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The High School
48-Hour Film Competition 

April 2025

Have you ever made a film? Ever wanted to?
Do you have what it takes to write, shoot and edit a film in only one weekend?

 

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The High School 48 gives you the power to show off your filmmaking skills.  We give you a genre, a character, a prop, and a line of dialogue and the rest is up to you.

What's Involved?

It's Four Easy Steps

A Cast

1. Get your friends to be the cast and crew 

Location & Costumes

3. List your possible costumes and locations

Equipment

2. Gather your equipment--camera, sound, lights, editing software (Did you know, a lot of great shorts are shot on cell phones?!?)

Register

4. Register for the HS48

 What we provide

  • A filmmaking competition open to all high school students

  • A filmmaking assignment that includes the genre for your film and three elements that must be included in your film--a character, a prop, and a line of dialogue

  • A link to upload your completed film at the end of the competition

  • Online screening and judging of your film by industry professionals

  • Awards in a dozen categories including: Best Writing, Best Directing, Best Acting and Best Film

  • The winning film will screen at Filmapalooza, the international film festival of the 48 Hour Film Project

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