[IMC] 48HFP Films at Cannes, Top Film Festivals, Summer Tour dates and ITVFest

[48 Hour Film Project]

48 Hour Film Project Newsletter
May 2014
Editor: Brian Bowers

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May 48HFP Newsletter

48HFP films featured at Cannes

Top festivals from around the world

Summer tour dates

48 Hour Film Project by the numbers

48HFP Video Gallery

ITVFest showcases the future of online TV

48HFP Films Featured at Cannes

Earlier this week fifteen of our top 2013 48HFP films made their debut at the
grandaddy of all film festivals, Cannes. This marks the eighth year with the
Cannes Film Festival Short Film Corner. As a part of our partnership our films
are featured in a special screening in the official Cannes screening venue, the
Palais. Each year the filmmakers that attend describe the experience as
phenomenal, and it looks like this year is no different. So far our filmmakers
have enjoyed parties, red carpets, tours, and great films!  And what better time
to get engaged - more on that later! We'll hear from the filmmakers themselves
next month as part of our follow up to the festivities at Cannes, but here's a
sneak peak at the fun they've been having so far.

The World's Top 10 Film Festivals
Is Cannes truly the king of the film fests? It hits the top of many lists,
including indieWIRE's list of the [2]10 Best Fests. There's no doubt that Cannes
does attract the world's top directors and stars, and seems to set the trend for
international cinema. Check out the full royal lineage of film festivals in the
list below.

1. [3]Festival de Cannes (Cannes, France)

Almost unanimously considered the leading film festival, Cannes sets the tone
for international cinema every year. Only the top films are shown--including the
top 48HFP films from every year!

2. [4]Sundance Film Festival (Park City, Utah - U.S.)

Sundance is to American cinema what Cannes is to worldwide cinema. This top U.S.
festival spotlights some of the most anticipated films to hit American cinema.

3. [5]Toronto International Film Festival (Toronto, Canada)

While not as glamorous as some of the other festivals on the list, TIFF is often
the hub of deals and potential Oscar nominations for the North American film
market--still the top in the world.

4. [6]South by Southwest (Austin, TX - U.S.)

SXSW is a controversial choice according to indieWIRE, but their convergence of
music, technology, and film has helped them to pave the way to what very well
could be the future format of all top festivals.

5. [7]International Documentary Festival Amsterdam (The Netherlands)

Though off the radar for many North Americans, this non-fiction film festival is
still the largest in the world-and its "Docs for Sale" still remains one of the
top film markets.

6. [8]Venice Film Festival (Venice, Italy)

Glamour, stars, paparazzi and premiers--the Venice Film Festival has it all,
does it all, and continues to show it all year after year, keeping it within the
blue-blood royal film festival family.

7. [9]Berlin International Film Festival (Berlin, Germany)

Attendees often praise "Berlinale" for having the best venues of any film
festival, and it has been long recognized for showcasing the avant garde right
next to standard Hollywood fare.

8. [10]International Film Festival Rotterdam (The Netherlands)

This festival regularly showcases new talent and then finances their future
projects through their signature CineMart, the first platform of its kind to
match filmmakers with industry financiers.

9. [11]New York Film Festival (New York, NY - U.S.)

Though not known for its discovery of new works, the New York Film Festival is
highly curated and showcases the top films annually from many of the other
festivals on this list.

10. [12]Telluride Film Festival (Telluride, CO - U.S.)

The last member in the royal family of festivals is unique in its presentation
of film classics right alongside new works-all in top notch sound and projection
in this frenzied annual Labor Day weekend festival.
Summer 2014 Tour Dates
This year's tour will have stops in an estimated 130 cities all around the
world--a new record for 48HFP! Get all of the big numbers in the article below.
June ushers in summer in the U.S., our busiest filmmaking month so far in all
parts of the world--from Baltimore to Beijing and from Miami to Madrid. We're
especially pleased to return to Hyderabad after a year hiatus. As always, the
most up to date schedule of all 48HFP cities around the world can be found at
[13]https://www.48hourfilm.com/en/tour/chronological.php.

