VietNamNet Bridge – Director Phillip Noyce will be a juryman of the third 48 Hour Film Project in Vietnam.

A scene from "Tortoise soup".

The 48 Hour Film Project is a wild and sleepless weekend in which contestants make a movie—write, shoot, edit and score it in just 48 hours.
    
On Friday night, contestants get a character, a prop, a line of dialogue and a genre, all to include in their movie. 48 hours later, the movie must be complete. Then it will show at a local theater, usually in the next week.

In 2012, over 50,000 filmmakers will make almost 4,000 films in 120 cities on 6 continents around the world. Over the 11 years of 48 Hour Film Project over 19,000 films have been made by 278,000 people.

The 48 Hour Film Project's mission is to advance filmmaking and promote filmmakers. Through its festival/competition, the project encourages filmmakers and would-be filmmakers to get out there and make movies. The tight deadline of 48 hours puts the focus squarely on the filmmakers - emphasizing creativity and teamwork skills. While the time limit places an unusual restriction on the filmmakers, it is also liberating by putting an emphasis on "doing" instead of "talking."

Back in May 2001, Mark Ruppert came up with a crazy idea: to try to make a film in 48 hours. He quickly enlisted his filmmaking partner, Liz Langston, and several other DC filmmakers to form their own teams and join him in this experiment. The big question back then was: "Would films made in only 48 hours even be watchable?"

The answer was a resounding yes, and now ten years later and with more than 400 competitions having taken place around the world, it is amazing to consider the success of the Project. 2012 marks the 3rd time of the project in Vietnam.

In Vietnam, Phillip Noyce, the director of “The Quiet American,” is still a jury member for the competition this year.

Last year over 1,600 filmmakers in Hanoi and HCM City participated in the project, with over 130 films. HCM City-based Yeti group’s “Tortoise Soup” won the first prize in Vietnam and the third prize at the international finale. It was screened at the Cannes Film Festival 2012.

This year, the project is organized in 165 cities in the world.

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