XPRIZE announced the judges for its sci-fi film competition, which aims to inspire optimistic adaptations of a technology-enabled future.
Neil deGrasse Tyson, Neal Stephenson, Mira Lane and Rod Roddenberry will preside over the competition. The panel will help select the grand prize winner, who will be named at Moonshots Live on Sept. 25 in Los Angeles.
The Future Vision XPRIZE competition invites global filmmakers and creators to submit three-minute trailers or short films that depict hopeful future visions. Submissions close Aug. 15.
The grand prize is $2.5 million in production funding to develop the concept, as well as $100K cash. Four runner-ups will receive $100K each, and 10 finalists will receive $10K.
Moonshots Live brings together filmmakers, builders and investors for a day of live competition and conversation. The event features pitches from Build with Gemini XPRIZE finalists, a $2 million hackathon and the Future Vision XPRIZE awards ceremony. The competition is supported in partnership with Range Media Partners and Google through their 100 ZEROS initiative.
DeGrasse Tyson is an astrophysicist and director of the Hayden Planetarium at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. Stephenson is a novelist whose books have shaped how the tech industry imagines its own future. He coined the term “metaverse” in 1992.
Lane is vice president and founder of the Envisioning Studio at Google, an AI prototyping lab that explores emerging technologies. Roddenberry is CEO of Roddenberry Entertainment and The Roddenberry Foundation. He is the son of Gene Roddenberry, the famed creator of “Star Trek.”