Directors Challenge · Season 1 · The Mysterious Case of Dr. Kiabushu

The leaderboard.

Every episode is scored in five categories, from Soup to Fist, by the judges and by the directors in the season. The points add up week by week. The most points isn’t a guarantee of Best Picture — but it’s a strong sign.

The prize pot · grows with every pass

$250

1st $150 · 2nd $75 · 3rd $25

$250 guaranteed. Every Season Pass sold adds $10, and the pot never goes down. Sponsors add theirs on top.

How an episode is scored

Five categories: Originality, Director, Script, Acting & dialogue, Continuity. Each one gets a score:

  1. 1 · Soup
  2. 2 · Capri
  3. 3 · Chop
  4. 4 · Headbutt
  5. 5 · Fist

The judges’ average gives up to 25 points, the community’s average up to 25 more — 50 a week at most.

Opens November 30, 2026

The board fills up once episode 1 lands on November 30, 2026. Get your Season Pass and your hero ready.

Hand in an episode

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The rules, plainly

Best Actor · Best Actress · Best Hero · Most Original

Hand in at least 6 of the 8 episodes. One great line doesn’t win an award — consistency does. You can hand episodes in all at once, and directors who do all 8 weeks stand a better chance.

The Ahnuld Stallone · Best Director · Best Picture

Finish the story: all 8 episodes. These awards are for excellence, and a finished film.

The Season Pass

No award without the $49.99 Season Pass, and only pass holders are scored. Without one, your episodes can still go on the feed. Buy the pass later and every episode you handed in gets scored.

Trying it first

Take a regular $19.99 month, post your videos and follow the story — paid members get priority in any public review. Decide to compete by week 5 and what you paid comes off the pass. After that it’s the full pass, and after week 6 entries close, in fairness to those who paid. Going through something hard? Write us a letter — we handle it person to person.

Your official entry

Post each episode on your own YouTube, TikTok, X, Instagram or Vimeo, tag @AktionFilmAI, and paste the link when you hand it in. It goes on our feed too.

Who scores

The judges — the AktionFilm staff and a guest judge — and every director in the season with a pass. You can score anyone’s episode but your own. Directors who score other people’s work are counted on the board.