48 Hour Film Challenge 2025

Challenge date

26.04.2025

Welcome to the SCI-FI-LONDON 48 Hour Film Challenge.

REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN

  • Sign up  - create a Team Name (we will use this for all pr purposes)

  • Login on Sat 26th April after 11.00 am (BST) for your challenge prompts

  • Go make a movie!

The deadline for your film submission is Monday 28th April 2025 at 1:00 pm. 

You can submit a link to your film (on Vimeo or storage like Dropbox, Google Drive etc) in your account profile or send a link to the movie to 48hr@sci-fi-london.com

MAKE SURE YOUR FILM'S ACCESS PERMISSIONS ARE SET TO 'DOWNLOAD'

we need to have a local copy for judging purposes.

Please avoid YouTube as we cannot download the film!

Good luck and follow the action @scifilondon #SFL48HR

Louis & the SFL team.

 

IT IS COMPLETELY FREE TO ENTER AND YOU CAN TAKE PART ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD!!!

MAKE SURE YOUR FILM'S PERMISSIONS ARE SET TO 'DOWNLOAD'

Challenge Jury

NADINE BOERSMA

LUNAR EXPERT, ESA

Nadine leads the Lunar Resources and Infrastructure team at the European Space Agency in Noordwijk,

JONATHAN WEISSLER

PRODUCER

Jonathan is a Film Producer with more than 25 years experience having made 24 feature films and over 500 Commercials.

BRIAN BOVELL

ACTOR

Brian is a regular face on British television, he has starred in many film roles, and is a massive sci-fi fan.

GAVIN ROTHERY

DIRECTOR, DESIGNER

Gavin Rothery is a British director, screenwriter and designer. He wrote and directed the 2020 science fiction film Archive and was the conceptual designer and co-creator of the 2009 film Moon.

ADRIAN TCHAIKOVSKY

AUTHOR

Award winning author who xplores deep themes, such as artificial intelligence and alien awareness within epic galactic and fantastical settings.

IREM COUCHERON

FESTIVAL PROGRAMMER

Programme Director at the SILBERSALZ Science and media Festival, Germany, The event deals with science, technology, environment and social issues through film screenings,