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THE SCI-FI-LONDON
48 HOUR FILM CHALLENGE and
FLASH FICTION CHALLENGE
It’s simple: make a 5 minute short film or
write 2000 words in two days!
Back in 2008 when Gareth Edwards
(GODZILLA, STAR WARS: ROGUE ONE)
won, we had around 50 teams take part
in the film challenge. This year over 300
teams entered!
Each year we have incredible films and
mind-bending stories submitted, it just
goes to show that you really don’t need
huge budgets and special effects to
make a good sci-fi.
The 2018 film challenge is our 10th
anniversary and we are delighted to
have our first winner, Gareth, on the
jury. We are also pleased to offer some
great prizes to the winners, including kit
from Adobe and Black Magic Design.
Look out for the films online at
sfl.to/48hour.
We also had over 500 people
worldwide writing for the Flash
Fiction challenge in association with
UrbanFantasist.com - tasking people
to write 2000 words in a weekend.
The winners of this year’s challenges
are announced WED 2 MAY, 2018.
A big thank you to all those who took
part and to our incredible jury panels:
FILM JURY
Michele Fazekas
Tara Butters
Gareth Edwards
Ben Roberts
Glyn Dillon
Garen Daly
WRITING JURY
Dr Una McCormack
Marie O’Regan
Jonathan Pinnock
Charles Christian (Chair)
top down: Michele Fazekas, Tara Butters, Gareth Edwards, Garen Daly, Glyn Dillon, Ben Roberts, Una McCormack, Marie O’Regan, Jonathan Pinnock
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THE LONDON INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASTIC FILM 1 — 7 MAY 2018