The 24 Hour Film Festival is one of our most popular events for a myriad of reasons – mostly because it’s a ton of fun! It is also one of our most important events because it empowers our students to stop talking about making a movie and actually go make it.
The premise: At 6:00pm on Friday evening each team receives a list of required elements that their film must include – specific lines, props, characters, etc. Then they have just 24 hours to write, shoot, and edit a film AND every film must include all required elements. At 6:00pm the next day, the films are due. We throw a full viewing party, complete with an award ceremony for all of the, often sleepless, participants.
The tradition of the annual 24 Hour Film Festival has been going for more than a decade.