Well, that didn’t take long! What I mean is that the first-ever TREKS IN 90 SECS contest is now completed, and we have our winners. In the end, nearly 250 votes were cast within a 3-week period—with each voter being allowed to choose up to three favorite ultra-short Star Trek fan films with runtimes between 90 and 120 seconds.
The whole idea behind Treks in 90 Secs was to challenge the assumption that it was impossible to make a decent Star Trek fan film 15 minutes or less in length (a limit set by CBS and Paramount’s fan film guidelines). Not only did fans quickly prove that it was possible, fan films have thrived these past eight years despite this limit. So if fans were clever enough to cut things down to 15 minutes, could they be even more clever enough to cut things down to just 90 seconds???
Apparently, the answer was a resounding yes! Nine groups of fans and fan filmmakers took up the gauntlet to submit ultra-short films to our inaugural contest. Submissions were due at the end of July, and voting was open on Fan Film Factor from August 4th through 25th.
Awards for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place have now been given to the top three vote-getting fan films who now get to brag and copy-paste their “certificate” graphics onto their YouTube, Facebook, and social media pages. But all of the nine submissions are winners in my book—for taking up the challenge in the first place and finishing their super-mini-fan films! And that’s why I’m including all nine submissions on this page, along with their final vote totals (as everyone got at least some votes), so fans can see each of the submitted films…
1st Place – RED SHIRT IRREGULARS (67 votes)
2nd Place – THE GROUNDING (52 votes)
3rd Place – NEW DATA CARD (31 votes)
COOPER (21 votes)
A ROOSTER ONE DAY, A FEATHER DUSTER THE NEXT (18 votes)
WRATH REDUX (17 votes)
HARRY KIM’S NIGHTMARE (14 votes)
MISSION POSSIBLE: TASK FORCE 78 (13 votes)
BLUE STUFF? (12 votes)
Congratulations to all. They deserve it!
On behalf of the ESOC Film team, I would like to thank Jonathan, the Academy, my mother, and the voting public for the award of second place for “The Grounding” (second comes right after first!).
This competition was a lot of fun to be involved in, and we learnt a lot doing it. Congratulations to all the teams that entered, I really enjoyed watching all of them.
We’re looking forward to the next FanFilmFactor competition!
(P.S.: In case anyone’s interested, some images related to “The Grounding” can be found on my DeviantArt page: https://www.deviantart.com/aedwardbaker/gallery/93569066/the-grounding)
I very much enjoyed your film, Alan. Very original and VERY funny! Well done, all.
I think that was a lot of fun for everyone (me included). Congrats to all the film makers and I hope this becomes an annual event.
T’ve had a number of fan filmmakers who weren’t able to make something in time for this year’s deadline request a sequel contest next year. Right now, that seems likely.