Dragon Days

The Dragon Days are an annual fantastic festival in the Stuttgart region , Baden-Württemberg , which specializes in fantastic content in various media types. As a transmedial festival, the Dragon Days combine different media such as computer games, literature, art, comics and film in interactive events. It is designed for professionals as well as a broad public. Since 2013, the Swabian Lindwurm, the award for outstanding achievements for the fantastic, has been awarded to selected representatives of the creative fantastic.

Festival creed

The Dragon Days intentionally distance themselves from the term fantasy in order to avoid prejudice. In addition to the fantasy genre, 'Fantastik' also includes horror and science fiction, and can therefore be applied to a wider range of content.

According to the festival director and curator Tobias Wengert, the aim of the Dragon Days is to offer quality content instead of just bringing big names to Stuttgart, "We are less commercial and more content". This claim is reinforced by the journalistic external perception: "While Fantastik is steadily increasing in economic importance across the media, the Dragon Days work on maintaining accessibility between consumers, creatives and managers."

The Swabian Lindworm (Prize)

The 'Swabian Lindwurm' is the undoped prize of the Dragon Days, which is awarded annually to special achievements in Fantastik. The name of the award (and also the inspiration for the 'Lindwurm' character in the trailer) goes back to the dinosaur Plateosaurus , whose fossils are often found in Baden-Württemberg and which is why it was nicknamed the 'Swabian Lindworm'. The model of the digital figure was used as a template for the prize statue. The annual price is unique. For each award ceremony, a single dragon is made using the complicated casting method lost form , which can only be used once.

Award winners

year	Award winners	Laudator
2013	Tad Williams	Walter Adler
2014	Augsburger doll crate	Thomas Klingenmaier
2015	Joe Abercrombie	Alex Jahnke
2016	Alan Lee	Tobias M. Eckrich

Since 2013 the Dragon Days have had their own festival trailer, which shows the Swabian lindworm in an animated version.

The basis for this was the student work "Lindwurm" from 2012 by the Baden-Württemberg Film Academy : Originally produced on behalf of the ITFS in 2012, the trailer shows a little kite that chases through a dinosaur museum after the gates have closed. The trailer was filmed in the State Museum for Natural History in Stuttgart , whereupon the dragon was animated as a CGI figure and inserted into the real footage. Andreas Feix , a student at the time, was responsible for the direction and CG animation of the dragon .

History and organization

The Dragon Days were held for the first time in 2012. Curator Tobias Wengert (filmexpo.de) created the concept in cooperation with the Literaturhaus Stuttgart . In the years that followed, the festival spread across the city from this first venue.

year	organizer	curator	Venue
2012	Literaturhaus Stuttgart	Tobias Wengert	Literaturhaus Stuttgart
2013	Literaturhaus Stuttgart	Tobias Wengert	Literaturhaus Stuttgart, Stuttgart City Library , Museum am Löwentor , Hugendubel bookstore (Stuttgart), Wilhelmspalais , Stuttgart city center cinemas
2014	Literaturhaus Stuttgart	Tobias Wengert	Literaturhaus Stuttgart, Linden Museum , Stuttgart City Library, Museum am Löwentor, Hugendubel bookshop (Stuttgart)
2015	filmexpo.de	Tobias Wengert	Literaturhaus Stuttgart, Osiander bookstore (branches Gerber , Milaneo and Nadlerstraße), Stuttgart City Library, Museum am Löwentör, Linden Museum, Metropol Stuttgart
2016	filmexpo.de	Tobias Wengert	Stuttgart City Library, Linden Museum, Wittwer bookstore, Turmforum , Liederhalle , Merlin cultural center , Museum at the Löwentor, Stuttgart city center cinemas, theater ship

