Get Ready for A Twisted Challenge!
The weekend? August 26 - 28, 2022
The challenge? To make a sci-fi or horror film in only 48 hours!
Do you like to be scared? Do you love Hitchcock? Not your cup of tea? How about time travel - or space travel for that matter?!? Pick your pleasure... Bring on the aliens and spacecrafts - or - the fake blood and rumbling undercurrents. Either way, get ready for a weekend you won't forget!!
Filmmakers from all over the Madison, WI area will compete to see who can make the best science fiction and/or horror short film in only 48 hours. The winning film will screen at Filmapalooza 2023.
Registration Fees
- Early Bird: $150 USD/team ends Tue, Jul 26
- Regular: $175 USD/team ends Fri, Aug 26
Participants that registered a team for the regular 48HFP during the previous 12 months will receive a $25 USD discount. Register Your Team Now!Find Team / Team Members
Two-Shot Tuesdays
- Tue, Aug 23, 2022 @ 6:00pm - 9:00pm
- Funk's Pub
- 5956 Executive Dr. #101, Fitchburg 53719
- Does your Monday suck? Weekend even worse?Here's something to look forward to.Had a great weekend? Cool!We'd love to hear about it.Two-Shot Tuesdays are a casual hang-out for area independent filmmakers. (And if you're a studio head, we'll make room for you, too. Kevin Feige, are you listening?)Don't forget REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN for the Madison 48 Hour Horror Film Project - "The Thriller"
Kickoff Event
- Fri, Aug 26, 2022 @ 6:00pm - 7:00pm
- Funk's Pub
- 5956 Executive Drive, Fitchburg 53719
- Wisconsin Thriller 48 Kick-Off Event.
Dropoff Event
- Sun, Aug 28, 2022
by 7:30pm to be on-time
Required Media
- Video Codec: H.264
- Media: Online Submission (preferred)
- File Type: MPEG 4 (.mp4) (preferred), MPEG 4 (.m4v), Quicktime (.mov)
- Resolution: HD 1080 (1920x1080) (preferred)
- Aspect Ratio: Widescreen (16:9) (preferred)
- Pixel Ratio: Square (1:1) (preferred)
- Frame Rate: 24 FPS (preferred), 24 FPS (23.976), 25 FPS, 30 FPS (29.97)
- Interlacing: Progressive / NON-Interlaced
- Audio Codec: AAC (.aac), WAV (.wav), MPEG4 (.mp4)
- Maximum File Size: 2.0GB (preferred)
Notes
Online Submission on Cinema48.com. Make sure your team leader is registered.
Screening Groups
Screening Group To Be Determined
Listed alphabetically, not by screening order
- Anjomo/Veloci-ninjas Anthony Montoya
- Bad Example Productions David Kaye
- Cedar Cabins Productions Lucas Miller
- Coronado Films William Loper
- Film Underground Nicholas Holmstrom
- Hill Bros Home Videos TJ Hill
- I'm Busy! Films Robert Barhite
- Lucid Coast Productions Edward McGrath
- MCG Productions Michael Gummelt
- Penny Show Productions Brian Brant
- Pizza Sutra ISR Jennell Jenney
- Rainy Day Pictures Rainy Armstrong
- Studio 88 Sam Sorenson
- Suburban Film Club Logan Stiegman
- Team M Mallory Davidson
- The Guacamole Conspiracy Joel Sacramento
- The Porchetta Paradox David Boffa
- The Swag Masters zander duerst
- Thorazine Work Party Jeff Funk
- Vermillion Films MJ Mohns
- Welded Souls Brad Weier
- Wooden Cricket Films Seth Curkeet
- Young Turks Media Liam O’Sullivan
Katherine Thompson
Madison Producer
