From the darkness of nightmares comes the path to forgiveness…

The Medisaga is a film trilogy comprising of: Titania, Purgatory, and Neptune, which reinterprets the fairy tale of The Armless Maiden, with Shakespeare’s faery Queen Titania in the central role. Other characters from Midsummer Night’s Dream feature, as well as elements from Greek mythology. The series is written and directed by Lisa Stock and is currently in production. You can view the Dream scene and Behind the Scenes featurette on Vimeo.
There is also plans to film a short prequel to the series, which would act as an introductory piece to the main feature film but also work as a stand alone story. It has been invited to première at this summers 3 Wishes Faery Fest. There is currently a fund-raising drive to make this happen – donations start from just $5, and all levels give the donor excellent benefits. This really is an exciting project, and if you would like to support it donations can be made through Kickstart.

Readers of FAE magazine will already be familiar with some of Armorel Hamilton’s work (she drew the faeries in the logo and has also contributed interior illustrations). Now with the launch of her new website we can all marvel at these wonderful creations. Armorel is both a sculptor and painter, and has recently directed her first short film (watch below). This is a world of ethereal faeries and whimsical creatures, and even the odd unicorn. The creatures in particular have a magical quality… one of them came home with me after the Avalon Art Exhibition and I am pretty sure he is getting up to mischief every time my back is turned!

The Chagford Filmmaking Group is dedicated to creating films based on British Fairy Tales. Founded by fairy harpist Elizabeth-Jane Baldry in 2004, the group have so far completed three films – Woodwose, Pottle O’ Brains and Childe Rowland. A fourth, Cherry of Zennor is in post-production and there are plans to start filming Peeriefool, a tale from Orkney, this summer.

HETFET (Humans for the Ethical Treatment of Fairies Elves and Trolls) have launched a Save the Trolls campaign to raise awareness of the plight of these creatures in the face of dwindling habitats caused by deforestation. Since their formation in the 1960’s, HETFET has been campaigning for better treatment for all mystical creatures, fighting against illegal Pixie poaching, commercial Trolling, Fairy hunting and so on. The group now has a strong base of committed activists working for the protection of mystical creatures all around the world.

(As for HETFET being a viral advertising site for Hellboy II, well, I’m not saying…)

Wickedly funny flash animations featuring Bitey, a horrid little faun-thing who terrorizes the inhabitants of Brackenwood, a mythical forest full of fairies, witches, hairy bigfeet and other strange beasties. Created by Adam Phillips.

Bitey of Brackenwood
Prowlies at the River
Littlefoot
The Yuyu
Waterlollies

Dont miss Bingbong of Brackenwood either!

Their world is closer than you think…
In cinemas from February 15th.

Here at Fae Nation we are getting very excited about the release of Hellboy II, due to hit the cinemas this Summer. Directed by Guillermo Del Toro (Pan’s Labyrinth) Hellboy II is the sequel to 2004’s Hellboy, and sees the eponymous kitten-loving anti-hero back to save the world from Prince Nuada and his Otherworldly army, after the ancient truce between humankind and the unseen world is broken. The elves are angry, the trolls are marauding, and the tooth faeries are terrifying, and there is worse to come!
Visit the official Hellboy II site to see the trailer.

A Very Fairy Christmas is a charming animated tale sure to entertain all the family over the Christmas holidays.
In the days leading up to Christmas a young girl, Leah Carpenter, moves to a new city with her parents. While at Santa’s workshop in the North Pole, Santa Claus is meeting with Shaily, the youngest fairy ever to be asked to help Santa keep track of all the children on the “Naughty and Nice” list.
Shaily comes to visit Leah and the two become fast friends and although she knows it is against the rules, Shaily takes Leah into the fairy world where their new friendship is tested and their true adventure begins.

Buy A Very Fairy Christmas from Amazon.co.uk

I couldn’t let the Halloween season pass by with out a little spookiness, so here is an excellent short film by David Tarleton entitled ‘Dinner‘.
After the destruction of the old woods in Europe, the trolls, witches, fairies and goblins had nowhere left to go. Thus they did what so many others had done before them: they moved to Los Angeles. Jack, a goth fairy tale fetishist, falls in love with Jill, the daughter of the Russian cannibalistic witch, Baba Yaga. He must enter Baba Yaga’s hut to face impossible quests, hideous monsters, a convenience store troll and even a junkie fairy to win his girlfriend’s hand in marriage.

This is a curious little snippet of film doing the rounds on YouTube at the moment. It shows a walk through the trees of Clapham Woods in Sussex, filmed using Night Vision. All fairly uneventful until the last few seconds when something small and apparently winged flits in front of the lens. It is only visible for a moment, but it does look remarkably Faerie-like.