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Welcome to the 2026 ECVS One Minute Smartphone Film Challenge

If you have a Smartphone and an idea for a 1 minute film then we are here to welcome you and your film!

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The Rules are simple.

Create and capture a film using only your smartphone and make it last between 55 seconds and one minute.

No age restriction. ECVS Members and non-members. Open to all Filmmakers worldwide.

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Edit as you like and embellish with SFX and killer audio, use Ai if you like too (tell us you did and no more than 10-15 seconds).

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We will have a panel of film lovers to enjoy and judge the work and there will be prizes as well as kudos.

​Make something Wonderful, simple, bizarre, heartbreaking

ENTRIES CLOSE JANUARY 9TH, 2026

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Some suggestions ...

You can use these as launch ideas or do something innovative. Do something 'you'.
We are looking for engaging films that reveal your cinematic chops. Flex your cinematic muscles.

  • ‘My Day’ - film 10-15 seconds every half hour of a single day. Edit it down to 1 minute.​

  • 7-20 word story. Edit it down to 1 minute.​

  • Interview: pick a topic and film yourself as interviewer and subject. Edit it down to 1 minute.​

  • Horror/thriller: setup a Character with a ‘jumpscare’ conclusion​

  • Sci-Fi: Stranded explorer tries to communicate with an alien​

  • Comedy: character in common experience with comedic tones, series of unfortunate event​

  • Stop motion animation or shadow puppet performance.

Contact

When you're done send us a download link to a .mov or .mp4 of your work, no larger than 1920x1080 but any aspect ratio

(send it to: smart26@ecvs.co.uk)

Tell us who you are, where you're from and the title of your film. You own all the rights we don't. Please respect the work of your fellow filmmakers avoid copyright infringement - you alone will carry the can for that, ECVS has no responsibility for your content. Winning films will feature in ECVS socials. 

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ENTRIES CLOSE JANUARY 9TH, 2026

There will be a screening event in Edinburgh, Scotland, in our hidden Cinema.

Details will be announced in 2026.

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The event is open to ECVS members and non-members. There is NO FEE to enter.

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Copyright infringements are a YOU problem and ECVS will have no part in it.

Respect your fellow creatives!

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