So you’re on the registration page for the 5th Annual 72 Film Fest.

That means one of 3 things:

1) You are a returning team with your eyes set on the “Best of the Fest”.
2) You’ve come to this thing for a few years, and you think you got what it takes.
3) You are just looking for an awesome way to spend a couple weekends making movies and watching em on the big screen.

Any which way- 72 Film Fest welcomes you and the talented folks you are gathering to be a part of your team.

If you’re on the fence you might be asking yourself:  ”Every year 72 keeps growing. Is this year gonna be bigger, faster, stronger?” And the answer is an ABSOLUTELY maybe. The truth of the matter is it all depends on YOU filmmaker-people-types. Without you, we are just a couple guys standing around with our laptops (truthfully we have much higher opinions of ourselves than that but we read somewhere self-demeaning humor is the easiest way to be endearing). The way this whole thing works is: The more teams that pre-register, the bigger show we can produce.

What does your registration fee get you?

1. Your movie will screen at the Historic Weinberg Center in front of a packed audience on Friday October 8th.  Judge and Audience Favorites will move on to Saturday October 9th. (Priceless)
2. Two T-Shirts (Choose sizes below) ($20 Value) – ENDS Saturday 9/11 11:59pm
3. Two Tickets to Friday Night’s Event. ($20 Value). If you move on to the Finalist Round you will receive another 2 Tickets.
4. Register within first 72 Hours of Registration being open (June 1st to June 3rd) You will also receive one extra Two Day Ticket. ($20 Value). Save $10 for being Early Bird (register by July 31st)
5. Your Team Name, Bio, Picture and Website link will be included on our 2010 Team Page.  Great Exposure!

Am I Pro, Amateur or Student?

“STUDENT“: EVERY member of your team must be High School, College, or Vocational Student.
“PRO“: ANY member of your team has been an employee or owner of a company involved in video production, filmmaking, editing, classroom or workshop instruction, etc. If you have a question here, you are probably “Pro” in our eyes, but feel free to ask.
“AMATEUR“: Everyone else.

Pro: 75
Amateur: 65
Student: 55

Registration Page 1:

Team: CINEGRAPHIC STUDIOS

Bio: Silly People Making Silly Films.
Previous Entries: Forbidden Images (2007), Untitled (2008), The Nightmares of Edgar Allan Potato Head (2009 Raise the Roof)

Website: CineGraphicStudios.com

Team: GIANT SHARKS & DYNAMITE

Bio: Giant Sharks & Dynamite is a collection of like-minded filmmakers dedicated to producing quality films. Giant Sharks & Dynamite delivers with style, creativity and elbow grease. We believe in the power of the narrative. We believe in honesty in art. We’re made of both sharks and dynamite… equally… in equal parts.

Previous Entries: Alone Again (2009 Best Amateur, Audience Choice, Best Writing, Best Music)

Team: MISSING LINK CINEMA

Bio: FADE IN: Now a full-fledge production company, Jason, Charles, and Karen continue to write, produce, and direct with hopes of fulfilling their dreams and making it big.
Previous Entries: Eleanor (2009 Finalist), Falling (2008 Best Writing), Missing 2 (2007 Finalist)

Website: MissingLinkCinema.com

Team: CONNECTIVITY GROUP PRODUCTIONS

Bio: FADE IN: After having such a great time, and meeting so many great
filmmakers in 2009 we can’t wait for 2010!!!

Previous Entries: ”A Mouse Eye View” (2009 Winner Best of the Fest, Acting)

Website: www.cgllcproductions.com

Team: BIG WAVE MEDIA

Bio: none yet

Previous Entries:  Release (2007 Best of the Fest, Acting, Cinematography) , Our Secret (2008 Cinematography), Captive (2009 Cinematography)

Team: LOSER JOSH

Bio: We have never done this before!

This is Loser Josh’s first entry.

Team: LASERSTAR ENTERTAINMENT

Bio: Entering 5th year. Looking for an excuse to make a movie.

Previous Entries:  The Switch (2006), God Pencils (2007 Best Editing, ITS Challenge, Best Music), Daze (2008 Finalist), Witness (2009 Best Editing)

Team: FRAMES PER SECOND

Bio: Frames Per Second is a rag-tag group of Deep Space Archaeologists, as tough as they come and not afraid to tell you about it. It’s the last day on the job and there are mouths to feed back home, but if they can’t stop this Space Pterodactyl from reaching Earth, there won’t be a home worth going back to.

This is Frames Per Second’s first entry.

Team: Henlivision Productions

Bio: Founded by Jason Henley, a broadcast television media professional, and later joined by wife Ashley due to marriage-related obligations, Henlivision is a full service production company currently immersed in the world of documentary filmmaking. Among other contract projects, Henlivision is working on a feature-length documentary titled Skipping Sunday School. Although this is Jason and Ashley’s first crack at the 72 Film Fest, they have participated in 48-hour varieties in the past.

This is Henlivision’s first entry.

Website: www.henlivision.com

Amateur

Team: BRIGHT BOY ALERT

Bio: Animation plagued by audio problems. Yep.

Previous Entries: Faith (2007 Finalist), A Self Made Man (2008 Finalist), The Gold Bug Caper (2009 Finalist)

Team: SHORT FUSE FILMS

Bio: Current film production includes several in-school projects and a few home movies. Some members have been involved in an internship with Howard County Public Television. Another member has enrolled in a college film study course. There is experience with Adobe Premier Pro as well as with Final Cut Pro. Devices used include HD Handheld and Sony BVP 90 CCD broadcast cameras.

