SCI-FI-LONDON Film Festival

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London, United Kingdom April 2014, TBA
Call for Entry Deadline: January 2014, TBA
Festival Data:
- Established: 2002
- Genre: Sci-Fi - Fantasy - Horror (click to see)
- Attendance: 8500
- Media Attendance: 7
- Total Number of Films Submitted: 600
- Total Number of Films Screened: 73
- Total Screenings: 35
- # of Shorts Screened: 39
- # of Features Screened: 34
- Competitive
- Online Festival
- Has Panels
Festival Website:
http:/ / www.sci-fi-london.com/
Festival Description:

The SCI-FI-LONDON Film Festival was started by the Festival's director Louis Savy "because there wasn't one." The festival started primarily because there wasn't anywhere for low-budget, interesting or foreign science fiction films. Its purpose was to show films that you're not likely to see in the UK at all, or that are going to be difficult to get hold of," says Louis.

As supporters of low budget filmmaking, the festival runs workshops for budding filmmakers, with events such as special-effects masterclasses on the Saturday morning, where a guest director will show scenes from his new feature film and explain how the effects were created. As with most other festivals, short films are an integral part of SCI-FI-LONDON, as Louis Savy explains: "The short film format is brilliant for science fiction, and the Festival has always been strong on shorts. We get, on average, 400 submitted every year and we pick between 10 and 30 to appear in the festival. We do a shorts program, where we show them all together, and every short also gets at least one screening before a feature film in front of a paying audience."

As the Festival's reputation for programming a variety of exciting and independent films grows year by year, its core intention remains to be fun and inclusive and break down the misconceptions of what sci-fi encompasses.
Email: info(at)sci-fi-london.com

Phone: (44) 020 7871 4555

Fax: (44) 0 20 8983 9261

Mailing Address: 145 - 157 St John Street
London EC1V 4PY
UK

Email:	info(at)sci-fi-london.com
Phone:	(44) 020 7871 4555
Fax:	(44) 0 20 8983 9261
Mailing Address:	145 - 157 St John Street London EC1V 4PY UK

MAR 11, 2008 02:02PM FFW Festival Editor writes:

SCI-FI-LONDON is delighted to announce the launch of the SCI-FI-LONDON 48 hour film challenge

SCI-FI-LONDON is the UK’s only dedicated science fiction and fantastic film festival (April 30 – May4, 2008).

The 48 hour Film Challenge will take place 5 – 7th April 2008. Entrants register as a team online (http://www.sci-fi-london.com/festival/2008/48hour/ and then attend a briefing on April 5th where they are given a randomly generated film title, some dialogue and a prop – all of which must be in their 5 minute film. They then have 2 days to write, shoot, edit and complete the film and return it by Noon on April 7th.

JOHN LANDIS (Blues Brothers, An American Werewolf in London) will head the Jury, and the other members of the jury are Actor/Presenter EMILY BOOTH, Programmer for the London Short Film Festival PHILIP ILSON, Head of Branded Content for Sci-Fi Channel KEN JONES and Editor of SFX Magazine DAVE BRADLEY.

Prizes include a Canon HD camera, £250 cash, Archos video player, subscriptions to Moviescope and Film & Festivals magazines, and much more. The winning film will also be screened as part of our closing night gala ceremony -- the World Premiere of Bruce Dickinson’s CHEMICAL WEDDING.

All the films made will be screened at the festival and then all go online at SCI-FI-LONDON.TV, our online film festival. The event is being supported by The Sci-Fi Channel, the UK’s cable and satellite broadcaster.
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