Team Alma: Behind camera stuff - Mark Withers
On-screen talent - Trudi Jackson, Matthew Walker, Vivienne Gibbs, Fliss Walton, Lucy Caplin, Al Constantine, Nish, Tim Diggle.

Here's how the judges scored the competition.

London 48 Hour Short Film Award 2010 Winner announced. Thursday, Roxy Bar and Screen

.. edited by Lee Neville. Screening of movies at the Roxy Bar and Screen, Borough Tube, SE1, on Thursday, 19, 7 pm.

submitted within time frame. Now seven films in the reckoning .. what talented filmmakers can do in 48 hours

6 fantastic films in competition for the London 48 Hour Short Film Award 2010. All will be screened at the Roxy Bar and screen on the evening of Thursday, August 19

Here's the e-mail sent to the three judges of the Valentine Weekend Film Competition:

"Here are the 10 shortlisted films. Thirteen teams picked up titles and genres, 10 submitted on time so they are all shortlisted.

Criteria: The content of the film should fit within the broad theme of 'love' and within the genre. Whether the title fits the content or not can be argued till the cows come home and so won't be considered.

You are deciding, based on your knowledge of film and experience in film-making, which films are better than others. The final points, across all three judges, should iron out any differences in approach and give a fair result.

List the films from 1 to 10  in order of merit, and give the best film 10 points, the second-best 9 points, and so on down to the last which gets 1 point.

All the films can be viewed on this page: http://www.londonfestivalfringe.com/general/48hour/48hrslist.php"

Write a script, film it, and bring it back to the London Fringe - all in 48 hours!  Details

People are e-mailing in asking if they can team up with someone at the competition. Sorry, we can't connect you to people ourselves. Just turn up at the Roxy Bar and Screen on the evening of Friday 12 at 6 PM, tell people what you do and you may be able to join a team. Please note we are asking for a submission fee of £10 per team (on submission of film only) to buy a bottle of champagne for the winning team, chocolates for the runners-up, and to cover costs.

The organisers will shortlist 10 films from the entries. All entries will be made available on YouTube so you get to see them all. It's really not that hard to pick the 10 best ones. The judges will be asked to list the 10 shortlisted films in order of merit, giving 10 points to the first, 9 points to the second, all the way down to 1 point to the last in their list. The points for each film will be added which will give an overall winner and runners-up.

Having three judges will iron out any large differences in backgrounds and temperament among them. Here are the scores for the top 5 films in the London Award for 48 Hour Short Film we ran in the London Bridge Festival in July last year:

http://thechapelbar.co.uk/

People have been writing about love for centuries. They've made films about it the past 100 years or so. This isn't going to stop. Write a script on the theme of 'Love', film it, and bring it back to the London Fringe, all in 48 hours.

This competition is rather informal, but will still be a test of the creative and technical skills of everyone taking part. Each team of writers, director/s, film crew, actors, will be given a title and a genre to work from. link

London Fringe Valentine Weekend, Feb 12 - 14, 48 Hour Short Film Competition on the theme of, you guessed it, 'Love'

People have been writing about love for centuries. They've made films about it the past 100 years or so. Let's carry it on. Write a script, film it, and bring it back to the London Fringe. Details

People have been writing about love for centuries. Let's carry it on. Write a script, film it, and bring it back to the London Fringe. Details

There are over 100 feature films produced in the UK each year. Most of them do not get released in cinemas , or even a distribution deal. There are good feature films in them that don't get to a screen, any screen, small or large.

The idea is to hold a Feature Film Competition to give the best of these a chance to get a deal. We can arrange a screening for the top 3 at, say the BFI.There's likely to be many submissions.

Question: How do we whittle them down to just three? Will need a judging panel and a simple process. Suggestions?

We asked the three judges to list the 10 shortlisted films in order of merit. Titles and genres were given out at random to the teams. Some combinations were, perhaps, more difficult than others. Hard to say which ones as it's mostly subjective.

We felt that the judges would use their experience in making films to decide the best movies. Having three judges would iron out any large differences in backgrounds and temperament.

None of the organisers were involved in the judging. And we did not know the judges beforehand.