program

2012

date	Program item	guest	Event type	place	Focus medium
05.07.	The Hobbit	Michael Klett , Denis Scheck, unexpected, Andreas Fröhlich	Reading and discussion	Literaturhaus Stuttgart	Literature, visual effects
06.07.	Steam noir	Felix Mertikat	Comic workshop	Literaturhaus Stuttgart	Comic
	V for Vendetta	Constantin Schnell	presentation	Literaturhaus Stuttgart	Film and comic
	Hyddenworld	William Horwood , Denis Scheck , Kemane Bâ	Conversation, reading, drawing live	Literaturhaus Stuttgart	Literature, fine arts
	Dragon Children's Night		Overnight in the bookstore	Bookstore Hugendubel
07.07.	The shadow dreamer	Janine Wilk	reading	Literaturhaus Stuttgart	Youth literature
	Story worlds	Time land	presentation	Literaturhaus Stuttgart	transmedia
	Mobile - from film to book	Verena Fels	Conversation, screening	Literaturhaus Stuttgart	Animated film, literature
	The Inner World	Studio Fizbin	Conversation, presentation	Literaturhaus Stuttgart	Games, board games, cartoons
	The last shadow carver	Christian from Aster	reading	Literaturhaus Stuttgart	literature
	Create Dystopia	Minotaur Project		Literaturhaus Stuttgart	user generated cinema, film
	The Song of Ice and Fire	Tom Wlaschiha , Pixomondo , Denis Scheck	Reading, discussion, presentation	Literaturhaus Stuttgart	Literature, visual effects
08.07.	The Gruffalo Child - from book to film	Torben Meier, Constantin Schnell	Conversation, presentation	Literaturhaus Stuttgart	Youth literature, animation film
	Double light	Nina Blazon , Constantin Schnell	Reading, conversation	Literaturhaus Stuttgart	Youth literature
	Magician's Dawn	Bernd Perplies	reading	Literaturhaus Stuttgart	literature
	Steam noir	Felix Mertikat, Verena Klinke	Conversation, presentation	Literaturhaus Stuttgart	Comic
	Steampunk panel	Felix Mertikat, Verena Klinke, Bernd Perplies, Alex Jahnke	Discussion panel	Literaturhaus Stuttgart	Cross media
05.07. – 19.09.	The art of the hobbit		exhibition	Literaturhaus Stuttgart	Literature, fine arts

2013

date	Program item	guest	Event type	place	Focus media
07/11	Award ceremony	Tad Williams , Benjamin Rudolph, Walter Adler, Katharina Spiering, Thomas Klingenmaier	Award ceremony	Literaturhaus Stuttgart	Literature, radio play, virtual reality
07/12	Fashion in comics	Felix Mertikat	Workshop	Stuttgart City Library	Comic
	Tom	Andreas Hykade	Children's workshop	Literaturhaus Stuttgart	Film, comic
	Focus on vampires and magic	Victoria Frances	Conversation and live drawing	Literaturhaus Stuttgart	Fine arts, literature
	The dust of the ancestors	Felix Pestemer, Maike Sander	Lecture, exhibition, making-of	Literaturhaus Stuttgart	Comic, Sepulchral Culture
	Game of Thrones , A Song of Ice and Fire	Pixomondo , Reinhard Kuhnert	Reading, presentation	Museum at the Lion Gate	Literature, radio play, TV, visual effects
	The dark alleys of heaven	Tad Williams	reading	Bookstore Hugendubel (Stuttgart)	literature
07/13	The Swabian Lindworm	Heiko Volz , Volker Lang , Dr. Ursula Lauxmann, Andreas Feix	Reading, lecture, making-of	Literaturhaus Stuttgart	Literature, film
	Steam Noir Revolution	Daniel Danzer	Lecture	Literaturhaus Stuttgart	Card game, comic
	The cosmophone	Stefan Heilemann (photography), Oliver Palotai (sound), Sylvia "Shia" Springorum (painting), Björn Springorum (text)	Staged reading, lecture	Literaturhaus Stuttgart	Literature, drama, visual arts, music
	Wormworld saga	Daniel Lieske	Lecture	Literaturhaus Stuttgart	Web comic
	True fairy tales	Annie Bertram, Björn Springorum, Christian von Aster	Reading, presentation	Literaturhaus Stuttgart	Literature, photography
	Gorilla Delphia	Timo Mrazek	Lecture	Literaturhaus Stuttgart	literature
	The light behind the clouds	Oliver Plaschka , Thomas Klingenmaier	Reading and discussion	Literaturhaus Stuttgart	literature
	Steam noir	Felix Mertikat, Verena Klinke, Redcat7, Hermann Ritter	Conversation, fashion show	Wilhelmspalais	Comic, fashion
	Hugendubel Buffy - The Vampire Slayer Night	Claudia Kern , Constantin Schnell	Panel discussion, series screening	Stuttgart city center cinemas	TV series, comic
14.07.	Writing workshop	Nina Blazon	Workshop	Literaturhaus Stuttgart	literature
	Wormwold Saga	Daniel Lieske	Live speed painting	Literaturhaus Stuttgart	Fine arts, literature
	Äffle and Pferdle	Heiko Volz, Volker Helzle	reading	Literaturhaus Stuttgart	TV, internet, literature
	From book to publisher	Natalja Schmidt & Julia Abrahams	Lecture	Literaturhaus Stuttgart	literature
	Autumn bringer	Bjorn Springorum	reading	Hoppenlauffriedhof	literature
	Halo (game series)	Polynoid, Claudia Kern, Constantin Schnell, Christian von Aster	Reading, discussion panel, presentation	Literaturhaus Stuttgart	Games, literature

