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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Detroit Windsor International Film Festival Officially
Opens Registration for 2010 DWIFF 48 Hour Film Challenge
- Competition weekend is June 11th-13th.
- Participants can sign up on Event Brite web site at http://dwiffchallenge.eventbrite.com/.
- Teams can sign up for $75 and get a $25 discount using coupon code: dwiff2010. Individuals looking for a team to join can sign up for free.
- Orientation date, screening date and prizes to be announced.
- For more information, go to www.dwiff.org
DETROIT, April 26, 2010 – After its second year as a wildly successful film competition, the Detroit Windsor International Film Festival (DWIFF) is announcing registration is officially open for the DWIFF 48 Hour Film Challenge (aka The DWIFF Challenge).
The DWIFF Challenge is a fast-paced, sleepless, adrenaline-pumping weekend in which participants form into teams to make movies—write, cast, shoot, edit and score it—in just 48 hours. The strict timeframe of 48 hours is meant to apply pressure on the filmmakers—forcing them to focus on creativity and teamwork skills.
On Friday, June 11, each team will get a character, a prop, a line of dialogue and a genre, all to include in their films—to be completed in just 48 hours. The films will be screened and judged at the Detroit Windsor International Film Festival, which runs June 23—27 at Wayne State University.
Filmmakers can sign up on the Event Brite web site at http://dwiffchallenge.eventbrite.com/. Teams can sign up for $75 and get a $25 discount using coupon code: dwiff2010. Individuals looking for a team to join can sign up for free. The orientation date, screening date and prizes will be announced at a later date.
Celebrated as one of America’s leading new film festivals in a state with a booming film industry, the Detroit Windsor International Film Festival is dedicated to showcasing the newest and most diverse voices of independent film by featuring works from around the world in a first-class international forum. Wayne County is a proud sponsor of the Detroit Windsor International Film Festival Program.
About DWIFF
The Detroit Windsor International Film Festival is a registered Michigan non-profit organization and is funded through the generosity of the community - with sponsorship, gifts and donations. DWIFF celebrates the talented voices within the independent film industry who create unique, quality cinema that is stimulating and entertaining. The festival also invites prominent film industry members to meet, network and share ideas in an urban, educational setting. It is our mission that through our sponsors and partners, DWIFF seeks to raise awareness and give back to the local community to promote growth within the creative community.
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