SCRIPTWRITING COMPETITION: deadline midnight, 31st January 2007

There were 12 entrants to the scriptwriting competition. The winner was
'Five-Minute Meeting' by Ling Low.

Competition Info:

Scripts should be no more than 10 pages long. Information about correct script format can be found here. The theme and genre is entirely open but please bear in mind that this competition is looking for scripts that can feasibly be made into films here in the Cambridge area and on a reasonably small budget. The winning script will be made into a film with funding from Cinecam.

MICHAELMAS 48 HOUR FILM CHALLENGE: 17-19 November 2006

The theme for inspiration was a quote from Alfred Hitchcock: 'There is no terror in the bang, only in the anticipation of it.' The maximum length was to be 5 minutes. 5 teams contended.

FRESHERS' 48 HOUR FILM CHALLENGE: 27-29 October 2006

The title was 'The Beginning' and maximum length 7 minutes. This produced entries from 4 teams. The winning team was Transmission (Kate Pedatella, Kat Gold, Katy Sheen, Billy Wheeler, Sinead Williamson, Jeanne Dansard-Besson, Praveen Shanbhag, Miguel Santa Clara and Tom Riddick), whose film was a highly entertaining take on Freshers' Week in Cambridge.

48 HOUR FILM CHALLENGE: 16-18 June 2006

The title was 'Keys' and this produced entries from 5 teams. The winner was 'Keys: The King's v. Caius Keys War' (a mockumentary based around Cambridge University life).

CINECAM FILM FESTIVAL: 9th-13th March 2006

See the Festival section for details of the 2006 Cinecam Festival.

SCRIPTWRITING COMPETITION - deadline 23rd January 2006

The winner was Let's Change The World by Naoki Matsuyama. Note that this script is in shooting script format. Screenplay format excludes camera directions - see, for example, How to Format a Screenplay or Screenwriting.info.

48 HOUR FILM CHALLENGE: 3rd-5th November 2005

If you have no idea what a 48 hour film challenge is about, basically we give you a camera and a title (previous titles have been "the end", and "a piece of cake") and then you have 48 hours to write, shoot direct and edit the film. This time round you will be editing in the caret suite on Mill Lane on a mac, but don't worry if you've never used one before, there will be a tutorial given on Thursday [as part of your 48 hours] to show you how to edit and burn your movie onto DVD - which will be no longer than 5 minutes long. If you've never used a camera before that's not a problem either, we'll be showing everyone what to press and rotate on Thursday before it all gets going. You can enter as an individual [we'll put you in a team] or with a group of friends. Due to the restricted number of computers available in the caret suite though we're having to keep numbers quite restricted so email asap to register!! The films will be screened at some point in the following week - time and place to be confirmed - and the winner will get a prize. 2 of last years 48 hour films went on to get 1st and 4th places in the Cinecam end of year student Film Festival - 1st prize a free place at Brighton summer film school, which just shows you what sort of quality you can produce in such a limited time

Entry fees for the competition are as follows: FREE for full members [full membership costs 15 pounds and enables you to use Cinecam equipment [saving you buying your own..!] and attend Cinecam talks, screenings and workshops for free or at member's discount.] 1 pound for half members [half membership costs 5 pounds if you don't think you'll use the equipment, but would like to attend talks, screenings and workshops for free or at member's discount.] 3 pounds for non-members.

FRESHERS 48 HOUR FILM CHALLENGE: 14th-16th October 2005

Screening Friday 21st October 8pm Robinson

On Friday 14th October at 6pm we're going to arm 5 Teams of Freshers with Cameras and send them off into the filmmaking wilderness that is Cambridge hoping that they all return at 6pm Sunday in one piece with 5 minutes of magic in the can. If you're interested in signing up email Jenny Leow [JERL2] or Kirsty Dootson [KSD28]