2014

date	Program item	Guests	Event type	place	Focus medium
04.06.	Workshop for transmedia developers	Tad Williams	Workshop	Literaturhaus Stuttgart	Transmedia
05.06.	Award ceremony	Klaus Marschall ( Augsburger Puppenkiste )	Award ceremony with reading and discussion	Literaturhaus Stuttgart	Puppet theater, film, literature
	Happy hour in Hell	Tad Williams	reading	Bookstore Hugendubel (Stuttgart)	literature
	Robo wireframes	Unexpected	exhibition	Stuttgart City Library	visual effects
06.06.	Poet grim	Christian from Aster	reading	Literaturhaus Stuttgart	literature
	The Throne of Melengar (Michael J. Sullivan)	Christian von Aster (reads)	reading	Literaturhaus Stuttgart	literature
	Robots in the comic	Felix Mertikat	Workshop	Stuttgart City Library	Comic
	Building robots for children	Tinker tank	Workshop	Bookstore Hugendubel (Stuttgart)	technology
	Asimov's Robot Laws : Pantomime	Bastian & PAN	performance	Literaturhaus Stuttgart	Mime art
	HP Lovecraft	Götz Schneyder (speaker), Erik Kriek (draftsman), Jan Christoph Steines (games), StudioFizbin (games), Huan Vu (film)	Reading, live drawing, expert discussion, presentation, making-of	Museum at the Lion Gate	Literature, comics, role play, film, games
07.06.	Zombie sign avenue	Jorge Miguel, Stefan Dinter, Erik Kriek	Sketching	Literaturhaus Stuttgart	Comic
	Shift!	Marcel Durer	presentation	Literaturhaus Stuttgart	Transmedia
	Kite workshop for children	Derek Roczen	Workshop	Downtown cinemas	Comic
	Dystopia		presentation	Literaturhaus Stuttgart	User Generated Cinema
	The dead	Stefan Dinter	Making-of	Literaturhaus Stuttgart	Comic
	Five minutes	Jonas Kirchner	presentation	Literaturhaus Stuttgart	transmedia
	Homo sapiens 404	Claudia Kern	Reading, conversation	Literaturhaus Stuttgart	literature
	Netwars	Film tank	presentation	Literaturhaus Stuttgart	transmedia
	Zone One ( Colson Whitehead )	Christiane Maschajechi (spokesperson)	reading	Literaturhaus Stuttgart	literature
	Zombie drawing panel	Jorge Miguel, Erik Kriek, Thomas Klingenmaier (moderation)	Artist talk	Literaturhaus Stuttgart	Comic
	Star Wars The Clone Wars	Bob Molesworth, Steffen Volkmer (moderator)	Live drawing, artist talk	Literaturhaus Stuttgart	Comic
	Voodoo & Zombies	Marcus Stiglegger , Zombie 0711	Lecture, presentation, film	Linden Museum Stuttgart	Movie

2015

date	Program item	Guests	Event type	place	Focus medium
06/18	Award ceremony	Joe Abercrombie , Alex Jahnke (laudator), Götz Schneyder (speaker), Björn Springorum (moderation)	Award ceremony with reading, artist talk	Literaturhaus Stuttgart	literature
19.06.	Steam noir	Felix Mertikat, Verena Klinke	Making-of	Bookstore Osiander (Gerber)	Comic
	Classic of the Stuttgart Fantastik	Thomas Klingenmaier	Lecture	Bookstore Osiander (Nadlerstrasse)	literature
	The world of Perry Rhodan	Michelle Stern, Christoph Anczykowski , Rüdiger Schäfer (moderator), Bernd Perplies	Expert talk	Stuttgart City Library
	Orc night	Michael Peinkofer (author), Peter Snejbjerg (draftsman), Björn Springorum (moderator)	Reading, live drawing, artist talk	Museum at the Lion Gate	Comic, literature
June 20	Orcs drawing	Peter Snejbjerg	Comic workshop	Stuttgart City Library	Comic
	Star Wars : ethnological background	Dietmar Neitzke	Museum tour	Linden Museum
	Star Wars night	Tobias Frisch, Marcus Stiglegger, Andreas Feix, Ingo Römling , Thomas Klingenmaier (moderator)	Presentation, lecture, making-of, live drawing, expert discussion	Linden Museum	Film, cosplay, visual effects, comics
	Clay giant lives! -Children program	Anke Kuhl	Workshop for children	Stuttgart City Library	Comic

