Filmmakers around Silicon Valley have been holding their breaths to hear the names of the finalists for awards in the San Jose 48 Hour Film Project.
You can find out who won the awards, and see many of these films if you join us at the Highlights and Awards show on Sunday night in San Jose. It’s at the Theatre on San Pedro Square, the doors open at 5:30pm. (Tickets can be purchased in advance online here.)
Here they are with each finalist group presented in alphabetical order.
Best Use of Prop
- The Stallion
- Staycation
- Whack-a-Doo
Best Use of Line
- Myself
- Staycation
- Whack-a-Doo
Best Use of Genre
- 2 Eleven
- A Piñata Story
- Torn
Best Choreography
- Beneath the Badge
- The Schmuck
- Torn
Best Music
- The Schmuck
- Torn
- Vestern 2: Another Western
Best Special Effects
- Hector’s Playground
- Myself
- Whack-a-Doo
Best Screenplay
- 2 Eleven
- Myself
- O’Kane 1.0
Best Editing
- Hector’s Playground
- O’Kane 1.0
- Vestern 2: Another Western
Best Cinematography
- 2 Eleven
- O’Kane 1.0
- Torn
Best Acting (male)
- Raymund Aranda (Myself)
- James Davis Jr. (Myself)
- Michael Placencia (Staycation)
Best Acting (female)
- Sarah Jean Allen (Torn)
- Jennifer Ball (Staycation)
- Shetal Waters (2 Eleven)
Best Direction
- O’Kane 1.0
- Staycation
- Torn
Audience Choice Finalists – Screening Group A
- 2 Eleven
- A Piñata Story
- Whack-a-Doo
Audience Choice Finalists – Screening Group B
- Staycation
- Torn
- Vestern 2: Another Western
Best Film
- 2 Eleven
- O’Kane 1.0
- Torn