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Official Challenges

2017 Challenges

Date Challenge Host Winner
January 2017Sci-Fi/Fantasy ChallengeDaviddoesflavo5000 - 112
Degrees of Separation Challengesortile9ioallisoncm - 96
February 2017Academy Awards Challengetreadwaynathan
Criterion ChallengePeacefulAnarchy
March 2017Cult/Grindhouse/Drive-In Challenge
Films Directed By Women Challenge
April 2017Animation Challenge
French Challenge
May 2017Western Challenge
They Shoot Pictures, Don't They? Challenge
June 2017War Challenge
Eastern Europe Challenge
July 2017Canadian Challenge
Doubling the Canon Challenge
August 2017Musical Challenge
Indian Challenge
September 2017Silent Challenge
Japanese Challenge
October 2017Horror Challenge
Asian Challenge - excluding India, Japan, Russia/Soviet Union
November 2017Noir Challenge
Critics List Challenge
December 2017Documentary Challenge
Conquering the World Challenge

2016 Challenges

Date Challenge Host Winner
January 2016Sci-Fi/Fantasy Challengeklaus78flavo5000 - 143
African Challengefunkybusinessknaldskalle - 19
February 2016Academy Awards Challengeklaus78flavo5000 - 71
Silent Challengeclemmetareysushantv10 - 40
March 2016Eastern Europe Challengeclemmetareytarr - 42
Films Directed By Women Challengeallisoncmbeavis - 32
April 2016Documentary Challengetourdesbtourdesb - 133
French Challengeclemmetareyallisoncm - 30
May 2016Western ChallengeKaspariusPUNQ - 113
Latin American ChallengeHunzikersortile9io - 96
June 2016Animation Challengeklaus78flavo5000 - 145
Middle East Challenge3eyes3eyes & Ataraxic - 20
July 2016Cult/Grindhouse/Drive-In ChallengeDaviddoeste18 - 104
Criterion Challengeklaus78klaus78 - 73
August 2016Benelux/Nordic Challenge3eyesPeacefulAnarchy - 36
Comedy ChallengecinephagePeacefulAnarchy - 123
September 2016Japanese Challengethemagician45MinuteZoom - 39
Action ChallengeChrisReynoldsflavo5000 - 101
October 2016Horror Challengemightysparkskierkegaardian - 172
UK/Ireland ChallengeHVMCippenham - 42
November 2016Noir ChallengePeacefulAnarchyflavo5000 - 96
Asian Challenge (except big countries)3eyesPUNQ - 32
December 2016They Shoot Pictures, Don't They? Challengesortile9iotourdesb - 58
Samurai Challengethemagicianburneyfan - 15

2015 Challenges

Date Challenge Host Winner
January 2015African Challenge3eyeskingink - 16
Sci-Fi/Fantasy Challengejoachimtflavo5000 - 96
February 2015Silent ChallengeLilarcorburneyfan - 54
Academy Awards ChallengeLammetjeArmoreska - 84
March 2015Polish Challengeclemmetareyallisoncm - 22
Films Directed By Women ChallengeallisoncmPerception de Ambiguity - 44
April 2015Documentary ChallengefunkybusinessArmoreska - 71
Italian ChallengeHVMCocoa - 26
May 2015Western ChallengeKaspariusChemosh6969 - 57
French Challengefunkybusinessallisoncm - 74
June 2015Animation Challengete18flavo5000 - 123
Queer ChallengeFergenapridoFergenaprido - 27
July 2015Degrees of Separationfunkybusinessburneyfan - 72
Cult/Grindhouse/Drive-In Challengete18flavo5000 - 77
August 2015Rewatch ChallengethemagicianPerception de Ambiguity - 47
Czech and Slovak Challengethemagicianmjf314 - 35
September 2015Japanese Challengethemagicianthemagician - 120
Jonathan Rosenbaum's Essential Films ChallengeGershwinlillyjabry - 55
October 2015Horror Challengemightysparkskierkegaardian - 200
Chinese ChallengeMelveletAtaraxic - 39
November 2015Noir ChallengePeacefulAnarchyPeacefulAnarchy - 111
German ChallengeHVMklaus78 - 49
December 2015They Shoot Pictures, Don't They? Challengeclemmetareysortile9io - 66
Russian Challengefunkybusinesssushantv10 - 41

