Brickfilms Challenge Series

The Brickfilms Challenge Series, often referred to as BCS, was a recurring brickfilming contest hosted officially on Brickfilms.com. It was started by Saul Goode, the Minister of Film Contests at the time, and its aim was to inspire creativity and experimentation in certain aspects of brickfilming, with plans for a new challenge every two to three months. It ran three times, all within 2008, and with gaps of three and five months. It changed hosts often throughout its run, as it took place over the time when the community were leaving for Bricks in Motion, amid tensions with the new owners of Brickfilms.com.

BCS #1: The Ministry of Silly Walk Cycles
The first Brickfilms Challenge Series, "The Ministry of Silly Walk Cycles", was announced by Saul Goode on March 7, 2008. It was inspired by the Monty Python sketch "Ministry of Silly Walks" and challenged entrants to show a minifigure walking in an unusual way. Entries were required to be between 20 seconds and 2 minutes in length and the deadline was March 30. The contest was judged through a vote that was originally supposed to only be open to patrons of Brickfilms.com but was later decided to be open to all users. The prize for the winner was a Brickfilms.com T-shirt. Saul Goode thanked Stevie Collins, Stefan van Zwam, Dave Wardell, Jonathan Schlaepfer and Cynthia Price for assisting in the creation of the series.

When Saul Goode stepped down as Minister of Film Contests following the sudden removal of Jonathan Schlaepfer as admin of the site, control of the contest went to Stevie Collins after he was voted into the position. Only 2 entries were received, and the winning entry was Silly Walks Through the Ages by James "MiniMation" Harvey, with the other entry coming from Gregory Moore and Garry Moore.

BCS #2: Time Runs Backwards
The second BCS was announced by Stevie Collins on June 2, 2008, with the theme "Time Runs Backwards". The challenge was conceived by Arend "ahnt" Hintze, and was to animate a film backwards, with reversed footage not allowed. Sound was also required to be backwards. The length requirements, judging and prize remained the same as the previous BCS, and Stevie Collins thanked Arend Hintze, Bert Loos, Stijn Heirstrate, Dave Wardell, Adi "Numbuh23" Ramic, Richard Van De Steenoven, Zane Eastwood and Cynthia Price for assisting in the creation of the challenge.

Stevie Collins stepped down as Minister of Film Contests after the owners of Brickfilms.com sent a Cease and Desist warning to Jonathan Schlaepfer over attempting to use the word "brickfilm" in his own site name, and so the judging of the challenge was organised by Joseph Hayden. Four films were present in the poll, though there was also at least one other entry not included. The winning film was Goodbye by Harry Bossert.

Top 3:

 * 1) Jumping Sheep by "France & Alex"
 * 2) The Kid With the Cape by Joseph Hayden
 * 3) Eek by "France & Alex"

BCS #3 was the final official contest hosted on the 2.0 version of Brickfilms.com, and was also the final installment of the Brickfilms Challenge Series. Two minor contests in a similar vein ran simultaneously in 2009 once Brickfilms 3.0 was launched, the Re-Creation Contest and The Monologue Contest, and these are currently the last successful contests officially hosted by the site.