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Welcome to the 2026 ECVS One Minute Smartphone Film Challenge

Congratulations to all the filmmakers who contributed to the 2026 One minute Smartphone film challenge!
 

There was a Fantastic range of storytelling, collaboration and technical expertise on show
Our judges selected ’The Dig’ by Alex McNiell as the Inaugural Award winner, a snow-filled Fargo/Twin Peaks gem of a film.
Runner up was a film by Scott McIntosh titled ‘Expel’, a Cronenberg like body horror built around a very active mind responding to doom scrolling. They took home one years ECVS Memership as their prize.
Our Audience Award winner was Paul Michael Rosano for 'The Disappearance', a fantastic stop motion kidnap-high speed car chase-crime caper with a built Lego environment!

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We will open for the 2027 competition in Winter 2026. Join the ECVS or sign-up for our newsletter (below) to be kept in the loop.

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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 FEBRUARY 13TH, 2026

There will be a screening event in Edinburgh, Scotland, in our hidden Cinema, on March 19th, 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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