Global Dream Team of Filmmakers Hits Hollywood

Press Release • Feb 14, 2015

$48,000+ budget for selected winning filmmakers to shoot a feature film.

Los Angeles, CA, February 14, 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."

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, a total of three entries from this state to be placed. For more information about the 48 FILM Project red carpet night out, visit https://www.48filmproject.com/award-ceremony/2014

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

HICCUPS (USA - CALIFORNIA)
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. "This contest is no walk in the park," Siametis adds. "Our judges are movie industry pros."

The Judges Panel 2014

48 FILM Project judges are established filmmakers, with 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.

Meet the Judges: https://www.48filmproject.com/meet-the-judges/2014

The competition is open to anyone aged 18+ around the world, and runs from late January until 20th November each year. For more information and how to enter, go to 48 FILM Project site.

About 48 FILM Project

48 FILM Project is a multi-cultural, global, competition for every budding filmmaker who has access to the Internet. Sponsored by SONY.

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 top selected best winners get a $48,000 budget to shoot a feature film in the following year.