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Nerdvana – A Geek Film And Events Retreat In Glasgow In February

By Phil Harris

Bleeding Cool is delighted to be covering the geekier side of the Glasgow Film Festival which starts on the 18^th February and runs until the 1^st March with a fabulous selection of films and other activities to boot including IMAX screenings of Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior, the much touted Jodorowsky's Dune and much, much more. Since 2011, Glasgow Film Festival has also led the way involving the geekier side of the industry as well as understanding the growing links between game and film in a section that, this years is called Nerdvana.

Ignoring the name and given that the nerds and geeks are in ascendancy as we all, obviously, know Nerdvana is offering a tasty selection of events throughout the festival, which have definitely excited this reviewer, and we recommend all those who might be in the area to browse both the main festival and Nerdvana links and consider making the trek to the West of Scotland.

We'll be covering Children of Film, Jodorowsky's Dune, The King of Kong event and Rab's Video Games Empty (featuring long time games commentator and comedian Rab Florence) throughout the event and might see if we can slip into a few horror films too – just to give a balanced opinion.

We were also hoping to make the Dungeons & Dragons Live show but it has proved so popular that even members of the press, with contacts at the film festival press office can't blackmail their way in… sorry, get tickets – meanies – but given the popularity of the show we hope they'll already be booking it into a larger venue for next year.

Of course, events like this need the support of the public and the Glasgow Film Festival, much like its sister event in Edinburgh, give a great opportunity to see and hear films, talks and shows which cover new ideas and concepts to faithful classics you should have always seen in the cinema.

Tickets and more information can be found here.

Phil Harris (@PhilipGHarris) is a games developer and writer currently working with One Thumb Mobile on their MMORPG Celtic Heroes. He also created Zentorii, helped design Nevistech's Pet Roulette for Android devices and is the story writer for Blazing Griffin's new space strategy game Distant Star: Revenant Fleet. To read more about Phil check out his profile on Indie Teamup.

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