Hackathon · London

Big Screen Hack: AI Shorts + The Odyssey on IMAX

When: Friday 16 October 202619:30 → 23:30
Where: Science Museum IMAX: The Ronson TheatreLondon
Host: Big Screen Hack Global Calendar
Entry: {'cents': 2500, 'currency': 'gbp', 'is_flexible': False}

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Big new films on a big screen, then The Odyssey to finish the night.

Friday 16 October, 7.30pmScience Museum IMAX, South Kensington

We open with the best work from Big Screen Hack London: AI shorts, AI-enabled pilots and adverts made in five days by creators from around the world. For most of them it will be the first time they've seen their work on an IMAX screen. Then stay in your seat for The Odyssey.

The makers will be in the room, along with buyers, distributors, commissioners and press. The winning film gets commissioned into a series for Fairground TV, so there's a good chance you're watching the start of something.

Early access tickets are £5 until midnight tonight, Friday 25 September.

Want to make one of the films? The hack is free to enter and kicks off Monday 5 October: luma.com/y32h9si8

Films from our last hack screened at Cinéum in Cannes and have since been recognised at festivals in Montréal, Los Angeles and Warsaw: bigscreenhack.com/films.html

Big Screen Hack is independent. It runs during the BFI London Film Festival but isn't part of the official programme.

Official page and registration: lu.ma/jdlqvhdx

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