Monday, February 22, 2010
The Communicating Arts Production Group (CAPG) of Montgomery County Community College will hold a screening of completed “Five Day Film Festival ‘Sweded Film’ Challenge” entries on March 11 at 7 p.m. in the Science Center Theater, 340 DeKalb Pike, Blue Bell. The screening is free of charge and is open to the public. Awards will be presented to winners following the screening. For more information, visit
www.fivedayfilmfestival.com.
The “Five Day Film Festival ‘Sweded Film’ Challenge” is a timed filmmaking competition during which teams of filmmakers competed to create their own five-minute versions of popular films in five days. The competition ran from Feb. 25-March 2.
The competition’s theme comes from the Michael Gondry film “Be Kind, Rewind,” starring Jack Black and Mos Def. In the film, Black accidentally erases all of the tapes in the video store, and attempts to remake the films using home video equipment and locals as crew and cast.
The resulting short films are usually hilarious and sometimes moving, capturing the essence of the original films in a few short scenes. The challenge for filmmakers is to find a way to use limited resources to recreate the heart and soul of the original film.
For more information, visit
www.fivedayfilmfestival.com, which contains all the rules of the competition, current news, production documents, sponsor information, producer information and tips on filmmaking.
