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451: SilmFilm 5-39: Season 5, Episode 12 - Dagor Bragollach, Part 1

29 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

It's time for Episode 12, the first half of the Dagor Bragollach. Join us as the flames sweep across northern Beleriand!

450: SilmFilm 5-38: Frame Discussion

13 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Tonight we discuss the Frame story! Incanus in Harad. Will Gandalf smoke a hookah and ride a white oliphaunt? What is the origin story of the Mouth...

449: SilmFilm 5-37: Episode 11 - The Athrabeth and Fingolfin's Big Push

08 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Tonight, the heart of Season 5: the Athrabethof Finrod and Andreth! This is awesome stuff.

448: SilmFilm 5-36: Sets, Locations, and Props

18 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Silm Film 5-36 (08/12/21) Sets, Locations, and Props Corey Olsen and Dave Kale are joined by Marie Prosser for a post-production session to discuss th...

447: SilmFilm 5-35: Season 5 Episode 10 Continued - Fingolfin's Vision

05 Aug 2021

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Silm Film 5-35 (07/29/21) Corey Olsen and Dave Kale are joined by Nick Palazzo to continue discussing Episode 10. While the story of Aredhel's death ...

446: A Special Emergency "The Trees are in the Amazon Show!?" Livestream

04 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

SilmarillionOnPrime? Really? Let's talk about this!

445: SilmFilm 5-34: Season 5 Episode 10

10 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Silm Film 5-34 (7/8/21) Season 5 Episode 10: Bound Together Corey Olsen and Dave Kale are joined by Marie Prosser to discuss the final episode for Are...

444: SilmFilm 5-33: Season 5 Casting

06 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Silm Film 5-33 (7/1/21) Season 5 Casting Session Corey Olsen and Dave Kale are joined by special guest Håkan Walles to discuss the results of the cas...

443: SilmFilm 5-32: Season 5 Episode 9

18 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Silm Film 5-32 (6/10/21) Season 5 Episode 9: A Brief Flame Corey Olsen and Dave Kale are joined by Nick Palazzo to discuss Episode 9 of Season 5, in w...

442: SilmFilm 5-31: Season 5 Episode 8

22 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Silm Film 5-31 (5/20/2021) Season 5 Episode 8: To the Horizon Corey Olsen, joined by Dave Kale, Nick Palazzo, and Marie Prosser, discusses the Aredhel...

441: SilmFilm 5-30: Season 5 Episode 7

22 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Silm Film Session 5-30: Episode 7 - The Council of Estolad The Silmarillion Film Project is a theoretical adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Silmarill...

440: SilmFilm 5-29: Culture of the Edain

08 May 2021

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Silm Film 5-29 (4/22/2021) Season 5 Culture of the Edain Corey Olsen discusses the culture of the Edain in Season 5, joined by Nick Palazzo and Marie ...

439: SilmFIlm 5-28: Season 5 Episode 6

23 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Silm Film 5-28 (4/8/2021) Season 5 Episode 6: Freedom Corey Olsen discusses Season 5 Episode 6, the action-packed escape from Angband! He is joined b...

438: SilmFilm 5-27: Season 5 Episode 5 (cont'd), Elves vs Men (cont'd)

03 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In which we discuss Haleth among the giant spiders, Gandalf in Harad, and more about the differences between Elves and Men.

437: SilmFilm 5-26: Season 5 Episode 5

14 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Episode 5 tonight -- Let's talk about the unfriendship of the Green Elves (not to mention the Grey!).

436: SilmFilm 5-25: HARAD - Culture and Frame Story

01 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Tonight: Harad! Let's do some world-building and figuring out what Harad is like (or one corner of it, anyway).

435: SilmFilm 5-24: Season 5, Episode 4

21 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Tonight we discuss the script for Episode 4: the battle at the Stockade, and the emergence of Haleth!

434: SilmFilm 5-23: Casting Criteria

21 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Tonight we discuss the criteria for casting the new characters for Season 5. What are we looking for in Humans?

