48-Hour Big Facts

• The Cork City 48-Hour Challenge is taking place from Midday Friday 26th of July to midday Sunday 28th of July. 

• Teams must register their interest via our website and teams must submit a title for their film at this time.

• The registration deadline is midnight, 19th of July 2024.

• You will receive an email confirmation if your registration is accepted.

• All writing, shooting and editing must take place within the allotted 48 hours.

• The Picturehouse 48 team members reserve the right to check the metadata on competitors’ footage, script documents etc, if there is any suspicion that footage has been pre-shot. 

• Use of VFX, stock footage and royalty free music is accepted, though original score is highly encouraged! 

• The film must be five minutes in length (excluding end credits).

• The film may be in any language, however it should be subtitled if in any language other than english.

• Films can be filmed outside of Cork City, however teams must be present at the Pavilion at 5pm on Sunday the 28th of July to be considered eligible for award. 

• The films will have to adhere to a number of rules (these may range from specified genres, themes, props or dialogue) - the general rules will be announced at our Announcement Party at 5pm on the 20th of July at Gaia.

• The Best Film will be judged both on its quality as a film but also how well it has adhered to, subverted or played within, the rules applied.

• As well as the General Rules, each individual team will receive a specific rule or rules.

• Your team will only be sent your specific set of rules at midday on Friday the 26th of July. This is the starting pistol!

• The films must be submitted via our website by no later than 12:00pm on Sunday the 28th of July to be eligible for award, though if late we may still screen your film ahead of the others.

• Films will screen in reverse order of delivery i.e the last film submitted will be on first.

• The films will be judged by a panel of judges including professionals in the film industry and representatives from Indie Cork Film Festival.

• There will be awards for Best Film, Best Script, Best Editor, Best Cinematography, Two Acting Awards, Best Music and an Audience Award.

• Once you have been officially accepted for the challenge, we will ask for a list of your crew and contact details. 

• The winner of Best Film will have a guaranteed screening slot at Indie Cork Film Festival. 

• If you are interested in participating but don’t have a team, send on some details about you and your skills set and we’ll try and see if we can find a team for you to work with.

• If you need actors or more hands for your team, let us know and we’ll put a call out through our socials and contacts.