The 48-hour London flagship hack — part one of the Big Screen Hack: Cannes 2026 programme — just wrapped. Two tracks (Builder Hack + Filmmaker Hack) ran side by side at our central London venue with online entries from around the world. Kick-off 6pm Friday, submissions closed 7pm Sunday. Every film that shipped is below.
Builders and filmmakers both welcome on either track. Engineers brought the stack, filmmakers brought story instinct, mentor surgeries ran throughout. The strongest teams mixed both disciplines.
Shipped a tool, technique, or approach the industry can use — with the newest creative AI on the planet. Ships: a new piece of cinema-grade software.
Developed, storyboarded, shot and cut a short film in a weekend. One theme revealed live, mentor surgeries throughout. Ships: one short film.
Every film and project that shipped from the 48 hours. Click any poster to watch the full piece. Industry jury reviews this week; track prizes and the Grand Prize Cinéum screening land Mon 18 May during Cannes.
Every submission is being transcoded onto our streaming CDN. As each one lands it'll appear above — refresh in a few hours, or follow the build live.
Sun 17 May: the Big Screen Hack × RecDek House Villa Party, followed on Mon 18 May by an independent screening hosted at Cinéum Cannes during festival week.