Applications opened March 9, 2026

Future Vision XPRIZE

Assemble an optimistic sci-fi team worth watching.

The brief is simple and ambitious: create a three-minute trailer that shows a future worth building. We are organizing writers, directors, VFX artists, producers, editors, designers, and technologists into one coordinated response.

3 minutes An optimistic sci-fi trailer with a clear future-world point of view.
Cross-disciplinary Story, design, production, VFX, editorial, sound, and AI workflow talent all matter.
Fast signal This page routes collaborators into a lightweight intake instead of a long application flow.

Raise your hand

Submit your name and email and we will follow up as the team structure tightens.

Need details first? Use the official challenge site above, then come back here when you are ready to collaborate.

What we are organizing toward

We are treating this as a focused trailer studio sprint: develop a strong optimistic premise, lock a visual language early, and combine practical production with VFX and AI-assisted workflows that still feel authored by people.

Phase 01

Signal and recruit

Pull in a compact group of collaborators with taste, range, and enough availability to move fast once concept work starts.

Phase 02

Define the future world

Develop premise, trailer beats, mood boards, and a production plan that fits the challenge format instead of trying to make a full short film.

Phase 03

Build and ship

Move into previs, asset creation, edit, finishing, and submission with a clear creative lead and a disciplined handoff structure.

Who should join

If you can materially improve concept, production, or finish quality, this is for you.

01

Story and Direction

Writers, directors, creative directors, and concept leads who can turn abstract optimism into a trailer with shape, stakes, and emotional clarity.

02

Production and Editorial

Producers, line producers, coordinators, editors, and post supervisors who can keep a fast-moving hybrid workflow coherent.

03

Design and VFX

Visdev artists, modelers, animators, compositors, environment artists, motion designers, and finishers with a taste for cinematic worldbuilding.

04

Technical Pipeline

Pipeline builders, realtime specialists, AI workflow designers, and toolmakers who can help the team move faster without degrading the work.