Announcement shortly regarding our new home.
The Wild Indie Sci-fi & Fantasy Film Festival continues to celebrate our favourite genres of film. Enter once, your film is assessed for all the categories (see note below). It's a shorts specific festival and there are prizes for some categories. We are trying to get more all the time. We'll confirm prizes for the new season between the hyphens below.
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News - Our new home is the Genesis Cinema
News November - Venue Change. We are moving venues. New Screening location and date ASAP. Official Selection is done just in a slight holding pattern while we visit venues.
News October - Festival Announcement - Final Draft Prize Sponsor
News October - Festival Announcement - Coverfly Prize Sponsor
News April - Festival Announcement - Final Pixel Prize Sponsor
News March - Festival Announcement - Foundry Prize Sponsor (Nuke)
News Feb - Festival Announcement - Stan Winston School of Character Arts Prize Sponsor.
News Jan - Festival Announcement - Crixus Studios Prize Sponsor.
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The new season of WISFFF opened officially on the 5th November, 2022 ("fireworks night" in the UK.. and my the season brought some fireworks). Screening will now be in London in May 2024, postponed from Nov 2023 after a rather unfortunate last minute enforced venue change. But like the phoenix from the flames, we are rising again.
This season we have moved to lour lovely new hoome at Genesis Cinem In London. It has a lovely cool vibe going on so come and join the fun. During 2020, 2021, and 2022 - The Wild Indie Sci-Fi and Fantasy Film Festival was hosted at Greenwich IMAX Odeon Theatre in London on it's lovely screens. We have an awesome and ever growing selection of films at the screening. There are some photos of the events on here. The online festival site for 2022 ran successfully.
There are a number of challenges, awards and prizes for Micro (2min), Mini (10min), and Short (25min) film categories within the genre.
The 2022 Early Bird Teaser can be viewed at:
https://youtu.be/8at62y06D_0
The 2021 trailer can be viewed here:
https://youtu.be/pQezUJrQroY
News for the 2022 season will come to you via the the social media channels, particularly the Facebook Page, mainly because the text isn’t limited in characters like other channels.
To answer a question asked all the time. Yes HORROR is included and has it'w own subgenera award now.
The festival is open to all (UK, Worldwide, The Up/Down/LSide/RSide Dimensions, even the Outer Spiral Arm (of the Galaxy). English is the festivals first language ; other languages are welcome but should be closed captioned to English. Awards are listed in full below.
If we've had the good fortune to see an advert for your film and sent you a discount/waiver it's because we really want you to enter. We make films and enter festivals ourselves so we know just how many offers you'll get on a marketing cycle. If you've got an offer from us, it's because we think your film fits? If you we didn't see your ad'... ask us... filmmaking is about networking.
This event is completely independent of Wild Indie's production (but again ask us if you want to find out about any of those projects).
Awards & Prizes
1. The event is planned be screened at our now regular venue of the Greenwich Odeon, London with fantastic picture and sound quality in front of an audience of genre fans, producers, professionals and non-professional filmmakers.
2. A laurel for all "Official Selection" will be awarded for all films short-listed. A number of the Official Selection will be screened at the screening event, not all. We will notify some shortlisted entries after “normal” deadline date. Specific nominations (e.g. Cinematography, etc) will also receive "nominations" laurels to specify recognition in that field.
3. Currently laurels and awards will be presented for shortlists, official selections, and winners for categories:
Overall Best Film
2 Min
Best Film
2 Min Sci-Fi Challenge Best Film
10 Min
Best Film
25 Min
Best Film
Best Cinematography
Best Physical SFX
Best Digital SFX
Best Director
Best Editor/Editing
Best Production Design
Best Virtual Production
Best Costume/Hair/MakeUp
Best First Time Filmmaker
Best Restricted Budget (Under $3000)
Best Score/Sound
Best Student Film
Best Young Filmmaker (under 25)
Best Animated Film
Best Fan Film
Best Pulp Sci-Fi & Fantasy Film
Best Horror/Thriller Film
Best Actor/Performance
Best Script/Screenplay
Bet Stunts/Action Sequence
Best Children's Scifi/Fantasy Film
Best Comedy Award
Keep It Reel Award
Best Poster Award
Best Film/Series Pilot/Episode
Best Music Video
Where appropriate - Runner's Up awards will also be given from the category nominees. If scores are equal (or less than a gnat's leg width separates them), we'll give joint awards.
Credit reels are maybe in addition to film time.
(up to 30 Secs additional reel time for credits is acceptable for the 2 min)
(up to 60 Secs additional reel time for credits is acceptable for the 10 min)
(up to 120 Secs additional reel time for credits is acceptable for the 25 min)
(The judges maintain the right to; give joint awards or not award a category award if a winner/s can not be clearly defined/separated).
To be eligible for some awards some details may need to be included. Budget, student status, use of virtual production techniques.
6. The prizes will be given according to award and judges. This decision is final.
7. The Keep it Real Award – Is 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" for various clients. 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 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.