The details are official! The 2011 Awards and Highlights show for the San Francisco 48 Hour Film Project will be held at Madrone Studios in San Francisco’s SOMA district. The location for the event was selected not only for its suitability for an awards and screening event, but also because the facility is an interesting […]
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Love in Any Direction
The Boston 48 Hour Film Project is one of the most competitive and one of the longest-running in the 90 city field. This 2011 winner demonstrates just what magic can be created in just the space of a weekend. If you don’t believe that 7 minutes on screen is enough to tell a compelling story, […]
The Chummers
This entry from the San Francisco 48 Hour Film Project 2010 season brought together a large alliance of Bay Area talent. One fan of the film told us quietly, “Sit forward in your seat, see with your heart, and there’s a payoff at the end of this journey. I’m really glad I saw this story.” […]
Friends, Filmmakers, Awardwinners
For years now, the 48 Hour Film Project in both San Francisco and San Jose has been graced by the work of these talented young filmmakers. The same could be said for just about every other competition or exhibition in the area that held still long enough. This week, you’ll get to see their award-winning […]
Ovation Pictures pounds the streets
We hear that multi-hit competitors from the San Francisco 48 Hour Film Project have screenings twice this Memorial Day weekend. They are featured at San Francisco’s RAW: Inspire reception as well as Official Selection at the Bodega Bay International Short Film Festival. Their appearance at the RAW:artists event was inspired by their vigorous participation in […]
Help a Slacker Out
…the folks at the Austin Film Society are scheming up a special event that is sure to delight fans of Richard Linklater’s milepost film, Slacker. The idea is to present a remake that incorporates work from filmmakers all over the world. This could be the chance you’ve been waiting for to create an homage to […]
Time to Incite
San Francisco arts community organization RAW has generously welcomed some of the best from the 48 Hour Film Project community to exhibit their work alongside other hot Bay Area artists. For the month of May, we’ll be seeing work from Square Marden (formerly Barkada Inc. talent) as an appropos launch to the competition season. Their […]
Short Film Workshop
We usually focus here on presenting you with our choices for delightful media that you can find online. But we also want to occasionally acknowledge talent of extraordinary effort by the people who bring you the stories you love. In this case, we want to acknowledge a media community that makes a big difference to […]
48 Hour Film Project San Francisco
For the ninth big year in San Francisco, the 48 Hour Film Project season is underway and we expect this summer to be bigger than ever before. We invite you to keep abreast of the buzz as independent filmmakers in the Bay Area gear up to participate in the world’s oldest and largest time based […]
Life and The Streets
One thing we love about 48 Hour Film Project films is that they often capture the look and tone of the cities where they are created. We found that this entry from the Tampa/St. Petersburg competition took us back to the seamier side of Ybor City. (Not that we’ve actually been there ourselves, just that […]