Global Dream Team of Filmmakers hits Hollywood
$48,000+ Budget for lucky selected winners to shoot a feature film this year. The top winners and Top 15 Official Selection are presented with their awards, and winning entries screened before movie fans and industry pros at the contest's red carpet Award Ceremony at the Directors Guild of America in Hollywood on February 24th.
Los Angeles, CA, February 16, 2015 (Newswire.com) - Winners of global online 48 FILM Project competition fly in to Hollywood to attend their annual Awards Ceremony at the Directors Guild of America in Sunset Boulevard on February 24th. This short film contest gives aspiring moviemakers worldwide a chance to rocket from obscurity to show their entry before industry professionals in the heart of Hollywood. The TOP 15 of 2014 includes participants from the USA, UK, France, Greece, Spain, Australia, Russia and Slovakia.
This year's scoop is that 48 FILM Project producers have brought the best of the winners together in a dream team to make a feature with a budget of $48,000 already in place. Pre-production is underway and shooting will commence in the autumn, with locations to be announced later in the year.
"We are deeply excited at the prospect of working with a crew drawn from so many diverse cultures. The synergy will be fantastic. No other short film contest offers such a unique opportunity to filmmakers."
Francesco Vitali, Executive Producer
Says Executive Producer Francesco Vitali, "We are deeply excited at the prospect of working with a crew drawn from so many diverse cultures. The synergy will be fantastic. No other short film contest offers such a unique opportunity to filmmakers."
48 FILM Project International "Dream Team" and Category Winners
- Director Chris Cronin (UNKILLABLE, Manchester, United Kingdom)
- Cinematographer Alex Stone (UNKILLABLE, Manchester, United Kingdom)
- Writers (Joint) Sal Hernandez – Pablo Schmitt (THE DEAL, Corpus Christi, Texas, USA)
- Editors (Joint) Aaron Morgan (THE MALIGNANT 8, El Paso, Texas) – Michael Lubin (HICCUPS, Thousand Oaks, CA)
- Actor Sal Hernandez (THE DEAL, Corpus Christi, Texas
- Actress (Joint) Julia Creus (IN THE BOX, Valls, Spain) – Fiamma Bennet (KIDNAPPING, Paris, France)
- Producer Vassili Rouan (KIDNAPPING, Paris, France)
48 FILM Project Winners 2014
Six entries from the USA made it into the TOP 15. The Deal (Corpus Christi, Texas) scooped the Grand Prize, and Hiccups (Thousand Oaks, CA) won the People's Choice Award. Two further entries, both from California, Finding 48 and Revolver, won places in the Official Selection, making three entries from this state to be placed.
- Best Film THE DEAL (USA - TEXAS)
- Runner Up - Best Film UNKILLABLE (UK)
- 2ND Runner Up - Best Film KIDNAPPING (FRANCE)
Official Selection 48 FILM Project 2014
(In alphabetical order)
- BUKHARA (GREECE)
- DECISION (THE) (USA-UTAH)
- DEFUSED (USA- PENNSYLVANIA)
- EXSCRIPTUS (AUSTRALIA)
- FINDING FORTY- EIGHT (USA - CALIFORNIA)
- HICCUPS (USA -CALIFORNIA)
- IN THE BOX (SPAIN)
- LARA IS NOT ALONE (RUSSIAN FEDERATION)
- MALIGNANT 8 (THE) (USA - TEXAS)
- NEVER THE SAME (VIETNAM)
- REVOLVER (USA -CALIFORNIA)
- SURPRISE PARTNER (SLOVAKIA)
People's Choice Award (Joint)
HICCUPS (USA - CALIFORNIA) and MISSING MEMORIES (SLOVAKIA)
Commenting on this year's official selection, co-Executive Producer, Chris Siametis, says, “48 FILM Project provides a gateway to filmmakers around the world to get noticed. We want to encourage creatives at all stages of their career to produce something of value and quality. A contestant only needs ambition and an Internet connection to enter.” A good sprinkling of talent helps, it should be said, to transport a young hopeful from obscurity to the Hollywood silver screen. "Our contest is no walk in the park," Siametis adds. "Our panel of judges includes movie industry professionals who are experts in their field."
The Judges Panel 2014
48 FILM Project judges are industry professionals, comprising experts in a wide range of skills and experience. This year's panel included:
James Cullen Bressack, Peter Claridge, Yorgos Frentzos, JP Magarola, Paul Salmons, Nadeem Soumah, Jon Ryan Sugimoto, Tushar Tyagi, Leo Wong, Francesco Vitali.
The competition is open to anyone aged 18+ around the world, and runs from late January until 20th November each year. For more information about the event, the judges and how to enter the competition, visit https://www.48filmproject.com
About 48 FILM Project
48 FILM Project is a multi-cultural, global, competition for every budding filmmaker who has access to the Internet.
Participants choose when and where to shoot, direct, edit, write and produce their 4-7 min short movie. Some preparation is permitted before logging on and pressing the "Start My Competition" button, which starts the 48-hour clock ticking. This rich project line reaches out to artists in various communities. Participants require no experience; they may be aspiring or professionals. There are rules, but the executive producers encourage creative, as well as the challenge of including three given elements: a character, a dialog line and prop, issued randomly by the system.
Top 15 Winners screen every year at the house of the greatest directors of all times, The Directors Guild of America, in Hollywood. Also, the selected best winners get a $48,000 budget to shoot a feature film in the following year.
Press enquiries:
Fiona Faith Ross
Phone: +1 310 279 5171
433 N Camden Drive Suite 600
Beverly Hills, CA 90210
Email: fross@48projects.com
