Overview
- The global competition invites three-minute trailers that depict technology-enabled, hopeful futures, with submissions open March 9 through August 15.
- The grand-prize winner receives $2.5 million in production funding plus a $100,000 cash award, while four other finalists will each receive $100,000.
- XPRIZE says an additional $500,000 in prizes is expected to be announced later in the competition.
- Range Media will help screen entries and select five finalists to present in Los Angeles on September 25, when a cross-industry jury will choose the winner.
- Backers include Rod Roddenberry, Cathie Wood, Jed McCaleb and members of Diamandis’s Abundance community, and the winning project is expected to seek an extra $5–$10 million via Republic Film.