{"id":29722,"date":"2024-06-08T19:02:59","date_gmt":"2024-06-08T23:02:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hunterword.com\/?p=29722"},"modified":"2025-03-10T18:40:02","modified_gmt":"2025-03-10T22:40:02","slug":"film-lab-announces-june-7-2024-theme-of-20th-annual-72-hour-shootout-filmmaking-competition-by-greggwmorris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/hunterword.com\/index.php\/film-lab-announces-june-7-2024-theme-of-20th-annual-72-hour-shootout-filmmaking-competition-by-greggwmorris\/","title":{"rendered":"BIG BREAKING FILM MAKING NEWS:<\/span>
Film Lab Announces Theme of 20th Annual 72 Hour Shootout Filmmaking Competition"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Celebrating and empowering voices and stories too often marginalized by mainstream media.<\/p><\/div>\n

New York, NY \u2013 JUNE 7, 2024 \u2013 The Film Lab announced the theme of the most electrifying and boundary-breaking filmmaking competition of the year – the\u00a072 Hour Shootout<\/a> (\u201cShootout\u201d) – at a live launch party hosted by Idealist in New York City on June 6th.<\/p>\n

This annual extravaganza celebrates diversity, empowers underrepresented voices – focusing on Asian Americans – and challenges the status quo in the entertainment industry.\u00a0 The party featured giveaways, speeches, red carpet photos, and custom Lunar Seltzer \u201cDan Dan\u201d cocktails.\u00a0 Filmmakers gathered live and virtually gathered live and virtually to use film as a tool to empower underrepresented voices, stories and creativity on a global stage.<\/p>\n

In the Shootout, filmmakers have 72 hours within which to create films based on a common theme.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The announcement of the theme, “Practical Dreamer,” made by Idealist CEO Ami Dar, started the clock ticking.\u00a0 Filmmakers must also incorporate a symbol consisting of a yellow circle within a blue circle within a green circle.\u00a0 Dar commented, “Idealist is rooted and guided by practical dreaming and we are so excited to see how these talented filmmakers express this beautiful concept in their own creative ways.”<\/p>\n

Actor and Film Lab President Jennifer Betit Yen<\/a>\u00a0spoke to the filmmakers about using film to “[g]ive power, to share power with those not born to it.”<\/p>\n

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Jennifer Betit Yen, President<\/p><\/div>\n

In July\/August, the top 10 Shootout films will premiere at the Asian American International Film Festival.<\/a>\u00a0 The top 50 films will be featured in Film Lab’s highly acclaimed TV series, Film Lab Presents<\/a>, which will air in the fall of 2024 on CrossingsTV. The top 100 films will show on YouTube.com\/AsAmFilmLab.<\/p>\n

Shootout Judges include Marci Phillips (VP, ABC Primetime Casting), Sundance\u2019s Jandiz Estrada Cardoso, Antony Wong (Program Coordinator, Asian American \/ Asian Research Institute of The City University of New York), Daniel Sakaya (CrossingsTV), and more.\u00a0 Lunar Seltzer, Idealist, the New York State Council for the Arts, the New York City Cultural Development Fund, Asian CineVision, New York Women in Film and Television (\u201cNYWIFT\u201d), The Cre8sian Project, ScriptHop, Jersey Kool, and Batsu are among the sponsors of this year\u2019s competition.<\/p>\n

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About the Film Lab<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

The Film Lab is a non-profit 501(c)(3) headquartered in New York City that has been dedicated to the promotion and support of gender and ethnic diversity in media since 1998.\u00a0 The Film Lab accomplishes that goal in three ways:\u00a0 (1) education; (2) outreach and support; and (3) film, television and online entertainment production.<\/p>\n

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www.film-lab.org<\/a><\/p>\n

@AsAmFilmLab<\/p>\n

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The most electrifying and boundary-breaking filmmaking competition of the year has launched. \u2013 By Gregg W. Morris<\/p>\n

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