The 24/7 Film Festival is an annual amateur film festival in held in the Mosman, Manly, Warringah Council and Pittwater Council area, all northern suburbs of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. First held in 2002, the Council-sponsored event consists of a challenge to 12-24 year olds to produce a 7 minute film in 24 hours. The festival also consists of film workshops and is crowned by the showing and judging of the entries, held at various local ...
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The 24/7 Film Festival is an annual amateur film festival in held in the Mosman, Manly, Warringah Council and Pittwater Council area, all northern suburbs of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. First held in 2002, the Council-sponsored event consists of a challenge to 12-24 year olds to produce a 7 minute film in 24 hours. The festival also consists of film workshops and is crowned by the showing and judging of the entries, held at various local cinemas.
In 2005 the festival won a Local Government Cultural Award for leadership in cultural programs and projects.
A list of 'items' is published each year at the commencement of the competition. It is required that an item from each of the 4 categories appears in each film and that a total of at least 5 items are used. This is to ensure that films were made specifically for the competition and were made in the 24 hour period designated. The four categories are Locations, Concepts, Lines of Dialogue and Objects.
A "Secret Rule" is announced...
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