2010 is their first year.

Team: POETIC JUSTICE/LIVE OUT LOUD

Bio: TBA

Team: MOUNTAINDALE ARTS COLLECTIVE

Bio: We believe in art. We believe in the healing properties of creativity being unleashed. We believe in the process of things. Mountaindale Arts Collective is on a mission to open doors leading to unknown places. A Frederick artist recently said there are two things that have existed since the dawn of time, in every culture, which cannot be logically explained: art and spirituality. We believe in the innate connection between the two. Do you?

Previous Entries: 2009

Team: Time Dimension 7

Bio: Two guys, a lot of equipment, and a love of film

Previous Entries: Who Decides (2007), Marcialli’s Lab (2008), He Did it All for You (2009)

Team: GREEN POOL PRODUCTIONS

Bio: Team Bio: Two brothers and a friend who like movies, with the help of a few others.  Finalist in 2009 Fest with “Fortunato’s Lament”.

Previous Entries: Fortunato’s Lament (2009 Finalist)

Team: NUMANIXON

Bio: Amateurs….just amateurs…..

Previous Entries: One Crazy Coma (2007) Loss of Eden (2008) Take the Horns (2009)

Team: GROSS

Bio: We were gross, and now we are not… Clearly.

This is Team Gross’s first entry.

Team: Nas-T Productions

Bio: Returning for year 2, Nas-t productions is here to increase

Previous Entries: 7 Minutes to Live (2009)

Team: Stepdad Productions

Bio: We are young filmmakers who met in our high school film class and have been interested in making films since we were 16-17. We are now 18-19. We still have a passion for producing movies that stimulate the mind, body, and spirit. We aspire to beauty, creating wonderful images that widen the eyes of humanity helping people see new insight into what they once believed. Once in a while, a group sweeps the competition. Alas, that is not us. We are a bunch of teenagers that enjoy film.

Previous Entries: Breakdown (2009)

Team: 1RMC

Bio: Havin’ some fun.

Previous Entries

Student

Team: CINEPLEX

Bio: A group of college students with one aim: to create an entertaining film experience.

Previous Entries: 2007: Running to Consciousness. 2008: The End’s Beginning.  2009: A Long Day

Team: BEYOND THE PALE PRODUCTIONS

Bio: Frederick High School students who enjoy movies and making short films.

This is Beyond the Pale Productions’ first entry.

Team: Demon/Angel Production

Bio: College and High school students who love to act, write, and edit our own movies.

This is Demon/Angel Production’s first entry.

Notes: Registration almost complete: Nas-T, Pecos Bill, Uncle Andross, The Albanian Fedora Tribe of Assertive Teens

We’ll be producing both men and women’s T-Shirts but we need your help in selecting one of the two upcoming designs. Select your favorite below. Polling will only be up for a couple of weeks. Feel free to comment below.

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Jim Cigno writes:

I have been involved in Three 48-Film Projects. In two of them, “Here, There, and Everywhere” (2009) and “The Misadventures of Matilda Mensch” (2010), I created the title art and the end credits. Those were for the Baltimore 48. For the DC 48 in 2010, I was an actor for “Never Trust a Pretty Face”. I studied film and video at the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) And have a BFA in digital art from UMBC. I can be reached at jim at jimno.net

LOCAL FILMMAKING NEWS:

Members of Open Bar: Lost World Media are producing feature film: “THE FEED”

Members of Series6Flix are producing feature film: “She’s in the Details”

SEND IN YOUR NEWS:

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Screenings, Casting and Crew Calls, Fund Raising. Send us your info and we’ll post it for all to see.

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CHANNEL 72.

Shorts from 72 Film Fest and the previous Frederick Film Festival 72 Hour Contest.

If you’ve entered a film into 72 Film Fest, email us the link and we’ll include it on our channel.

The Giving. a 72 Fest short.

Starring Mikael Johnson.

Got Pictures from 2008: Send em here to archive em forever and ever.

72 Film Fest will have a short block during the upcoming Frederick Film Festival.

Saturday 2pm Cultural Arts Center.

From FrederickFilmFest.com:

CinemArts and The Weinberg Center for the Arts are proud to present the 2010 Frederick Film Festival—The F3.

The Festival promises to be a memorable event taking place at the Weinberg Center, an early 20th Century movie palace which opened 1926 as the Tivoli Theater, and the Cultural Arts Center, in the heart of beautiful Downtown Frederick, Maryland.

Schedule of Films:

BEST EDITING Winner: Laserstar Entertainment for Witness

HEAD OF THE CLASS Winner: The Falcons for Rough Draft

Finalist: Missing Link Cinema for Eleanor

BEST AMATEUR, WRITING, MUSIC Winner: Giant Sharks & Dynamite for Alone Again

BEST PROFESSIONALWinner: Open Bar for The Gold Bug

CINEMATOGRAPHY Winner: Big Wave Media for Captive

Finalist: Sparkly Fresh Pictures for Nevermore

POE CHALLENGE Winner: CineGraphic Studios for The Nightmares of Edgar Allan Poe

Finalist Bright Boy Alert for The Gold Bug Caper

BEST OF THE FEST, BEST ACTING WINNER: Connectivity Group Productions for A Mouse Eye View