2021... The Festival Is Bigger. More Sponsors. More Prizes. More Films.
As of "May the 4th" (be with you)... we're open for entries for 2021. (News will be added through the year).
We are happy to confirm that Foundry, and Stan Winston School of Character Arts, and Final Draft are prize sponsoring again in 2021. We would also like to welcome Crixus Studios as additional prize sponsors providing studio time for film-makers as prizes. More details are on the Facebook page.
Additionally, Final Draft have also offered an extra prize of a copy of their amazing Final Draft 11 software for the winning prize of a NEW category for best script/screenplay. This award is only for the films entering the festival that send an accompanying script/screenplay. Do not send scripts for films not completed and entered into the festival (they will be returned unopened).
The Wild Indie Sci-Fi and Fantasy Film Festival 2020 was hosted at the Greenwich iMAX Odeon Theatre in London, with the event prizes sponsored by Foundry (the DVFX software wizards), and Stan Winston School of Character Arts (the Physical VFX wizards) and included the Micro 2 minute Sci-Fi Challenge in collaboration with London Short Film. There were a number of challenges, awards and prizes for Micro (2min), Mini (5min), and Short (20min) film categories within the genre.
Now... We Have More awards. More Fun.. for both film maker and audience alike.
We are also going to be taking a version of the festival online to ensure a wider audience.
On that note... we all know that we are living through strange unprecedented times with the Corona Virus and CoVid19 lockdowns. We hope you all keep Hale and Hearty. We wont bore you with detailed arrangements other than we have pencilled the 6th February for the 2021 festival screening date at the Greenwich Odeon iMax Theatre again (with all it's Covid safety measures in place). BUT... we have contingencies in place should our current lockdowns be extended, including discussions ongoing with two digital platforms for virtual festivals... this will be progressed to allow the festival's winners and schedule to be seen by more people.
The 2020 trailer can be viewed on here:
https://youtu.be/32JQoQsujP8
The festival will now include additional awards for Best Director/Direction, Best Actor, Best Screenplay.
We have added a new category for Best Game Cinematic.
To answer a question asked all the time. Yes HORROR is included.
The festival is open to all (UK, Worldwide, The Up/Down/LSide/RSide Dimensions, even the Outer Spiral Arm (of the Galaxy). English language films are preferred; other languages should be closed captioned to English. Awards are listed in full below.
The genre is Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Horror. So that's anything aliens, weird tech, dragons, superheroes, A.I., manmade monsters, dystopian futures, bizarre pasts, time travel, and just about anything a bit odd that might fit. Originality will be preferred but “Fan Films” are welcome, although please note, we must adhere to copyright guidelines and restrictions of the original IP owners.
Other genres and elements such as comedy or romance, etc can all feature as long as a significant portion of the story is the festival main themes.
The opening date for entries is 4th May 2020.. The closing date is 10th January, 2021. Screenings of entries is planned for 6th February, 2021 at the same venue as last year.
This event is completely independent of Wild Indie's production (ask us if you want to find out about some of those).
1. Screening will be at the Greenwich IMax Odeon with fantastic picture and sound quality at our event in London in front of a packed out venue of producers, professionals and non-professional filmmakers.
2. A laurel for all "Official Selection" will be awarded for all films short-listed. We will notify some shortlisted entries after each deadline date. Specific nominations (e.g. Cinematography) will also receive "nominations" laurels to specify recognition in that field.
3. The choice to have your film emailed out to all (subscribed) 10,000+ members of London Short Film.
4. Currently awards will be presented for
Shortlists and winners for categories:
Overall Best Film.
2 Min
Best Film
2 Min Sci-Fi Challenge Best Film
5 Min
Best Film
20 Min
Best Film
Best Cinematography
Best Physical SFX
Best Digital SFX
Best Director
Best Actor
Best Score/Sound
Best Student Film
Best Animated Film
New - Best Game Cinematic
New - Best Actor/Performance
New - Best Script/Screenplay
Where appropriate - Runner's Up awards will also be given from the nominees.
(up to 25 Secs additional reel time for credits is acceptable for the 2 and 5 min)
(up to 40 Secs additional reel time for credits is acceptable for the 20 min)
(The judges maintain the right to not award a category of a standard is not high enough)
6. The prizes will be announced shortly, keep an eye out for announcements. Last year they took off like a Saturn Rocket and ended up with great prizes from multiple awards.
7. The Keep it Real Award - An award/laurel for the best application of real science in a film.
Whilst the film festival is independent, Wild Indie is the event organiser's company. We do "Sciencey stuff" of various types. One of the Directors is a NASA Astrobiology Institute Co-Investigator for education resources of a project involved in creating the sensor arrays for space probes. We've worked on subjects from Shark Tagging to information films for UNEP about Chemical pollution. Keep your science real (but entertaining).. you'll get a shout from us.
8. The new best screenplay/script prize will be awarded to completed films that have entered the festival. Film entries have the option to send an accompanying script or screenplay for consideration.