Micro Drama

About IPVise

IPVISE Intelligent Technology (IPVISE AI) is a global AI creative education company with a network across mainland China, Hong Kong, the UK, Singapore, and Japan. Built on AI technology and driven by creativity, IPVISE AI has developed its own proprietary creative AI platform. Drawing on 18+ years of expertise in content marketing and creative practice, we empower AI creative education and nurture creative talent for the AI era. We also develop original IPs and partner with global creators to jointly incubate and commercialise IPs across micro dramas, films, series, animation, and other creative formats.

The brief

Theme: Second Chances

Micro dramas are short, emotionally engaging stories designed for mobile audiences and built around powerful hooks and cliffhangers. For this challenge, create a micro drama exploring the theme of Second Chances. Your story should centre on a character who is given an unexpected opportunity to change their future. This could be a second chance at love, family, success, redemption, friendship, or life itself. Whether triggered by a message, a stranger, a secret, a difficult choice, or an unexpected reunion, the story should demonstrate how one moment can completely change the direction of a person's life. Hook the audience within the first few seconds and leave them wanting more.

Award - IPVISE Best Micro Drama Award

The winning entry will receive:

- £500 cash prize

- Recognition as the IPVISE Best Micro Drama Award Winner

- Screening as part of the shortlisted entries at the IMAX showcase event

- Opportunity to be considered for further development through The Greenlight programme

What To Create

Create a vertical micro drama that:

- A horizontal (16:9) micro drama

- Between 2 and 5 minutes in length

How to enter

1. 1

   Make your Big Screen Hack profile, if you haven't already. It takes about two minutes. Make your profile →

2. 2

   Make your micro drama on IPVise, between two and five minutes long, on your own or as a team.

3. 3

   Enter it for the Micro Drama track. You can enter the same micro drama for The Greenlight as well, or enter a different piece for each.

4. 4

   Get it in before midday (UK time) on Sunday 11 October. Early submissions are guaranteed to be judged.

The rules

For this track

• This is a separate track, with its own winner.
• To win it, your micro drama must be made on IPVise.
• It must be between two and five minutes long.
• You can enter the same micro drama for The Greenlight, the Fairground and StoryMachine track, as well. Or enter a different piece for each.

For every track and challenge

• Entry is free.
• Enter on your own or as a team. You don't need a ready-made crew: you can find collaborators among the people taking part.
• Entries close at midday (UK time) on Sunday 11 October. Early submissions are guaranteed to be judged.
• Unless the brief says otherwise, you can make something new during hack week or enter work you've already made, as long as you hold the rights to it.
• You keep what you make. Big Screen Hack gets the limited rights in the chapter terms to judge, screen, promote and archive your entry, and everyone in your team must have the authority to grant those rights.
• Before any public screening, you tell us who owns the script, which AI models you used, any material shot with real people, permission for anyone's likeness, the music rights and any territory restrictions.
• Sponsors' challenges are judged separately from the independent main jury.
• Partner credits are one code per person for each partner, redeemed on the partner's own platform.
• The shortlist premieres on Friday 16 October at the IMAX.

The full rules for the event, including rights and what you need to tell us about how your entry was made, are in the participant guide.

Prize and judging

• The award: The IPVISE Micro Drama Challenge.
• The winner takes a £500 cash prize (about US$650) and the IPVise award, announced on screen on premiere night.
• The shortlisted micro dramas are shown on the IMAX screen on Friday 16 October.
• Enter the same micro drama for The Greenlight and your show could go on to be developed and broadcast on Fairground.
• Hook (25%): Does the story immediately capture attention and create curiosity? Story & Character (30%): Does the audience care about the characters and want to know what happens next? Craft (25%): Visual quality, consistency, pacing, editing, sound design, and overall production value. Creative Use of IPVISE (20%): How effectively does the creator use IPVISE and AI-powered workflows to tell a compelling story? The strongest submissions will: - Capture attention within seconds - Deliver a compelling emotional story - End with a strong cliffhanger - Demonstrate clear potential for future episode