The 48 Hour Film Project, the world’s largest timed filmmaking competition, is celebrating its 12th anniversary this year. Starting with just one team in Washington, DC, in 2001, it has expanded to 3,000 films per year in 125 cities around the world.

The way the competition works is that filmmakers get a mere 48 hours to make a film. Filmmaking teams of all levels begin at 7PM on a Friday and deliver a finished 4 to 7 minute film by 7:30PM Sunday. Each team is assigned a genre, character, prop, and line of dialogue that they must work into their film. They are responsible for putting together a cast and crew, and getting equipment and anything else necessary to make a movie in just a weekend. Any team, regardless of skill level, is eligible to participate in this competition.

The 2013 Prague 48 Hour Film Project will take place from October 4th to 6th, with a screening at Lucerna Cinema on October 12th.

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