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  • 2020 Live Cyberpunk Short Film Competition

    2020 Live Cyberpunk Short Film Competition

    Cyberpunk Now, Cyberpunk Short Film Competition

    Cyberpunk Now Film Festival
    live media hackathon

    July 25-August 2, 2020

    part of the Hackers on Planet Earth 2020 Conference

    Views the films below.

    2020 Cyberpunk Now Live Film Festival Conditions

    Top Winners

    Grand Prize: “Cyber Boogie Shakedown”

    Most Cyberpunk: “Baud Zero Signifier”

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    Projects

    Cyberspace Is Where We…

    Filmmaker: Ben Combee
    Submitted to: Found Footage (Winner)

    basicly-go-forth [sic]

    Filmmakers: strick yak, cujo bird
    Submitted to: Experimental (Winner)

    .trust_in_the_plan

    Filmmakers: Adelle Lin, Moheeb Zara, Sophi Kravitz
    Submitted to: Experimental

    Baud Zero Signifier

    Filmmakers: Aleksandar Bradic, Bogdan Rosu
    Submitted to: Experimental, Animation (Winner)
    Most Cyberpunk Award

    Project Brain States

    Filmmakers: Scott Blaszak, Nora Gibson, Pam Selle
    Submitted to: Found Footage

    Cyber Boogie Shakedown

    Filmmakers: Cory McElrea, Krystal Pohaku
    Submitted to: Drama (Winner)
    Grand Prize Winner

    Last Res0rt’s PikLok Shorts

    Filmmaker: Raye Keslensky
    Submitted to: Animation

    2020 Live Festival Judges

    • Matt Brown

    • TK Lorell

    • Protothresh

    • Beth Braunstein

    • Jason Scott

    • I-baLL

    • Dernyn

    2020 Live Festival Organizers

    • Charles Beckwith

    • Jonn Nubian

    • Archive

    • Rob Sanchez

  • Cyberpunk Festival FAQ

    Cyberpunk Festival FAQ

    Frequently Asked Questions

    What is Cyberpunk?

    Cyberpunk is a literary genre that came to the forefront in the 1980s, typically characterized by protagonists living in tech-saturated hyper-real near-future worlds that had avoided self-annihilation and were in the process of reinventing themselves. See the Wikipedia entry on Cyberpunk for more info, but know that the Wikipedia entry’s assertion that cyberpunk is “dystopian” is considered by many to be wrong. Cyberpunk is not a dystopian genre, it came from a time of nuclear threat and told stories of a world that did not end in a nuclear holocaust. Cyberpunk is a genre of hope, as expressed by genre author Bruce Sterling in many interviews and a particularly engaging 2019 SXSW speech. There is a great deal of literature in this genre, and to understand it best, one should generally start reading the source material.

    When is the next festival?

    We just finished the 2020 Cyberpunk Now Live Short Film Festival, and are currently looking at the possibilities for our next event. Join the Updates list to get notifications when we announce new events.

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