He’s Back and Cheaper Than Ever

The films from the San Francisco 48 Hour Film Project are in and the judges have their work cut out for them.

In this 11th year of the competition in San Francisco, around 40 teams brought back short films they created in just two days.

Here’s an example from filmmaking team Douche and Barnacle.  We invite you to enjoy this private detective story, Two Buck Chuck: Bigger Badder Greener

On July 14th, the awards from the 2013 San Francisco competition will be announced. The Awards and Highlights show runs from 5:00-8:00pm will be held at the Delancey Street Screeing Room.

Tickets are available here.

If you believe this is the sort of competition you’d enjoy, you can register right now for the San Jose 48 Hour Film Project. The competition weekend in San Jose is Julyv 26-28th.

Got Your Back (probably)

When a couple loses the sizzle in their marriage, sometimes a jolt will bring back the sparks.

Other times, it could be that the pressure of a stressful situtation demonstrates everything that needs to be seen.

Take a look at this entry from Storycake and see which you believe it to be.

The folks from team Storycake join many dozens of other teams who’ve participated in the 48 Hour Film Project over the past several years.

On Sunday, July 14th, the awards from the 2013 San Francisco competition will be announced. The Awards and Highlights show runs from 5:00-8:00pm will be held at the Delancey Street Screeing Room.

Tickets are available here.

If you are a filmmaker, you can still register for the competition at the Early Bird rate.

Money Can’t Buy…

When filmmakers consider their choices for making a 48 Hour Film Project film, they often worry about drawing Silent Film as their genre.

This Las Vegas team had no fear and did something delightful and fresh with the genre. We invite you to enjoy — The Bump.

On July 14th, the awards from the 2013 San Francisco competition will be announced. The Awards and Highlights show runs from 5:00-8:00pm will be held at the Delancey Street Screeing Room.

Tickets are available here.

For those of you who believe you can do this too, there’s now a chance to compete in San Jose during the weekend of July 26-28. Visit the San Jose City page to get details and sign up.

Invitation To a First Love

We love music over here and one of our inspirations has long been the one we’ve grown for singer/songwriter Nanci Griffith.  This song (Ford Econoline) is one that challenges a singer, and delights both the singer and audience.

Her interview with Suzy Bogguss reminds us of who she is as an artist — and it introduces her life work project – Other Voices, Other Rooms.  We say that this album is “required reading.”

We hope you’ll stay with us as we hunt for the songwriter who will follow in this talented woman’s footsteps. The folks at Be My Guest are out to discover that and we’ll be sure to talk about it here!

Listen to the Art

The folks at 48 Hour Film Project wanted to see what would happen if they paired up some of their most talented competitors with prominent Bay Area artists.

The result was a collection of clips called ArtShots.

This short perspective on musicians Bev & Greg (Bev Barnett and Greg Newlon) evoked the spririt of their music and brought us a glimpse into their lives together as artists.

ArtShots and the 48 Hour Film Project are designed to inspire talented media artists to show off their skill.

In San Francisco right now, you can see what Bay Area filmmakers have created for the 11th 48 Hour Film Project to be held in the City by the Bay. Premiere screenings for the films in the competition can be seen at the Clay Theater on Fillmore St.

Tickets are available online here.

The Universal Solvent

What is it that fixes everything? Why cake of course!

This winning entry from the 2012 Greensboro 48 Hour Film Project stirred cinematography, music, and sound to a delicious state, and then baked it into a plot that is certain to satisfy.

Competitors in San Francisco have just turned their entries for this year in and are eagerly awaiting their Premiere Screenings.

These events regularly sell out, but you can get your tickets online now if you want to see what these intrepid indie filmmakers have done. We always look forward to the Q&A with the filmmakers afterward. Join us if you can.

Run In Their Shoes

Sometimes filmmakers tell us, “oh, I don’t know, 7 minutes isn’t really long enough to have the audience bond with a character.”

These filmmakers from Columbus proved that premise wrong in a breathtaking way. Follow the character you meet in Stones and see if you don’t find yourself standing in his shoes by the end of the story.

Someone in San Francisco will tell an equally compelling story with their entry in the San Francisco 48 Hour Film Project.

At 7pm tonight, these competitors will bring their films to the Sugar Cafe in San Francisco. Feel free to be there and share a drink with them as they stumble in exhausted with their projects in hand.

When You Draw Western

One of the most honored rituals in the 48 Hour Film Project is the random assignment of genres.

Among those that are possible, the one genre that is feared by most teams, and in most cities — is that of “Musical or Western”

But in Las Vegas — this is the genre many of us would want to draw. This team did, and they took home the City Winner trophy for their efforts.

We invite you to enjoy The Kickstand Kid

Tomorrow (June 2nd), competitors in San Francisco will turn in the films they’ve made as part of this competition.

You can see what they create if you join us for the  Premiere Screenings at the Clay Theater on June 5th and later. The full schedule is posted on the San Francisco City Page.

Tickets are available online here.

At Least It Flies Like a Chicken

The team that brought in this entry to the 2010 San Francisco 48 Hour Film Project knew they had done a good job, but didn’t dream walking in the door that they were holding the City Winner for that year. They also carted off awards for top Cinematography, Screenplay, and Ensemble Acting.

We hope you enjoy this tale of castaways known as “Albatross”

You can see what Joshua Izenberg and the crew from chronsynclastic-infundibulum create this year. Just plan to join us for the Premiere Screenings of the 2013 films at the Clay Theater in San Francisco between June 5-13. Full details are at the San Francisco city page or on the Facebook brand page.

We hope to see you there.