433: SilmFilm 5-22: Season 5, Episode 2

16 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Join us tonight as return to discussing our Episode Outlines. We will discuss the B plot of Episode 2 and then Episode 3, which will deal centrally w...

432: The Mythgard Amazon Synopsis Stream with the Tolkien Professor and Dr. Maggie Parke

16 Jan 2021

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430: SilmFilm 5-20: Season 5 Episode 2

09 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

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431: SilmFilm 5-21: Creative Commissions

09 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Tonight we resume our SilmFilm discussions discussing what creative works we would like to commission in conjunction with this season, with a heavy fo...

428: SilmFilm 5-18: Season 5 Episode 1

22 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

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429: SilmFilm 5-19: World Views of Elves and Men

22 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

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427: SilmFilm 5-17: Season 5 Frame

04 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

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424: SilmFilm 5-14: Pre-production Storylines: Villains (Part 6)

18 Nov 2020

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425: SilmFilm 5-15: Season 5 Outline

18 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

422: SilmFilm 5-12: Pre-production Storylines: Villains (Part 4) Miscellaneous Elves and Villains

18 Nov 2020

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423: SilmFilm 5-13: Pre-production Storylines: Villains (Part 5) Miscellaneous Elves and Villains

18 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

421: SilmFilm 5-11: Pre-production Storylines: Elves (Part 3) Aredhel + Eöl, Miscellaneous Elves

13 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

426: SilmFilm 5-16: Season 5 Outline

07 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

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420: SilmFilm 5-10: Pre-production Storylines - Elves (Part 2) Noldor - Fingolfin, Sons of Finarfin, Maedhros

14 Sep 2020

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419: SilmFilm 5-09: Pre-production Storylines - Elves (Part 1) House of Finarfin

14 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

418: SilmFilm 5-08: Pre-production Storylines - Men (Part 4) Andreth and Barahir

14 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

417: SilmFilm 5-07: Pre-production Storylines - Men (Part 3) Hador and Amlach

14 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Silm Film 5-07 (06/18/20) House of Hador Corey Olsen, Dave Kale, and Trish Lambert continue the pre-production process of developing season-long stor...

416: SilmFilm 5-06: Pre-production Storylines - Men (Part 2)

14 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Silm Film 5-06 (06/04/20) House of Bëor Corey Olsen and Trish Lambert continue the pre-production process of developing season-long storylines for t...

415: SilmFilm 5-05: Pre-production Storylines - Men (Part 1)

14 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Silm Film 5-05 (05/21/2020) Corey Olsen, Dave Kale, and Trish Lambert discuss the human stories in Season 5. Pre-production moves into discussing sea...

414: SilmFilm 5-04: Pre-production Season Frame

14 Sep 2020

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413: Session 5-03: Pre-production - Season Outline

01 May 2020

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412: SilmFilm 5-02: Pre-production - Theme and Pacing

28 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

411: SilmFilm 5-01: Pre-production - Scope of the Season

28 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

410: Podcast Feed Changes

17 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Please subscribe to our new feeds below! Mythgard Academy * RSS Feed: https://feeds.fireside.fm/mythgardacademy/rss * Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts...

409: SilmFilm 4-32: Post Production - Music

14 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

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408: SilmFilm 4-31: Post Season - Sets and Locations

30 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Support Mythgard's Silmarillion Film Project

407: SilmFilm 4-30: Post Production Final Script Review - Part 6

30 Jan 2020

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406: SilmFilm 4-29: Post Production Script Review - Part 5

30 Jan 2020

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405: SilmFilm 4-28: Post Production Script Review - Part 4

14 Nov 2019

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404: SilmFilm 4-27: Post Production Script Review - Part 3

07 Nov 2019

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403: SilmFilm 4-26: Post Production Script Review - Part 2

17 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Episode 402: Hobbit Day Reading 2019

14 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Episode 401: State of the University Address - Fall 2019

