Last summer, we held a fun little challenge for Star Trek fan filmmakers called TREKS IN 90 SECS. With the guidelines limiting the run-time of a Trek fan film to no more than 15 minutes (30 minutes if you make it two parts), it was suggested to me that we take that limit WAY DOWN to just a minute and a half! Could a Star Trek fan film tell a decent story in just 90 seconds???
A number of fan filmmakers eagerly and proudly picked up the gauntlet and did exactly that! They created ultra-short fan film vignettes and posted them to YouTube, and fans voted for their favorites here on Fan Film Factor. These were last year’s results.
The contest was popular enough that we’re bringing it back for a second year! Fan filmmakers have until July 31, 2025 to post an ultra-short Star Trek fan film onto YouTube and either email the link to news (at) fanfilmfactor (dot) com or, if you’ve already friended me (or want to) on Facebook, IM me the link there. (If I don’t confirm receiving the link, you ain’t entered. So please double check with me that I’ve received it.)
I will then post all entries to a fresh blog page during the first week of August and let folks vote for their favorite video. Readers will be able to vote for up to three videos. Polls will be open until August 25, and then I will announce the top three winners the following week. After that, they can brag.
These are the official rules:
- The fan film doesn’t need to be “exactly” 90 seconds. It can be less or even a little more. But if you run over two minutes, it’s not gettin’ entered.
- The fan film needs to be Star Trek related in some way.
- The fan film must be a complete “story” (however you want to define that term). It can be funny, dramatic, sad, exciting, all dialogue, no dialogue, whatever you’d like. But what it can’t be is a segment from an existing fan film. It needs to be 100% new.
- A maximum of three fan film submissions per entrant.
- Deadline to enter is midnight Pacific Time, July 31, 2025.
And there ya go! Good luck, everyone. Let’s have FUN!