Inside the IMAX, moments before the film starts

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Big Screen Hack shortlist

The Return Department

What if your second chance costs you everything? In a mysterious department, people can return a day from their past and erase its consequences. A man decides to undo an accident that changed his life. But when his wish is granted, he discovers that even painful moments can lead to what we love most

When: Friday 16 OctoberDoors 7.20pm · Films 7.30pm
Where: Science Museum IMAXSouth Kensington
What: Short AI films and awardsThen The Odyssey

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Private event during BFI London Film Festival week. Adults only (18+).

The films

Films that didn't exist last week

Some were made before the hack and entered, but most were made during the week itself, and the quality was outstanding. The best of them premiere here, before anyone else has seen them.

The screening programme will be announced before the event.

Now showing

The prize

Distribution includes Roku

StoryMachine funds development. When distributed, 50% of advertising revenue is shared by the maker and backing partners.*

The prize

Watch a series get commissioned

On the night, one film is chosen for series development with StoryMachine and Fairground TV.

StoryMachine funds development. Distribution includes Fairground TV on Roku.*

US$20kUp to this in StoryMachine
credits to develop the series

*See competition details.

Now showing

A commissioner with a notebook, looking up at the screen

The room

Meet the filmmakers

This isn't a quiet multiplex. The filmmakers are in the audience, watching their work on an IMAX screen with you.

30 judges from film, VFX, advertising and AI studios picked the shortlist.

18+Private event · Adults only

Sold out at the IMAX

Act two

Then The Odyssey

Christopher Nolan's film of one of the oldest stories we have, and the first feature shot entirely with IMAX film cameras. It plays on the same screen, straight after the newest films in London.

It has been sold out at the IMAX for most of 2026. Your ticket includes it.

The Science Museum lists its 70mm screenings of The Odyssey as sold out for 2026 (checked 12 October 2026). The artwork here is ours, not from the film. Big Screen Hack isn't connected to the film or its makers.

Part one · Admit one

New films

The Big Screen Hack London shortlist and the awards

Part two · Same seat

The Odyssey

One ticket

The ticket

One ticket.The whole night.

The Big Screen Hack London shortlist on the IMAX
The Odyssey, on the same screen
An evening with the people who made the films

Tickets are £25, or £20 with code IMAX20.

£20 tickets with code

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Big Screen Hack · London 2026

New films. A new TV show. Then The Odyssey.

Premiere night on the IMAX

Fri 16 Oct · Doors 7.20pm · Science Museum

Short films + The Odyssey

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Friday 16 October · During BFI London Film Festival week

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When: Friday 16 October 2026. Doors 7.20pm with popcorn, drinks and snacks. Films from 7.30pm.
Where: IMAX: The Ronson Theatre, Science Museum, Exhibition Road, London SW7 2DD. South Kensington is the nearest Tube.
Tickets: From £25 on Luma.
Good to know: Private event during BFI London Film Festival week. Adults only (18+). Questions: hello@bigscreenhack.com

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Last time

Where the last films went next

lilies · Muja Studios

Our last hack ended with the films on the big screen at Cinéum in Cannes. Since then they've been recognised at festivals in Montréal, Los Angeles and Warsaw, and the winners have gone on to paid work off the back of it.

Big Screen Hack is independent. It runs during the BFI London Film Festival but isn't part of the official programme.