April 2017: F.A.C.T.S. Con, Gent

Convention Report

F.A.C.T.S Spring Edition
April 1-2, 2017
Flanders Expo, Maaltekouter 1, 9051 Gent, Belgium
http://www.facts.be
Guests:
Amanda Tapping, Spencer Wilding, Kristian Nairn, Nathan Fillion, Morena Baccarin, Ben McKenzie
Artists:
Rob DenBleyker, Elia Bonetti, Goran Sudžuka, Marco Turini, Paolo Deplano, John Bolton, Claudio Castellini, Giuseppe Cafaro, Nicolas Bournay, Julien Hugonnard-Bert, Lorenzo Palloni, Giovanni Timpano, Ferran Rodriguez, Rufus Dayglo, Kas & Graza,

Deep Space 2 members attended to the FACTS Spring edition 2017 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

- artists workshops, cosplay workshops, tech workshops

- drone race


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


Q&A Spencer Wilding

Spencer is best known for his role as Darth Vader in Star Wars, but he also plays in Games of Thrones, Doctor Who and Guardians of the Galaxy among many other roles.
Spencer talked about his work and how he became an actor. About his upcoming work he couldn't say anything because he was not allowed to do so.


Q&A Nathan Fillion

Nathan is best known as Castle in the tv series Castle but next to many other roles he is most famous for science fiction fans for his role in Firefly.
Nathan told about his work, about scuba diving he does with his brother.
He also gave a list of things he would like to do as an actor. some of those he had already done, like "getting shot in a movie", "riding a horse in a movie",...


Q&A Kristian Nairn

Kristian is of course most famous for his role as Hodor in the tv series Game of thrones.
Kristian told about how heavy it was to carry his fellow actors around during the series. But most of all he is a professional DJ. He was the DJ during the FACTS party Saterday night.


Q&A Amanda Tapping

Amanda, most famous of her role in the Stargate series is also a very much wanted director. She told us about her work in Stargate, Sanctuary, Supernatural, but also in other series like Travelers which will start a second season very soon. Most of her future work she was not allowed to talk about.

Amanda's big charity project is Sanctuary for Kids

https://sanctuaryforkids.org



And last but not least...

The next F.A.C.T.S. 2017 will be held on October 21-22, 2017, same place...