of Shadows [8] (2014)
- Sailor Moon: The Movie [9] (2015)
Spawn
Spider-Man
Stargate Atlantis
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