2016

date	Program item	Guests	Event type	place	Focus medium
10/27	Women in fantasy	Diana Menschig , Verena Klinke, Andrea Bottlinger , Ines Witka	Author panel	Stuttgart City Library	literature
	Festival opening	Kai Meyer	Reading and artist talk	Stuttgart City Library	literature
28.10.	How to ... Cosplay?	Rudolf 'Naisho' Arnold	Interactive lecture	Stuttgart City Library	Cosplay, fashion
	Itadakimasu!	Linda-Rabea Heyden, Thomas Hölzel, Alisa Haas, Rudolf "Naisho" Arnold, Tobias Knoll	Lecture, film screening, cosplay panel	Linden Museum Stuttgart	Manga, cosplay, fashion, film
29.10.	Cross-media readings	Christian von Aster, Luci van Org , Felix Mertikat	Readings, concerts, games presentations	Tower forum	Literature, music, games
	Demon Road	Rainer Strecker	reading	Wittwer bookstore	literature
	Star Wars meets Gollum: award ceremony	Alan Lee , Andreas Fröhlich , Nikita Gorbunov, Nik Salsflausen, Valerio Moser, Ingo Römling , Artur Fast, Abdel Ameur, 501st Legion German Garrison	Awards ceremony, presentation, poetry slam, live drawing battle, reading	Liederhalle Stuttgart	Literature, illustration, film, poetry slam
10/30	In the pines	Erik Kriek	concert	Merlin cultural center	Music, comic
	game of Thrones	Erik Kriek, Götz Schneyder, Christian Zilliken ( Mackevision )	Reading, live drawing, VFX presentation	Museum at the Lion Gate	Literature, Illustration, VFX, Series
October 31	the Walking Dead	Charlie Adlard , Julie Boehm	Live drawing, artist talk, body painting	Downtown cinemas	Comic, body painting
01.11.	Festival conclusion	Charlie Adlard, Andrea Bottlinger, Björn Springorum, Christoph Rasulis, Ernst-Olliver Wilhelm	Sketching session, readings, presentations, role play	Theater ship Stuttgart	Comic, literature, role play

2017

date	Program item	Guests	Event type	place	Focus medium
17.10	Nnedi Okorafor	Nnedi Okorafor, Julie Böhm, Barbara Stoll, Anna Boulnois	Live body painting, lecture, reading and discussion	Linden Museum	Literature, body painting,
18.10.	Superhero poetry slam with live sketching battle	Ingo Römling, Hanna Wenzel, Artur Fast, Lisa Maria Olszakiewiecz, Hank M. Flemming, Nektarios Vlachopoulos	Poetry slam with live sketching	Kursaal Cannstatt	Poetry slam, illustration, comic
19.10	Tad Williams	Tad Williams, Barbara Stoll, Sebastian Barinek	Reading, conversation, music concert	City library on Mailänder Platz	Literature, music
20.10	TS organ	TS organ	Reading, conversation	Wittwer bookstore	literature
	AK Tolstoï: The Wurdalak family	Götz Schneyder, Stefan Dinter	Reading, live drawing	Merlin	Literature, illustration
21.10	Drawing superhero	Stefan Dinter	Workshop for children	City library on Mailänder Platz	Comic
	Award ceremony of the Swabian Lindworm 2017	Fantastic Library Wetzlar, Nina Blazon, Felix Mertikat, Detox, Storywing	Awards ceremony, presentations, reading	The Gutbrod	Award ceremony, literature, VR, comic, interactive novel
10/22	Doctor Who	Götz Schneyder, Stefan Dinter, Will Brooks, Rebecca Haar	Live drawing, retrospective, reading & expert discussion	Metropol 2	TV series, literature, illustration

Trivia

The Dragon Days Festival publishes a festival catalog each year with interviews, reports and a program overview.

The Dragon Days Festival has a specially designed font, conceived by Nam Huynh.

