4th Annual Winter Film Awards 48-Hour Film Challenge

WINTER FILM AWARDS, an Independent Film Festival organization in NYC, challenges the local community to create a 4-7 minute short film in a specified genre, tagline and prop in just a single gonzo weekend!  Thirty teams of the most creative people in the tri-state area have just 48 sleepless hours to decide what they are going to do, write a screenplay, assemble props, costumes and actors, rehearse, shoot, score and edit their film.  Students, amateurs, and seasoned industry veterans alike learn the importance of caffeine, team work and time management in successful filmmaking.

ABOUT THE EVENT

The WINTER FILM AWARDS 4^th Annual 48-Hour Film Challenge runs June 3-5 2016 in New York City and is limited to just 30 teams.  Team must sign-in at the WFA offices at 31 West 34^th Street at 8pm on Friday June 3.  Teams will be assigned a tagline and prop that must be used in their film, and will pick their film genre out of a hat.  Each team will then have exactly 48 hours to create their film and turn it in at the WFA offices.

Completed films are uploaded to YouTube to garner the coveted "Fan Favorite" vote. All films are then screened at a local venue the following weekend and prizes are awarded for Best Picture, Fan Favorite and more!

To ensure a slot in the Challenge, Team are encouraged to register in advance at http://EventCombo.com/WFA1648HRS.  Registration is just $10 per team.

Completed films are uploaded to YouTube to garner the coveted "Fan Favorite" vote. All films are then screened at a local venue the following weekend and prizes are awarded for Best Picture, Fan Favorite and more!

For the 2012 Challenge (https://winterfilmawards.com/48-hour-film-challenge/), teams had to contend with a large brightly-colored snowflake sugar cookie and a tagline from Fight Club. For the 2013 Challenge (https://winterfilmawards.com/2013wfa48/winners/), we made it even more difficult - Teams had a tagline from Ghostbustersand Gray Line New York provided each team with one-hour private shooting time on a double-decker sightseeing tour bus, complete with Tour Guide and Driver. For the 2014 Challenge, teams had to include Citibike in their story line. Visit the WFA YouTube playlist to view all of the amazing films. What can we possibly come up with next??

Entries may be shot either via traditional filmmaking equipment or teams can do the whole thing on smartphones.

Festival Founder George Isaacs says "The 48-Hour Challenge provides local filmmakers an awesome and fun chance to hone their skills in teamwork and gonzo filmmaking. Each year, we are so impressed with the incredible creativity of our Challenge teams - it's hard to believe that it is possible to create a watchable film from zero to complete in just a single weekend, but our teams manage to do it with flair.  The resulting works are not just watchable, they are fantastic!"

A week after the Challenge, the best entries will be screened at a local venue, followed by an Award Ceremony, awesome prizes and networking party.  Over $7k in prizes will be awarded.

For challenge rules, prizes, registration details, participating sponsors and more information about the Winter Film Awards, please visit www.WinterFilmAwards.com

WINTER FILM AWARDS is a 501(c)3 women and minority run non-profit based in NYC.  Our mission is to recognize excellece and diversity in cinema and to promote learning and expression for all artists at all stages of their careers.  We celebrate the cultural mixture that is New York City, showcasing emerging filmmakers from every age, ethnic, racial, religious, cultural, political and geographic perspective.  The 48-Hour Challenge format gives filmmakers a chance to work closely with a team and to intensely focus while just going out and doing it!