The winners of the Golden Blasters 2013 were announced on Sunday 13th October at the closing ceremony of The Irish National Science Fiction and Fantasy Convention, Octocon, in the Camden Court Hotel.

The Golden Blaster for a short Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror was awarded to LOCKED UP, written and directed by Jane Eakin.














The 2013 Golden Blaster award for scriptwriting went to Eoin O'Sullivan for his work "An Bean Sidhe".

Our audience award, The Silver Blaster, went to SLEEPWORKING written and directed by Gavin Williams.

It's time to announce this year's Nominees in the Category of Best Script. 

Well after weeks of argument and discussion, the Judges have come up with a list of the ten nominees for this years awards. 

To say this was our hardest year yet would be an understatement with the level of entries doubling in the past year and a quality to each, be it from Ireland or Singapore, the United States or Australia that has surpassed all our expectations. 

To all of you whether selected or not we say this, congratulations on making films that amused, entertained and made us think and for that we thank you. Here are the ten films short-listed for this years Blasters.

THE GIRL (16min, Ireland)
FINAL DEFECT (14min, Singapore)
RECA113 (6min, USA)
RESTITUTION (13min, USA)
THE TALE OF THE CURIOUS AND CONFUSED MONSTER (3min, Australia)
LE PASSAGE (18min, France)
LOCKED UP (9min, Australia)
94 (3min, UK)
MARS II (13min, UK)
SLEEPWORKING (15min, UK)


Best of Luck to all the finalists. 

Our 2013 season has begun and we want your films.

We're looking for short scripts & films with a science-fiction, fantasy or horror theme. 

SCRIPT FORMAT

Scripts can be up to twenty pages in length (this is a shorts 
competition) and must be in the correct format (Courier, font size 12).

SHORT FILMS 

Films can be as short as you like, however the ideal maximum running time should be 12 to 15 minutes ... this is dedicated to the art of the short ... we will look at films that run a minute or two longer than that and will consider them if their quality is high enough.
Shorts can be dedicated to horror, science fiction and fantasy, and can be a mixture of live action, animation and music video.

Short Film Exhibition Format
Can be filmed on 35, 16 mm or video but entries must must be on DVD or CD-ROM, the same with exhibition copies. We ask for two copies.

All packages should be sent by regular post and NOT by courier/registered post

Unfortunately, we can only accept entries submitted through Withoutabox.

Submission Fees are listed here.

Click here to submit.

I can't wait to watch your films and read the scripts and pass over all judging responsibility to our designated team of short-listers.

:)