• READY?
  • SET!
  • FILM!
  • Register your team NOW!

The 48 Hour Film Project Experience

  • Make a movie in a weekend (that’s right, only 48 hours!)
  • A test of your filmmaking and creativity skills
  • A creative explosion with friends and colleagues
  • The entrance to an international community of filmmakers
  • Your film—on the Big Screen! Drop the mic!!! (But watch out for the boom!)

It’s a fun-filled, adrenaline producing weekend that has jump-started the careers of countless filmmakers around the world.

How to Register
  • Remember: sleep is a state of mind.
  • How does this work? Test your equipment in advance.
  • Put one person in charge of the paperwork.
  • Do location recon before kickoff.
  • Use the elements as your inspiration.
  • Check the elements 3x: script, set, and edit!
  • Question about the required elements? Contact your city producer!
  • Now hear this! Sound is as important as image!!!
  • Fashionably late is NOT the way to go in the 48
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  • The 48 tested our patience, tolerance, time management skills and creativity. A must-have experience for any aspiring filmmakerPietro, filmmaker, Uruguay
  • Participating in a 48hfp is a must for every aspiring filmmaker, learn more [in a weekend] than in a year of film school.Jerry, filmmaker, Netherlands
  • It woke me up to what I'm capable of doing.Nestor, filmmaker, Mexico
  • Because of the 48 I have a community of local crew and actors who have become more than friends, we are family.TL, director, editor, actor, USA
  • 48hfp is the perfect way to co-create with a group of talents in which agility, problem solving skills and efficiency are key.Tulay, producer, Netherlands
  • 48hfp made me realize I already have everything I need to make films – I just have to get out and do it.Linsen, director, South Africa
  • The 48 connects you with an international network of passionate filmmakers.Peter, director, USA