48 Hour Film Project Australia

More information about the 48 Hour Film Project for 2008 will be made available soon. If you would like to get in touch with us, please email: australia@48hourfilm.com

The winner of the 2007 Brisbane 48 Hour Film Project Best Overall Film has been accepted into the prestigious Cannes International Film Festival, to screen in the Short Film Corner on Tuesday May 20th 2008.

The film, entitled ‘Myles West’, was made for the 2007 competition and took out a swag of awards including Best Overall Film, Best Male Actor (Tim Dashwood) and Best Editing (Courtney O’Brien-Brown), as well as Best Original Script and Best Director for writer/director Bryn Chainey. Chainey was invited to attend the World Best of 48 Hour Film Project Competition in the US earlier this year as a part of the Cinequest Film Festival, San Jose, California. While not taking a major award, the film was selected to feature on the Top-15 DVD and received a Best Editing nomination. 

Chainey recently announced that ‘Myles West’ is now set to take the prestigious Cannes International Film Festival by storm. 

This achievement tops the list of follow-on successes from Brisbane 48 Hour Film Project competition winners, with 2006 / 2007 Best Overall Film Runner-up director Daley Pearson producing and directing an independent feature film, ‘$quid’ in Brisbane in 2007, and the 2006 Best Overall Film winner Michael Craft about to begin his feature film directorial debut ‘Storage’.

The 48 Hour Film Project, an international time-based filmmaking competition, has been running since 2001 in Washington DC, USA, and is now held in over 50 cities all around the world. The Brisbane competition has been running since 2004 and is the only Australian leg of the competition, offering filmmakers a chance to connect to an amazing international network. 

Films must be made within 48 hours, must feature the competition’s Special Ingredients (a prop, character and line of dialogue) and must fit to a specific genre (horror, sci-fi, romance etc). All of these elements are announced right before the official competition launch, making the competition an even playing field for all filmmakers. All films made for the competition are then judged and screened before sell-out audiences. Prizes include sponsored awards in technical categories, and for the Best Overall Film winners, the chance to compete in the international finals in the US – an opportunity that has successfully proven to open doors for emerging filmmakers in the Brisbane community. 

The Brisbane competition is held in October and filmmakers can find out more at: www.48hourfilm.com 

Media enquires: 

Alana Jessop 
National Event Manager
48 Hour Film Project Australia
0409 527 103
australia@48hourfilm.com

Congratulations to all 2007 our winners!

Best Overall Film Ink In The Sky Myles West

1st Runner-Up Best Overall Film Half-Cut Posse

2nd Runner-Up Best Overall Film Ink Works World War II

Winner Best Male Actor Tim Dashwood Myles West

1^st Runner-Up Best Male Actor Richard Moore Don’t Tell Mum Jesus Isn’t Dead

2^nd Runner-Up Best Male Actor Drew Jarvis Fitty’s Rage

Winner Best Female Actor Laura Whitnall Posse

1^st Runner-Up Best Female Actor Jazz Mill-O’Kane Jade

2^nd Runner-Up Best Female Actor Anna McGahan A Night In

Winner Best Production Design Maryanne Paterson Morse Code

1^st Runner-Up Best Production Design Alanah Walker Myles West

2^nd Runner-Up Best Production Design Jana Bartek Lime

Winner Best Cinematography Andrew Brown Posse

1^st Runner-Up Best Cinematography Joe Lancaster Myles West

2^nd Runner-Up Best Cinematography David Groth Morse Code

Winner Best Original Script Bryn Chainey Myles West

1^st Runner-Up Best Original Script Fade In Don’t Tell Mum Jesus Isn’t Dead

2^nd Runner-Up Best Original Script RGCC An Inconvenient Boot

Winner Best Editing Courtney O’Brien-Brown Myles West

1^st Runner-Up Best Editing Tani Budini Posse

2^nd Runner-Up Best Editing Rickie-Lee Roberts A Night In

Winner Best Sound Design Tani Budini Posse

1^st Runner-Up Best Sound Design Nicole Pieters Jade

2^nd Runner-Up Best Sound Design Bryn Chainey Myles West

Winner Best Original Score David Killin Funeral: The Musical

1^st Runner-Up Best Original Score Bernard Houston Basic Human Abduction

2^nd Runner-Up Best Original Score Travis Jenkins Filming War

Winner Best Director Bryn Chainey Myles West

1^st Runner-Up Best Director RGCC An Inconvenient Boot

2^nd Runner-Up Best Director Thomas Graham Fitty’s Rage

Perception Pictures Encouragement Award 1 Team Tam Crackdown

Perception Pictures Encouragement Award 2 ENjOY Snap

Audience Award 1 Red-5 The Instructors

Audience Award 2 Black Noir The Tiara of Time