“All right,” Osborne told the teams at 7 p.m., “Get out there. This year they needed to do that in four- to seven-minute films that had to contain three crucial elements: a tattoo artist character named Alexander or Alexandra Greene the line of dialogue “she'll never know” or “she will never know” and a pizza box. “Because you know, when you've only got 48 hours, what do you do? You got to figure out how to how to make it work.” “It has this amazingly great effect on getting people to work together, use their minds, problem solve,” he said. That winner's big prize is showing at the Cannes Film Festival.Ī few Boston teams have moved on to the international competition in the past, but Osborne said that really isn't the project's point.

Judges choose one to compete with 48 Hour shorts from more than 100 cities around the world. get to bask in the glow of their films splashed on the Somerville Theatre's big screen. Professionals, newbies and every experience level in-between signed up for this collaborative gauntlet to stretch their creative wings, network or learn something new. The participants' reactions spanned the gamut from “Oh yeah” to “Oh, God” and “God dammit.” Women Artists in Action embarked on their first Boston 48 Hour Film Project in May. Then, Boston 48 Hour Film Project producer Andrew Osborne asked each group to randomly draw numbers that revealed their assignments.Īmong the cornucopia of genres were spy/espionage, vacation/holiday, doppelganger/mistaken identity, mockumentary, romance, comedy, horror, road movie, martial arts film and musical. Hailing from around New England, 72 teams joined a virtual meeting on Zoom without even knowing what type of movie they'd attempt to tackle. This cinematic throw down - now in its 20th year - kicked off at 5:45 p.m. As always, the filmmakers went on a wild ride to finish their mini-movies over the course of one adrenaline-drenched weekend. An awards screening Monday, June 12 at the Somerville Theater's Crystal Ballroom is celebrating 2023's crop of on-the-fly productions. But the annual Boston 48 Hour Film Project challenges teams to squash that complex process into two days. It can take a long time to make a short film. Facebook Email Team Women Artists in Action at the mythic Lincoln installation known as Ponyhenge.

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