INAUGURAL MOVIECON A BIG SUCCESS!
Our first ever MovieCon sponsored by ProCosplay and SaberZone took place on Saturday 11 July and exceeded all expectations, despite the pesky pandemic. Originally scheduled to take place as a live in-person event, MovieCon 2020 was moved online in response to Covid 19, with a prize masquerade competition for cosplayers around the world.
With prizes including hand crafted combat lightsabers from SaberZone and 50% off vouchers from ProCosplay, we were astonished by the quality of submissions which came in from every corner of the globe, from New Zealand to New Jersey, from Australia to Austria.
With a judging panel that included Star Trek legend Marina Sirtis, as well as Nice N Nerdy Cosplay, Funkster Cosplay, Heroes of Geek Cosplay and our own Artistic Director Chris Hastings, awards were given out in six categories and the judges all agreed that the quality of submissions was astonishingly high.
THE WINNERS
BEST PROFESSIONAL COSPLAY
Morgan Freasier (Overall winner) and Leida Margeretha (Special Mention).
BEST APPRENTICE COSPLAY
Lauren Wilkinson (Overall winner) and Katie Voice (Special Mention).
COMMUNITY AWARD
Jason Coster (Overall winner) and Tak Smyth (Special Mention).
SPIRIT OF COSPLAY AWARD
Anna Elizabeth Gant (Overall winner) and Caroline, Jason, Lachlan and Claudia Smith (Special Mention). There were also Special Mentions from Marina Sirtis for Sally Seagraves and Damien Valentine for their awesome Star Trek cosplays.
BEST PERFORMANCE
Nina Dadas Curguz (Overall winner) and Ethan McKnight (Special Mention).
UNDER 12s
Jaiden Cluck (Overall winner) and Cohen Guyan (Special Mention).
RAFFLE WINNER
The winner of our prize raffle asked for us to not announce their name.
We want to thank absolutely everyone who took the time to enter, to SaberZone and ProCosplay for providing amazing prizes and can’t wait to return in 2021 when we’ll hopefully be able to hold our first live MovieCon!
See you then!
