AGBO Sets Third Annual Global Filmmaking Competition No Sleep ‘Till Film Fest

Justin Kroll
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AGBO on Wednesday revealed details around the return of its filmmaking competition No Sleep ‘til Film Fest, inviting filmmakers to make a short film in only 48 hours. The two-day festival challenges participants to make bite-sized films, three minutes or less, for a chance to win prizes and mentorship from the independent studio.

The virtual festival will be open worldwide for submissions from September 29-October 1 with a creative prompt released September 29 at 5 pm PT; filmmakers will have 48 hours from then to create and submit films based off of the prompt by 5 p.m. PT on October 1. Winners will be announced November 8.

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The festival received more than 1400 submissions from more than 60 countries over the past two years. The 2022 winners included P E N directed by Waldo Levendal (South Africa), Trade directed by Joel Phillips (Australia). and Movie, The Film: A Motion Picture directed by Clay Lacey.

The panel of judges include AGBO co-founders Anthony and Joe Russo, chief creative officer Angela Russo-Otstot, chief innovation officer Jake Aust, chief marketing officer Marian Koltai-Levine, President of Film Michael Disco and President of Television Scott Nemes. The AGBO executives will select three winning films to premiere across the AGBOVERSE as well as AGBO’s social channels, and winners will receive prizes provided in sponsorship by RED Digital Camera, GoPro, Microsoft, Blackmagic Design, AGBO and Red Bull.

The winners will also join the AGBO Storytellers Collective, an alumni network of participants from other AGBO fellowship programs. The collective’s current members will also participate in judging, selecting an additional winning filmmaker to receive the “AGBO Storytellers Collective Award” and join the alumni network.

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