Register for the 2008 Tour

The 2008 Tour officially begins in Boston on April 4. Registration for is open for Amsterdam, Asheville, Atlanta, Austin, Baltimore, Chicago, Cincinnati, Edinburgh, Fargo, Greensboro, Houston, Indianapolis, Key West, Las Vegas, Little Rock, Los Angeles, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, New York, Pittsburgh, and St. Louis. Registration for other cities will begin on a rolling basis.

2008 promises to be the biggest 48HFP Tour ever—more cities and more teams than ever before. We're excited to announce the addition of Anchorage, Athens, Edinburgh, Geneva, Key West, Mumbai, and Singapore to our list of cities.

Filmmakers in these cities and many others will compete to see who can make the best short film in only 48 hours. The winning film will go up against films from around the world for the title "Best 48 Hour Film of 2008".

Enter today! Space is limited.

Our 2008 Tour

May 9th to 11th: Anchorage Rome / Roma May 16th to 18th: Edinburgh Fargo May 30th to 1st: Amsterdam Las Vegas June 6th to 8th: Baltimore

June 6th to 8th: Houston Little Rock Pittsburgh St. Louis June 13th to 15th: Cincinnati Los Angeles More dates...

Filmapalooza, our end-of-year screening and awards ceremony, returned to Cinequest in March 2008. All fifty-five 2007 City Winners were screened, and the awards for the 2007 season were announced. The winners are:

Best Film, Best Directing, Best Script, and Best Editing
"TimeCatcher" by No Budget Productions from Tel Aviv

Runner Up for Best Film, and Best Acting (tie)
"Dòn" by La Lumiere Soudaine from Rome

Second Runner Up for Best Film, and Best Acting (tie)
"Sweetie" by Trifecta+ Entertainment from New Mexico

Best Cinematography
"Room 303" by Team KC from Amsterdam

For more information on Filmapalooza, click here...

Finally! T-Shirts!

That's right, we finally have t-shirts! Now you can show off for all your friends, and let them know that it only takes you a weekend to make a film.

Four styles are available, featuring our logo and our poster contest winner.

We're also selling... the 48 Hour Film Project Premium Package from Screenstyle, and the Best of the 48 Hour Film Project DVDs.

Come and get 'em!

What We're About

The 48 Hour Film Project is a wild and sleepless weekend in which you and a team make a movie—write, shoot, edit and score it—in just 48 hours.

On Friday night, you get a character, a prop, a line of dialogue and a genre, all to include in your movie. 48 hours later, the movie must be complete.

Then it will show at a local theater, usually in the next week.

In 2007, some 30,000 filmmakers made films in 55 cities around the world. You can see press about us here or watch our films here. We'll be back and even bigger in 2008!

More about us here...