We hope those of you who made it along to the festival had as good a time as we did. Not only did we have some very silly events, like our SCI-FIDO Cosplay for Dogs event, but a selection of amazing shorts and features.
We also ran our annual 48hour flash fiction and filmmaking challenges, along with a VR challenge. The results are in and all well deserved.
THE CHALLENGES:
The SCI-FI-LONDON 48hr Film Challenge in association with Syfy:
- 1st Place: MISSING EDGE by TEAM BUSTABOWL
- 2nd Place: THE DATA SET by TEAM PYRAMID
- 3rd Place: IT’S NO GAME by BENJAMIN 2.0
The SCI-FI-LONDON 48hr Flash Fiction Challenge in association with New Scientist and UrbanFantasist.com:
- 1st Place: SIAN SUMMERS – THE TRUTH VALUE
- 2nd Place: CLAIRE MCKENNA – HONOUR IS EVERYTHING
- 3rd Place: MIKE SIZEMORE – DAWN CHORUS
The SCI-FI-LONDON VR CHALLENGE in association with New Scientist:
- 1st Place: THE LAW OF GRAVITY by ADAM AZMY
THE FESTIVAL AWARDS:
The festival all gave the following awards to selected films:
BEST FEATURE 2017: FLORA by Sasha Vukovic
BEST COMEDY 2017: NEIL STRYKER AND THE TYRANT OF TIME by Rob Taylor
BEST SHORT 2017: THE ATLAS OF FLASE DESIRES by Nathan Su
We also gave BEST Q&A 2017, an award we made up on the spot to NEIL STRYKER. They made us laugh til we wet our pants! Certainly set the bar high for future years. Remember folks, bring a puppet with a filthy mouth!
