Best of the 48 Hour Film Project 2009

Well, it’s official — “Please Forward” will be screening as part of the Best of the 48 Hour Film Project this Thursday evening. We’ll be showing with the 7:00 show, and in glorious HD, no less. (I dropped off an HD master with the editor last Friday.)

If you’d like a recap of the big shooting weekend, Pam posted one earlier, so I won’t go into detail here. But I will say that everything came together fantastically. The writing (from “You Pay Your Dues” scribe Robin Brande) was spot-on, the crew was totally gung-ho (a big help given the daunting number of setups we had), and the cast (including a couple of very talented young newcomers) was enthusiastic and extremely dedicated.

Here’s the official listing of films (with links where available):

Screening 1 — 7:00 p.m.

• Eastern Avenue Films: “American Institution” (Mockumentary)
  
• Roadside Productions: “Cirque d’Amour” (Comedy)
  
• Unfinished Productions: “Decidophobia”
  
• South County United: “From Behind the Corn Hole” (Buddy Film)
  
• River Run: “Happy Hour” (Surprise Ending)
  
• Two Meter: “Looking for You”
  
• Hugs Productions: “Make a Difference Day” (Holiday Film)
  
• Cavegirl Productions: “Motivation” (Thriller/Suspense)
  
• Bad Media: “Nowhere, Man” (Historical Fiction)
  
• Tohubohu: “Please Forward” (Holiday Film)
  
• WIT Films: “Rakirovka” (Foreign Film)
  
• Woge Sloth: “’Za” (Stoner Film)

Screening 2 — 9:30 p.m.

• Card Sharque: “Cry Guy”
  
• Second Minute Films: “Family Outing”
  
• Integral Arts: “Gwendolyn Dangerous and the Great Space Rescue” (Film de Femme)
  
• Dobler’s Pen: “He Drove” (Comedy)
  
• Ad Infinitum: “Ivan Pagoda: A Feel Good Story” (Comedy)
  
• The BetaMacks: “Janice and Jonas” (Silent Film)
  
• Cardiff Giant: “Life Is Super”
  
• Star Wipe Films: “Like It’s Your Last” (Sci Fi)
  
• Loud Noises: “Pipe Dream” (Fantasy)
  
• Dusty Negatives: “Propagation 8” (Sci Fi)
  
• The Quest: “Stonking” (Mockumentary)
  
• Dead City Films: “The Imperial” (Detective/Cop)

I’ve actually seen quite a few of the other films screening on Thursday, and if the ones I’ve seen are any indication, it promises to be an entertaining show. (Be sure to get your tickets soon, as they will likely sell out.)

Beyond that, be sure to mark your calendars for the Rosebud Film & Video Festival on June 27, where “All Roads Lead Away” will be showing. And we’re scrambling to finish up music for “Number One With a Bullet” so we can start shopping that around to festivals in earnest (though we have already made one submission). More news as we have it!