2010 Jacksonville 48 Hour Film Project Closing Events

The Jacksonville 48 Hour Film Project will host its first ever Judges' Panel today, July 12, at the 5 Points Theatre. Judges for this year's 48 Hour Film Project, Britt McTammany, Tony Haines, Kathleen "Bo" Bobak, Paul Young, Sandy Ilog, and Sharon Y. Cobb, will answer questions about the judging process and how filmmakers can improve their scores for next year's competition. The panel will be moderated by Mac McDonald, producer of Jacksonville's 48 Hour Film Project. 48 Hour Film Project team members as well as anyone interested is encouraged to attend. Doors open at 6:00 p.m. and admission is free for all Cinemania members. To sign up as a Cinemania member, please visit Cinemania Join to fill out a membership form. There are free Film Fan Memberships and Film Pro Memberships that cost $45.

The Jacksonville 48 Hour Film Project also hosted its Awards Ceremony this past Saturday, July 10, at the Florida Theatre that featured a new format styled on national award shows. Awards were given to winners chosen by judges in 21 categories ranging from Best Use of Prop to Best Actor to even Best Student Film (Jacksonville is the only city to offer this last category). Three Audience Choice Awards were also given out. Below is a list of winners. Congratulations!

Best Use of Genre
Bonnie's Wake Genre Horror by team AiJax Red Planet, Nadia Ramoutar team leader

Best Use of Character:
Wishing Well Todd Daubert, Wine Connoisseur by team Best Friends, Marc Boese team leader

Best Use of Prop:
Look at the Bright Side A Lamp by team Argyle Forest Films, Adam Madrid team leader

Best Use of Line of Dialog:
Bonnie's Wake “I love a good challenge” by team AiJax Red Planet, Nadia Ramoutar team leader

Best Special Effects:
Knights & Squires Douglas Dorsey & Patrick Nealis winners, team The Alan Smithee Project

Best Graphics:
Smooth Move Stephen Aymond winner, team AiJax Black Fire

Best Costumes:
Wishing Well Curtis Lyles winner, team Best Friends

Best Make-Up/Special Effects Make-Up:
The Hunter Tyler Falbo & Eric Vega winners, team Subliminal Seahorse Productions

Best Musical Score:
Wishing Well Rick Colado winner, team Best Friends

Best Sound/Audio Mixing:
Wishing Well Marc Boese winner, team Best Friends

Best Sound Design:
The Hunter Tyler Falbo, Eric Vega, Shane Moyer & David Southall winners, team Subliminal Seahorse Productions

Best Editing:
Bonnie's Wake Issac Brown & Steph Borklund winners, team AiJax Red Planet

Best Cinematography:
Bonnie's Wake Issac Brown winner, team AiJax Red Planet

Best Actress:
Smooth Move Courtney Gardner winner, team AiJax Black Fire

Best Actor:
Wishing Well Rick Colado winner, team Best Friends

Best Acting Ensemble:
Smooth Move Courtney Gardner, Anthony Paderewski, Tyler Scholes & Ashleigh Scott winners, team AiJax Black Fire

Best Writing:
Wishing Well Ben Cooper winner, team Best Friends

Best Directing:
Wishing Well Marc Boese winner, team Best Friends

Audience Choice Group A:
And the winner of the $250.00 Jacksonville Office of Film & Television Prize
The Hunter team Subliminal Seahorse Productions, Tyler Falbo team leader

Audience Choice Group B:
And the winner of the $250.00 Child's Play Productions Prize
T.U.D.O.C. team Mugwump Moving Pictures, Samuel Smid team leader

Audience Choice Group C:
And the winner of the $250.00 Applebox Productions Prize
Wishing Well team Best Friends, Marc Boese team leader

Best Student Film:
And the winner of the $500.00 Florida Theatre Prize
Smooth Move team AiJax Black Fire, Sean Shea team leader

Runner-Up Best Jacksonville 48 Hour Film Project 2010:
Wishing Well team Best Friends, Marc Boese team leader

Best Jacksonville 48 Hour Film Project 2010:
And the winner of the $500.00 PRI Productions Prize, Movie Maker Software, Goes on to compete against the other 88 cities worldwide at Filmapalooza, a chance to win $3000.00, the Grand Prize Trophy, GenArts Saphirre Software and a Screening at the Canne Film Festiva
Smooth Move team AiJax Black Fire, Sean Shea team leader