48 Hour Film Project - Pittsburgh

PJ Gaynard
PJ Gaynard
City Producer
Samantha Swope
Samantha Swope
Assistant City Producer

Announcing the Winners!

After much deliberation, our distinguished panel of judges has selected this year’s winning films. Congratulations to all of the filmmakers and teams who participated. We are proud to announce our winners.

The Best Film of 2026 goes to Lumen Productions! Their film ‘’The Ballad of the Bard’’ will go on to represent Pittsburgh against all the other city winners from around the world at Filmapalooza 2027!

Character
Jesse or Jessie Arnold - Tourist
Line
“This is going to be good.”
Prop
a Stringed Instrument
1st Place: Best Film of 2026
Filmposter for The Ballad of the Bard
The Ballad of the Bard by Lumen Productions
2nd Place: Best Film of 2026
Filmposter for A Shot in the Dark
A Shot in the Dark by One 48 After Another
3rd Place: Best Film of 2026
Filmposter for Tooth Unfairy
Tooth Unfairy by Blind Tiger Films
Audience Favorite Group A:
Filmposter for The Hit
The Hit by Crick Boys
Audience Favorite Group B:
Filmposter for Quiet Times' at 8
Quiet Times' at 8 by Essence, LLC
Audience Favorite Group C:
Filmposter for Lovebound: Frankie & Jessie
Lovebound: Frankie & Jessie by Savage Art Productions
Audience Favorite Group D:
Filmposter for INSECURITIES
INSECURITIES by 32 Hot Dogs
Audience Favorite Group E:
Filmposter for A Shot in the Dark
A Shot in the Dark by One 48 After Another
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  1. 48 Hour Film Horror Project - Pittsburgh
    25 - 27 Sep 2026
Teams
Blind Tiger Films
Tooth Unfairy
Bona Fide
After The Dust
Carnegie Screenwriters
Open Mic
Chekhov's Banana Peel
Opera Dog
Crick Boys
The Hit
Exit 95
Silent Innocence
Jelko Films
Stay
Prism Productions
Death of a Tour Guide
Roosevelt Acres
Melancholy Meeting
The C47s
Andre and Phil Have Time to Kill
Traffic Actually Productions
A Daughter's Retribution
Upside Down Script
Life-Line
White Midnight
Awkward Silence
Bokeh Pictures presents "Bokeh of Destruction"
The Underdogs
Cherry Street
The New Guys
Essence, LLC
Quiet Times' at 8
Firebird Films
Rhapsody at 25 MPH
FlickerOut Films
Pomodoro
Good One Media
The Ringleader
Hello World Studios
Only By Blood
Human Fly Studios
Getting Away With It
Incline Productions
Killer Material
Jackalope Studios
The Bicycle Man
JetpackShark
Poetic Faceoff
The Plant Barcode Syndicate
From the Same Cloth
yarddog
Happy Birthday Vera
Bock productions
Snapshot
CAPA -Magical Motion Pictures
A Fresh Start
dinnerbirds
Ultimate Spoons: No Forks Given
EXPERIMENTAL Productions
Strumming Along
Greening Productions
Precipice
Kiss of Fire Films
Death Card
MEGnificent
Fleece Market
Palladium Productions
RunTime
PrimaryMeat
Strung Up
Pullie Productions
No Coffee
Savage Art Productions
Lovebound: Frankie & Jessie
The Rock Stars
The Dreamer
Timeless media
The Strings Between us
32 Hot Dogs
INSECURITIES
Agralo Studio
Metempsychosis
Argonaut_14
How to Traffic an Organ in 5 Steps
Berlin Based
Nice to eat you
Dream Logic Media
Cult of Touristry
Everything But the Name
Party Pooper
Grace Rocky Save Stars
Artless Intelligence
Impaled Films
Do-Si-Do, MF
In Res Media
How to Make the Perfect Martini
Phones & Drones
Bankshot
Shook Earth Media
Dead Man's Hollow
Suspek Productions
The Goodmans
The Shadowframe Strikes Back
Cocaine and Ukuleles
3rd Take Studios
A Spark of Life
B-Theory Productions
Le Critique
Box Crush A
Touch of Deb
Box Crush B
Carry On
Despicable MinYinz
STAR Sucks!
Easily Forgotten Productions
The Box
Granny Productions
DIRT
JB Films
Fresh Starts
Lincoln Park Performing Arts School
Emmileen and Her Best Friends' Super, Awesome, Epic Senior Trip
Lumen Productions
The Ballad of the Bard
One 48 After Another
A Shot in the Dark
PigFat
RESET
The Theatrical Three
Prank War!
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