2014 Challenges

Date Challenge Host Winner
January 2014Latin American Challengeallisoncmdaviddoes & mjf314 - 23
Doubling the Canon ChallengeHVMfrbrown - 28
February 2014Asian Challenge - excluding China/Hong Kong/Taiwan, India, Japan, Russia/Soviet Union, South Koreamjf314mjf314 - 35
Academy Awards ChallengeMulhollandPrat - 71
March 2014Japanese Challengeclemmetareyzuma - 76
Animation Challengefunkybusinesskingink - 59
April 2014French ChallengeallisoncmArthurYanthar - 61
2010s Challengetomelcecinephage - 58
May 2014Western ChallengeKaspariusKasparius - 46
Southern/Mediterranean Challenge - excluding Italy and Spain3eyesglobetrotter - 21
June 2014Cult/Grindhouse/Drive-In ChallengeDaviddoesChrisReynolds - 65
Canadian ChallengeHVMryebass - 35
July 2014Scandinavia/Benelux ChallengeBuksemannenBuksemannen - 30
Documentary Challengefunkybusinessataraxic - 100
August 2014Spanish Challengesortile9iosortile9io - 21
Sci-fi/fantasy ChallengemightysparksDaviddoes - 54
September 2014Eastern Europe Challenge - excluding RussiafunkybusinessHVM - 50
War ChallengeCippenham3eyes - 27
October 2014Horror Challengemightysparksdaviddoes - 163
South Korean ChallengeKnaldskalleAtaraxic - 13
November 2014Noir Challengejoachimtfrbrown - 84
Harvard List Challengefunkybusinessignatzkat - 41
December 2014Russian ChallengeNopros3eyes & Armoreska - 15
Critics List ChallengeGershwinklaus78 - 48

2013 Challenges

Date Challenge Host Winner
January 2013Indian Challengesushantv10sushantv10 - 35
1960s ChallengeKaspariustourdesb - 54
February 2013Academy Awards ChallengeWalterNeffdaviddoes - 56
Musical ChallengeTimecsushantv10 - 39
March 2013Japanese ChallengeCrindermanCrinderman - 96
Animation Challengefrbrownmjf314 - 53
April 2013French Challengeallisoncmwuzzawuzz - 66
Unofficial checks Challengefunkybusinessallisoncm - 56
May 2013Australian/New Zealand ChallengeHVMesiersdale - 14
Western ChallengeCippenhamsushantv10 - 30
June 2013Chinese Challengecinephagemjf314 - 54
Cult/Drive-in ChallengeNuclearplanetChrisReynolds - 60
July 2013German ChallengeHVMHVM - 50
No 2nd Official ChallengeN/AN/A
August 2013Sci-Fi/Fantasy ChallengedaviddoesChrisReynolds & jvv - 47
Italian ChallengethemagicianCocoa - 48
September 2013UK/Ireland ChallengeHVMbrokenface - 34
Criterion ChallengeclemmetareyJerome St-Jacques - 91
October 2013Horror Challengemightysparksmightysparks - 182
Documentary ChallengefunkybusinessEssexMutant - 51
November 2013Noir ChallengeSeanMX12WalterNeff - 109
UNESCO Challengejoachimtjoachimt - 65
December 2013Russian ChallengeGershwinArmoreska - 65
Silent ChallengejgwrArthurYanthar - 62

2012 Challenges

Date Challenge Host Winner
January 2012UK/Ireland ChallengemightysparksKasparius - 74
1990s ChallengeNoprosNopros - 64
February 20121930s Challengetourdesbmoviefreak - 55
Academy Awards Challengemightysparksmoviefreak - 70
March 2012Documentary Challengewowwee123tourdesb - 44
1970s ChallengeMochardburneyfan - 39
April 2012Nordic ChallengeLilarcornimimerkillinen - 36
Critics ChallengeWalterNeff moviefreak - 96
May 2012Conquering the World ChallengemightysparksPeacefulAnarchy - 46
Western ChallengeNoprossushantv10 - 84
June 20122000s ChallengeSeanMX12moviefreak - 62
Australia/New Zealand Challengemightysparksmightysparks - 48
July 2012Spanish Challengefrbrownmjf314 - 16
1950s ChallengeKowrysushantv10 - 76
August 2012Pre-1930s Challengejgwrsushantv10 - 76
Korean ChallengeKnaldskalleaces - 41
September 2012Non-Russian Eastern Europe ChallengeTimecmjf314 - 29
AFI ChallengeJerome St-JacquesJerome St-Jacques - 56
October 2012Horror Challengemightysparksmightysparks - 301
1940s Challengeallisoncmsushantv10 - 107
November 2012Samurai/Martial Arts ChallengeCippenhamPain - 94
African Challenge3eyesKnaldskalle & Lilarcor - 20
December 2012Russian ChallengeNopros3eyes - 33
1980s ChallengethemagicianKasparius - 71

2011 Challenges

Date Challenge Host Winner
July 2011Japanese ChallengeKaspariusKasparius - 80
No 2nd Official ChallengeN/AN/A
August 2011Chinese Challengemightysparksmjf314 and SeanMX12 - 28
Noir Challengemightysparksormazd - 115
September 2011French ChallengemightysparksCrinderman - 104
History Challenge3eyesbeeswax - 29
October 2011Horror ChallengemightysparksCinematamio - 203
German Challenge3eyesCrinderman - 70
November 2011Italian ChallengeSeanMX12Cinematiamo - 54
Degrees of Separation Challengebubarallisoncm - 104
December 2011Russian ChallengeNoprosNopros - 40
Spirituality/Religion ChallengeSeanMX12sushantv10 - 26