14 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

400: SilmFilm 4-25: Post Production Script Review - Part 1

03 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

399: SilmFilm 4-24: Episodes 12 & 13

19 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

398: SilmFilm 4-23: Episodes 11 & 12

12 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

397: SilmFilm 4-22: Creative Content - Dragons

22 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

396: SilmFilm 4-21: Episodes 10 & 11

17 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

395: SilmFilm 4-20: Episodes 9 & 10

10 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

394: SilmFilm 4-19: Creative Content - Casting

14 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

393: SilmFilm 4-18: Episodes 7 & 8

23 Jun 2019

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392: SilmFilm 4-17: Creative Content

09 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

391: SilmFilm 4-16: Episodes 5 & 6

02 Jun 2019

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Episode 390: Tolkien Biopic Discussion

23 May 2019

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389: SilmFilm 4-15: Creative Content

21 May 2019

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388: SilmFilm 4-14: Episodes 3 & 4

15 May 2019

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387: SilmFilm 4-13: Creative Content

23 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

386: SilmFilm 4-12: Episode 1 - Dragons

15 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

385: SilmFilm 4-11: Season Outline

03 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Episode 384: State of the University Address

29 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Episode 383: Amazon Lord of the Rings Maps Discussion

22 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Episode 382: Tolkien Trailer 2 Discussion

22 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

381: SilmFilm 4-10: Overarching Storylines - Dragons Healers, and the Role of Lúthien

22 Mar 2019

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380: SilmFilm 4-09: Overarching Storylines - The Fall of Man, Dragons, and Lúthien

22 Mar 2019

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Episode 379: Tolkien Trailer 1 Discussion

27 Feb 2019

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378: SilmFilm 4-08: Overarching Storylines - Villains

25 Feb 2019

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377: SilmFilm 4-07: Overarching Storylines - Dark Characters

10 Feb 2019

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376: SilmFilm 4-06: Dwarves and Eöl

25 Jan 2019

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375: SilmFilm 4-05: Celeborn and Galadriel

25 Jan 2019

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374: SilmFilm 4-04: Overarching Storylines

12 Dec 2018

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373: SilmFilm 4-03: Frame Narrative

09 Dec 2018

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372: SilmFilm Special Session: LA Moot

10 Nov 2018

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371: SilmFilm 4-02: Season Overview

06 Nov 2018

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370: SilmFilm 4-01: Determining the Scope

23 Oct 2018

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369: SilmFilm 3-26: Creative Contributions - Music, Sets and Locations

12 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

368: SilmFilm 3-25: Season 3 Casting

26 Jul 2018

Contributed by Lukas

367: SilmFilm 3-24: Creative Contributions - Art, Costumes, Sets and Locations

01 Jul 2018

Contributed by Lukas

366: SilmFilm 3-23: Creative Contributions - Sets and Locations

11 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

365: SilmFilm 3-22: Script Outline Review, Part 4

11 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

364: SilmFilm 3-21: Script Outline Review, Part 3

28 May 2018

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363: SilmFilm 3-20: Script Outline Review, Part 2

15 May 2018

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362: SilmFilm 3-19: Script Outline Review, Part 1

04 May 2018

Contributed by Lukas

361: SilmFilm 3-18: Episode 13 (Finale) - Sunlight

20 Apr 2018

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359: SilmFilm 3-16: Episode 11 - The Last Light of the Trees

20 Apr 2018

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360: SilmFilm 3-17: Episode 12 - Parley

20 Apr 2018

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Episode 358: State of the University Address: Certification Update

06 Apr 2018

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357: SilmFilm 3-15: Episode 10 - Battle under Stars

16 Feb 2018

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356: SilmFilm 3-14: Episode 9 - Battle in Beleriand

09 Feb 2018

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355: SilmFilm 3-13: Episode 8 - The Burning of The Ships

15 Jan 2018

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354: SilmFilm 3-12: Episode 7 - The Doom of Mandos

20 Dec 2017

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353: SilmFilm 3-11: Episode 6 - The Green Elves

12 Dec 2017

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352: SilmFilm 3-10: Episode 5 - Menegroth

23 Nov 2017

Contributed by Lukas