Since 2016 the Dragon Days have also been represented as an organizer and exhibitor at individual events during the year. For example at the " Welcome to Night Vale " reading and the Craig Thompson reading, at the first Comic Con Stuttgart in summer, and at the Frankfurt Book Fair in October.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "Portrait: Fantastic Author Tad Williams." Stuttgarter Zeitung, July 11, 2013.
2. ↑ "Dragon Days in Stuttgart. Ringlein, Ringlein, you have to go hiking." Stuttgarter Nachrichten, July 1, 2012.
3. ^ "Dragon Days in Stuttgart" egoFM, October 26, 2016
4. ↑ "What really counts at the Dragon Days" Stuttgarter Zeitung, November 2, 2016
5. ↑ - Andreas Feix - Eclipse FX - Dragon Days 2013. (No longer available online.) In: eclipse-fx.net. Archived from the original on March 25, 2016 ; accessed on March 20, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
6. ↑ "Award ceremony." Dragon Days homepage, accessed February 3, 2016.
7. ↑ "Portrait: Fantastic Author Tad Williams." Stuttgarter Zeitung, July 11, 2013.
8. ^ "Encounters with Tad Williams." Stuttgarter Zeitung, August 10, 2014.
9. ↑ "Portrait: Fantastic Author Tad Williams." Stuttgarter Zeitung, July 11, 2013.
10. ^ "Augsburger Puppenkiste." Stuttgarter Zeitung, June 6, 2014.
11. ↑ "Joe Abercrombie at Dragon Days." Stuttgarter Zeitung, June 18, 2015.
12. ↑ "Dragon Days in Stuttgart." Heroes are more human today. "" Stuttgarter Nachrichten, June 18, 2015.
13. ↑ "The house draftsman of Middle-earth." Stuttgarter Zeitung, October 30, 2016.
14. ↑ The CGBros: CGI VFX Trailer (HD) "Dragon Days" 2013 - Official Trailer by Andreas Feix. April 10, 2013, accessed March 20, 2016 . 
15. ↑ - Andreas Feix - Eclipse FX - ITFS Lindwurm. (No longer available online.) In: eclipse-fx.net. Archived from the original on March 25, 2016 ; accessed on March 20, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
16. ↑ Animationsinstitut: 2012 - major in animation. In: www.animationsinstitut.de. Retrieved March 20, 2016 . 
17. ↑ "homepage filmexpo.de" filmexpo.de, accessed on February 3, 2016th
18. ^ "Dragon Days Fantastic Festival." Stuttgarter Zeitung, July 3, 2012.
19. ↑ "Dragon Days - Fantastic Festival." ( Memento of the original from February 1, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Stuttgart Economic Development Corporation, accessed on February 3, 2016. 
20. ^ "Dragon Days Fantastic Festival." Stuttgarter Zeitung, July 3, 2012.
21. ↑ "Program overview ." Dragon Days 2012 homepage, accessed February 3, 2016.
22. ↑ "Program." Dragon Days 2013 homepage, accessed February 4, 2016.
23. ↑ "Scrap inspires fantasy." Stuttgarter Zeitung, June 7, 2014.
24. ^ "Program" homepage of the Dragon Days 2014, accessed on February 3, 2016.
25. ↑ "The Fantastic World of Joe Abercrombie." SWR2, June 19, 2015.
26. ↑ "Appointments." ( Memento of the original from February 25, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Perry Rhodan's homepage. 
27. ↑ "Orc Night in the Museum at the Lion Gate." Homepage of the State Museum for Natural History Stuttgart.
28. ↑ "How Samurai Became Jedi Knights." Stuttgarter Nachrichten, June 22, 2015.
29. ↑ "Program." Dragon Days 2015 homepage, accessed on February 3, 2016
30. ↑ "Heroes have become more human today." Stuttgarter Nachrichten, June 18, 2015.
31. ^ "From the workshop of enchanted reading worlds" Stuttgarter Zeitung, October 29th
32. ↑ "Dragon Days with Manga, Anime and Cosplay" Mein Wochenblatt.de, October 28th
33. ^ "The house draftsman of Middle-earth" Stuttgarter Zeitung, October 30th
34. ^ "Program 2016" Homepage of the Dragon Days, accessed on October 3, 2018
35. ↑ "Knights, Zombies, Space Conquerors: The Dragon Days lead into strange worlds." Stuttgarter Zeitung, October 27, 2016
36. ↑ Thomas Klingenmaier: Nnedi Okorafor at Dragon Days in Stuttgart. In: Stuttgarter Zeitung. October 17, 2017, accessed October 3, 2018 . 
37. ↑ Thomas Klingenmaier: Tad Williams at the Dragon Days. In: Stuttgarter Zeitung. October 20, 2017, accessed October 3, 2018 . 
38. ↑ Program 2017. In: Homepage of the Dragon Days. Retrieved October 3, 2018 . 
39. ^ Dragon Days Stuttgart. In: SWR Mediathek. October 14, 2017, accessed October 3, 2018 . 
40. ↑ "Dragon Days." Nam Huyhn's homepage, accessed February 3, 2016.
41. ↑ "Blogpage of the Dragon Days" ( Memento of the original from November 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. accessed on November 4, 2016  
42. ↑ "Homepage of the Dragon Days" ( Memento of the original from November 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. accessed on November 4, 2016  
43. ↑ "Virtual Reality Reading - Ideentanke BW" ( Memento of the original from November 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. accessed on November 4, 2016