2016 films had to be between 3 and 8 minutes long.  The mandatory Theme/genre was “Rise of the Machines.”  There were also three mandatory Monkey Wrenches that had to be included in each film:

1) A prop – DEF CON 24 Human Badge  
2) A line or two of dialogue that Each team pulled from a hat.
3) Character named “cosmo Valtran”