The International Shootout
On December 4-7, 2009, 48HFP teams from around the world competed head-to-head in a special competition open to the 100 top teams from the 48 Hour Film Project 2009.
Winners
The winners of the International Shootout are below.
Honorable Mention
"First Date" by Kinook Creative Studios (Cleveland)
Second Runner Up
"Keep Calm and Carry On" by the Degrassi Junior High Alumni Society (Edinburgh)
First Runner Up
"End of the World of Paul Hinze" by Kontraproductions (Berlin)
Winner
"Prebloc" by Bande a part (Paris)
"Prebloc" will screen at Filmapalooza (April 2010) and at the Cannes Film Festival Short Film Corner (May 2010).
Assignment
This year, the International Shootout required teams to follow the theme: the end of the world.
How the world ends was the filmmakers' choice. It could be:
- Natural disaster (earthquake, fire, flood, global warming, etc.)
- War
- Disease or plague
Robots/Computers/Vampires/Zombies/Aliens/Demons take over - Celestial catastrophe
- Humans become sterile
- Divine intervention
- Another dominant species emerges
- Mass insanity
- Time paradox
- Food/water supply diminished
- or anything else
All films had to include a city identifier, which could be:
- a landmark
- the city skyline
a municipal item (like a trash can or bus with the city name on it) - a newspaper
- a television news program
Teams were allowed to choose their own genre, and if they wished, they could simulate the genre-drawing process using our website. They were given no required elements, although they were allowed to simulate the elements as well, using our website. (If teams did get genres or elements from our website, they were not required to use them, of course. The only requirements were the theme and the city identifier.)
Times
- Invited teams received their genre and required elements by email on Friday night, December 4, at 7pm in their time zone.
- Teams had to mail their finished films to us on Monday, December 7.
Documents
Rules
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Official Rules
(covering eligibility, terms, judging, etc.) -
Filmmaking Rules
(govern your filmmaking weekend and what can or cannot be done while making the film)
