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The 8th annual Little Cinema/ Galway City of Film 48 Hour Challenge was held over the weekend of August 23rd-25th 2024 with 10 teams each creating a 5-minute film in 48 Hours. The callout for teams went out in early July, followed by an info session and networking opportunity in mid July for those who wanted to find a team member or create a team, and the 10 places were filled within the first hour of the callout going live!
The launch was held at Portershed a Dó on the Thursday night, where the props were handed out. Each team had a surprise prop to use, everything from ukuleles to a computer mouse, to a headless bear fairy. On Friday morning they were provided with a genre, line, and prop to use. The genre was “horror”, the line they had to include was “that can’t be real”, and they had to use a “whip-pan shot”. The teams had from Friday morning until Sunday morning to write, shoot, edit, and upload their films. Sunday was rounded off with a pizza party, screening, and awards ceremony.
There was a full house with loads of laughter and banter on Sunday evening for the screening at the Town Hall Theatre and a range of categories to win including Best Use of Prop, Best Use of Line, Best Use of Shot, Best Costume Design, Best Make Up, Best Special Effects, Best Sound Design, Best Music Score, Best Editing, Best Cinematography, Best Writer, Best Actor, Best Actress and Best Film.
Find out more Little Cinema 48 Hour Challenge Teams, Judges, & Winners 2024 | Ardán (ardan.ie)
