SLUG 48  

THE UCSC 48-HOUR FILM COMPETITION

✦ Wednesday, April 24, 7.15pm: Screening + Awards Night, Kresge 3105

The UCSC Department of Film and Digital Media is excited to announce Slug 48, our first-ever 48-Hour Film competition! Slug 48 is brought to you thanks to the support and enthusiasm of UCSC alumnus Kevin Nolting, former editor at Pixar Animation Studios, where he edited the Academy Award-winning films Up!, Inside Out and Soul. 


What is a 48-Hour Film?

A 48-hour film is one that is written, shot, edited, and all music composed for within a 48-hour time period. Teams and strategies for filming may be formed ahead of time, but nothing can be written and no footage for the film can be shot until the clock is ticking. We will be handing out  parameters on Friday April 19 at 5 pm with certain details (a theme, a prop, a line of dialogue) that must be in the film to ensure nothing was shot ahead of time. You will then have until Sunday April 21 at 5 pm to submit your finished film. Your finished film should be 4min or less in running time!


Competition

All those who complete their films within 48 hours and upload them to the competition portal are automatically considered for our awards. Our Slug 48 Awards Ceremony will be held on Wednesday April 24 at 7.15pm in Kresge 3105 (the large lecture hall on the entry level). Bring your friends! Films will  be judged by a panel of celebrity judges including Kevin Nolting, Aphton Alcordo, Trevor Jimenez, Becky Neiman-Cobb, Amera Rizk, and Adrian Syben. 

Certificates signed by the celebrity judges will be awarded in different categories: 

Everyone is welcome at the Awards Ceremony--participants and their friends and family.


How to Participate

This competition is open to UCSC undergraduate students from any major. Be sure to review all event information on the Details page. 

To enter, go to the Sign Up page and submit your registration form.

✦Important Dates

Monday, April 8: Applications open

Friday, April 19: 5pm: Film theme details are released: gather at 4.30pm at COMMUNICATIONS BUILDING, ROOM 139 or Zoom (write to slug48-group@ucsc.edu for the link)

Friday, April 19 - Sunday, April 21: Filming takes place. Deadline for upload 5pm on April 21

Wednesday, April 24, 7.15pm: Screening + Awards Night, Kresge 3105.