Edinburgh 48HFP screenings

Don't see your city on our tour?

Email [14]newcities at 48hourfilm.com to see

if we can bring the 48HFP to you!

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The 48 Hour Film Project By the Numbers

Lifetime achievements

In the 13 years of the 48 Hour Film Project’s existence, over 25,500 films have
been made by 385,000 people.

This translates into over 2,500 hours of finished films.

If the films played continually 24 hours a day starting on January 1, they would
play until April 15.

An estimated 6.2 million person hours have been spent making 48 Hour Films.

There are 14 regular genres and 7 wild card genres ranging from Dark Comedy to
Silent Film to Musical.  Over the 13 years, more than 25 genres have been used.

In 2013, the city with the most teams ever in a city was Paris, France with 150
teams, equating to close to 2,000 participants.  This was followed by Los
Angeles with 132 teams and over 1,700 participants.

Bill Dyszel of CinemaSolo has competed 30 times in 10 different cities.

Coming Up in 2014

In 2014, 130 cities on 6 continents will host a 48 Hour Film Project weekend.

58,500 people will directly participate on a team as directors, producers,
actors, cinematographers, sound, P.A.s and other cast and crew.

Teams will make over 4,300 films.  This is a total of over 430 hours of film.

The films will be screened at approximately 520 screenings in local theaters and
other venues.  The screenings will be attended by approximately 100,000 people.

Outside of the US, the 48HFP occurs in 38 European cities, 15 Asian cities, 7
African Cities, 8 cities in the Americas, 3 in Australia/Oceania cities, and 1
in the virtual world of Machinima.

130 winning films – one from each city – will screen at the 2015 Filmapalooza in
Los Angeles.  Filmmakers from around the world will attend this annual film
festival and awards ceremony, where 10 screenings with more than 18 hours of
winning films will screen.
The 12 top films of 2014 will screen at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival Short Film
Corner.

48HFP Video Gallery
In keeping with our special sneak peek at Cannes Film Festival this month our
video gallery features 48HFP films that just screened at the prestigious
festival. These three are just a selection from the total of 15  48HFP films
featured at this year's Short Film Corner at Cannes.

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“わたしのお菓子” by osushi from Osaka
Official Cannes Selection

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"Coverage" by Amalgamated Grommets from Los Angeles
Official Cannes Selection

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"Le Grand Ecart" par Bikiny Brodas, Lausanne
Official Cannes Selection

ITVFest features the future of online TV

[21]For our 2014 tour we’re very excited to be able to work with a number of
sponsors, including a very special partnership for some of our New England 48HFP
cities with [22]ITVFest. Founded in 2006, ITVFest touts itself as being the
first festival focused on independently produced TV content--featuring
television shows, web series, multimedia content and short films. Since its
inception there have been some other independent festivals that have sprung up,
but ITVFest is still the only one that includes full form TV episodes.

As a part of their partnership with 48HFP, the Best 48HFP Film of 2014 from
Boston, New Hampshire, New Haven, New York,  Portland (Maine), and Providence
will be invited to screen at ITVFest this fall. Out of those six 48HFP films,
one team will win a very special prize of $1000 in cash and $1000 towards travel
expenses to next year’s Filmapalooza in Hollywood.

ITVFest Executive Producer Philip Gilpin, Jr. thinks the 48HFP partnership makes
perfect sense. Gilpin was formerly a business affairs analyst for HBO before
taking the reigns of ITVFest a couple of years ago and has seen first hand the
growing digital media market.  Similar to 48HFP, Gilpin hopes to not only
showcase ITVFest filmmakers but also to offer them connections and opportunities
to work on future projects in the ever growing world of online digital media. We
had a chance to chat with Gilpin last week about his plans for ITVFest and why
filmmakers should look to get involved.

48HFP: On the ITVFest website you say that the festival is “tech savvy and
forward thinking”--what are you doing that’s innovative?

