Sunday 3 April 2016

April 2016: F.A.C.T.S. Con, Gent

Convention Report
F.A.C.T.S. April 2016
April 2-3, 2016
Flanders Expo Gent, Belgium
http://www.facts.be
Guests:
Actors: Richard Dean anderson, Tom Wlaschiha, Louise Brealy, Ray Park, Laurie Holden
Artists: 35 artists, 23 local artists
Around 300 dealers.

Deep Space 2 members attended to the FACTS 2016 Spring Convention. Some went on Saterday, most went on Sunday, some went the entire weekend.

F.A.C.T.S. is the biggest science fiction, fantasy, anime & comics convention in the Benelux, since 2016 two times a year.
- a crowd favorite: the cosplay competition
- the game zone with a/o Game Mania, Nintendo, PS4, Ubisoft, Marvel, retro gaming, pinball machines, and much more
- there were large screen screenings, Q&A sessions, chill out zones, grime sessions, and so much more

We did not go to all Q&As These are (very short) the ones we went to.

Q&A Laurie Holden
On request of Laurie there were no pictures taken and there was no filming.
Laurie talked about her work in the X-files and Walking Dead. Laurie told us the group of actors working in the Walking Dead are very close.

Q&A Ray Park
Ray talked about his passion and work as a martial arts athleet (this is how he got the part of Darth Maul in Star Wars). He also talked about Star Wars and his part in it. At the end of the Q&A he gave a little workshop with a few volonteers on how to do lightsaber fights.
http://raypark.com/

Q&A Richard Dean Anderson
Richard mainly talked about his work in McGyver and Stargate. He told us some "interesting" stories. He also talked about his charities like "Challengers Boys and Girls Club".
http://www.rdanderson.com/

One last thing. The next F.A.C.T.S. 2016 will be held on October 22-23, 2016, same place...