What can YOU do in just 48 hours?
Winter Film Awards is proud to continue our partnership with B&H Photo & Video and Canon for our 48-Hour Film Challenge! Best Picture and Fan Favorite teams each win an awesome prize package worth over $3700! Each winning team’s package includes the Canon EOS 70D Digital Camera with case and three incredible Canon lenses.
WINTER FILM AWARDS challenged the local community to create a 4-7 minute short film in a specified genre, tagline and prop in just a single gonzo weekend! Thirty teams of the most creative people in the tri-state area had just 48 sleepless hours to decide what they were going to do, write the screenplay, assemble their props, costumes and actors, then rehearse, shoot, score and edit their film. Students, amateurs, and seasoned industry veterans alike learned the importance of caffeine, team work and time management in successful filmmaking.
The 2014 WFA 48-Hour Film Challenge began Friday November 7 at 8pm. The prop was CITIBIKE, and the tagline was from Mayor Ed Koch … “Well, I’m still in New York. Thank you, God.”
Here are the completed films! Watch and “LIKE” your favorites! Fan Favorite is determined by YouTube “Likes”, so show some love to your favorites and give them a chance to win this awesome prize package!
About B&H Photo & Video
As the world’s largest source of photography, video, and audio equipment, B&H is known worldwide for its attentive, knowledgeable sales force and excellent customer service, including fast, reliable shipping.
B&H is committed to providing extraordinary service before, during, and after purchases. Their sales professionals have many years of prior experience in their respective fields and receive constant training in order to keep up-to-date with the latest technologies and products. The B&H Super Store in midtown Manhattan is a techie’s dream with hundreds of thousands of the latest products available, including the hard-to-find and high-end, plus an extensive library and a daily array of free seminars and lectures by talented pros from around the world.
The B&H YouTube Channel has an unmatched wealth of educational photographic content. Their entertaining and informative videos feature product overviews from in-house specialists, as well as photography industry experts. You can even view the B&H Event Space presentations from many of the world’s foremost photographers, and interviews with some of photography’s most dynamic characters.
About Canon
Canon U.S.A., Inc., is a leading provider of consumer, business-to-business, and industrial digital imaging solutions. With approximately $36 billion in global revenue, its parent company, Canon Inc., ranks third overall in U.S. patents granted in 2013+ and is one of Fortune Magazine’s World’s Most Admired Companies in 2014. In 2014, Canon U.S.A. has received the PCMag.com Readers’ Choice Award for Service and Reliability in the digital camera and printer categories for the 11th consecutive year. Canon U.S.A. is committed to the highest level of customer satisfaction and loyalty, providing 100 percent U.S.-based consumer service and support for all of the products it distributes. Canon U.S.A. is dedicated to its Kyosei philosophy of social and environmental responsibility.
WINTER FILM AWARDS mission is to recognize excellence and diversity in cinema and to promote learning and expression for all artists at all stages of their careers. We celebrate the cultural mixture that is New York City, showcasing emerging filmmakers from every age, ethnic, racial, religious, cultural, political and geographic perspective. The 48-Hour Challenge format gives filmmakers a chance to work closely with a team and to intensely focus while just going out and doing it!