Gilpin: Our biggest innovation is the content of the festival itself--we’re
still the only festival that is really focusing on indepently produced
television for the internet. With all sorts of channels all over the world
popping up to showcase this sort of content it’s definitely a market that
filmmakers should not ignore. Also in terms of the content we’re really looking
for material that’s fresh and innovative--we’re more focused on the creativity
of a project than the technical execution of it.

One of the other cool things we’re doing is providing our ITVFest filmmakers
different opportunities. During the festival we feature panel discussions led by
the top leaders in the TV/digial media world--successful web producers, the VP
of digital media for Starz network, and the head digital media agents from
Creative Artists Association will be there this year, to name a few. We’re also
joining forces with a social entreprenuer conference to bring in leaders from
charitable organizations that do things like provide water to people in Africa,
send medicine to families in China, and similar things. These are all groups
that have a need for filmmakers working specifically in this digital media
world, so we’re trying to connect them to our filmmakers in the hopes that
the’ll be able to collaborate on future projects.

48HFP: Who sees the films at ITVFest? And what happens after the festival for
these filmmakers that are featured there?

Gilpin: There are generally a couple thousand people in attendance at ITVFest.
You’ll have some general public and of course filmmakers and friends that have
worked on some of the projects that are featured, but by and large the audience
is filled with network executives, production companies, and new online TV
networks that are actively looking to pick up new projects.

As with any film festival, the biggest payoff goes to the filmmakers who do the
most networking. The hope is that by bringing in these online media executives
it will give the filmmakers the chance to have their work showcased and give
them an opportunity to make connections that they would not get from simply
putting their work online or blindly sending out links to their films and hoping
that the right person sees it. We’ve had many filmmakers go on to work on
projects based on connections that they made here at ITVFest, including one
person that just signed a deal with Starz digital media based on a meeting they
had here.

48HFP: Why do you think it’s important for filmmakers to get involved in
ITVFest?

Gilpin: Well there’s definitely a growing need for online TV and digital media
content, and unlike 50 years ago it’s now very easy for filmmakers to create
this kind of work without the backing of a major studio. ITVFest is a great way
to make sure the right people see this kind of work and distinguish yourself as
a top leader in this industry--in any year millions of people may have the idea
for a new project; hundreds will actually create their project, and dozens will
have their content go viral--but only the top 40 of these projects are featured
at ITVFest.

It’s also important to note that we’re not just looking for online television
projects--we have film categories and different media categories as well. We’re
really looking for filmmakers that can tell their story in a unique way.

ITVFest will take place September 26-28 in Dover, VT. The deadline for filmmaker
submissions is June 30th. For more information on ITVFest visit
[23]http://www.itvfest.com

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References

1. http://48hourfilm.com/
2. http://www.indiewire.com/article/50_films_and_a_top_ten_for_indiewires_new_festival_directory
3. http://www.festival-cannes.com/en.html
4. http://www.sundance.org/festival/
5. http://tiff.net/
6. http://sxsw.com/
7. http://www.idfa.nl/industry.aspx
8. http://www.labiennale.org/en/cinema/
9. http://www.berlinale.de/en/HomePage.html
10. http://www.filmfestivalrotterdam.com/en/
11. http://www.filmlinc.com/nyff2013
12. http://www.telluridefilmfestival.org/
13. https://www.48hourfilm.com/en/tour/chronological.php
14. mailto:newcities at 48hourfilm.com
15. http://48hourfilm.com/en/tour/chronological.php
16. http://48hourfilm.com/en/tour/chronological.php
17. http://48hourfilm.com/en/tour/chronological.php
18. http://www.48hourfilm.com/en/about/press.films.php?film=2293
19. http://www.48hourfilm.com/en/about/press.films.php?film=1316
20. http://www.48hourfilm.com/en/about/press.films.php?film=2247
21. http://www.itvfest.com/
22. http://www.itvfest.com/
23. http://www.itvfest.com/
24. http://www.facebook.com/48hourfilmproject
25. http://twitter.com/48hourfilmproj
26. http://www.youtube.com/user/48hourfilm

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