Hope this goes some way to explaining the result.

Returned films not shortlisted:
And Tomorrow Will Be Sunny, Sport, YAM
We Have To Stay outside, Adventure, Thickness Productions
Cry, Wait and Hope, Sport Solid, Scale
On Mondays Wearing Hats Is Not allowed, Western, Wildtype films
Those Who Stay Will Win, Adventure, The Argentum Playerz
Sweet 16, Drama, Team Otter

Shortlisted 1:
When You Were Nothing but a Dream, Thriller, The lazenby collective
Only People with Chocolate May enter, Mystery, Dul & Mundane
Young and Overrated, Horror, Aquagem
Not Just yet, Crime/Gangster, Underground Circus Jesus
We Are Sorry for Any Inconvenience caused, Children's film, Alfa-Masi

Shortlisted 2:
Death of the Undertaker, Documentary, Jumpsuit
Hug Me. Now! Crime/Gangster The Love Ducks
The Best Hen Fantasy Bullett
My T This Morning Action Movie Mirage
I Just Can't Understand, Science Fiction, Shattner's Bassoon

.. here

End of the Line - July, 22nd

Scientists predict that if we continue fishing as we are now, we will see the end of most seafood by 2048. The End of the Line chronicles the events that have helped to bring about this situation and how actions by industry and consumers are contributing to this rather dire state of affairs. However the film does not seek to strike fear into its viewers, instead it points to solutions that are simple and doable and which will ensure that we get to enjoy our favourite seafood for years to come.

Age of Stupid - July, 20

Pete Postlethwaite stars as a man living alone in the devastated world of 2055, looking back at 'archive' footage from 2007 and asking: why didn't we stop climate change when we had the chance? The film weaves together 6 human stories of individuals wishing to make a difference and the difficulties they face, contrasting their stories against those who are part of the problem. The film highlights that we are at a critical point in our history, but that time has not yet run out for us to change the future.

11th Hour - July, 21st


This Al Gore-style environmental warning film is narrated by Leonardo DiCaprio. It is a captivating documentary which explores the perilous state of our planet, and the means by which we can change its course. Contributing to this crucial film are noted politicians, scientists and other ambassadors for the importance of a universal ecological consciousness. more

Here are all the YouTube links to the films submitted to the competition. The quality of movies is very high and we are truly impressed with the ideas and work that went into producing them. Alas, a few did not make the deadline but are included. Here are the competition details.

Screening of selected movies at the Chapel Bar this evening at 5 PM. All are welcome.

Fred Deer,who runs Film-Net, has kindly arranged to screen selected films at the Chapel Bar tomorrow, from 5 to 7 PM.

Titles, Genres, and Teams. Organised by Meike Walcha. more

In 48 hours you could make 2880 cups of Batchelor's Cup-a-Soups, travel 9 times between Edinburgh and London, watch "Gone with the Wind" 12 times or the 1966 England - Germany final 22 times, or you could just make yourself a movie.

The Festival will be giving out the London Fringe Award in the 48 Hours Film Challenge from the 10th to the 12th of July. Teams of Writers, directors, film crew, actors will be given a title and a genre to work from at 7pm on the Friday night. Then it's a race to finish the movie in 48 hours and upload it to YouTube for a panel to judge. more

Judges: David Fairman, Guy Allon, Glen Cardeno

David is currently in post-production with Carmen's Kiss, and has kindly agreed to be one of the judges for the Award.

Fred Deer, who runs Film-Net really well, has kindly agreed to showing some of the best entries from the competition on the evening of July 13, at the Chapel Bar in Islington, from 5 - 7 pm. They have a screening room, and are very kind to filmmakers. We'll need to select them from the YouTube links that their teams submit on July 12.

There'll be a Film Net Networking meeting from 7 pm -11 pm. All are welcome.

Come and see a very quick selection of the best entries. This will not be the final shortlist from which the Winner and Runner-up will be decided.

This competition will test the creative and technical skills of everyone taking part. Writers, directors, film crew, actors will all be given a title and a genre to work from. Then it's a mad race to finish the movie in 48 hours. more