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Watch the 16 finalists ftom the 2009 National Film Challenge. The winners will be announced on January 15, 2010. The Grand Prize Winner and the Audience Award Winner will receive cash prizes and will screen with the 48 Hour Film Project City Winners at the NAB Show in Las Vegas in April 2010. (Voting is now closed.)
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2009 Finalists
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 Team: 3 Marvelous Cloppers
City/Country: Edinburgh, UK
Genre: Detective/Cop
Character: Dawn or Don Richards, Mechanic
Prop: A flask
Line of Dialogue: “What did you expect me to do?”
Synopsis: DCI Hindsley and DS Sanders take new recruits through an overview of just what it takes to be one of "The Specials"...
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2009 Finalists
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 Team: Argali Films
City/State: Melrose, MA
Genre: Buddy Film
Character: Mary or Mark Shapiro, Unemployed
Prop: A pack of matches
Line of Dialogue: “This is like déjà vu all over again.”
Synopsis: It's time Mark Shapiro moves on with his life, but not before tying up some loose ends.
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2009 Finalists
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 Team: The C.O. Group
City/State: Greensboro, NC, USA
Genre: Thriller/Suspense
Character: Mary or Mark Shapiro, Unemployed
Prop: A pack of matches
Line of Dialogue: “This is like déjà vu all over again.”
Synopsis: One? Against Two |
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2009 Finalists
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 Team: Hahoozhafax J Productions
City/State: Broadview Heights, OH, USA
Genre: Thriller/Suspense
Character: Mary or Mark Shapiro, Unemployed
Prop: A pack of matches
Line of Dialogue: “This is like déjà vu all over again.”
Synopsis: Every day is Mark Shapiro's birthday. |
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2009 Finalists
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 Team: Ciscovaras Pictures
City/State: Hyattsville, MD, USA
Genre: Buddy Film
Character: Mary or Mark Shapiro, Unemployed
Prop: A pack of matches
Line of Dialogue: “This is like déjà vu all over again.”
Synopsis: Recently laid off Mark Shapiro has to deal with a perky former co-worker who just won't seem to go away. |
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2009 Finalists
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 Team: The Last Quest
City/State: Seattle, WA, USA
Genre: Drama
Character: Morrie or Mandy Fielding, Lab Technician
Prop: Bumper Sticker
Line of Dialogue: “That’s what you call teamwork.”
Synopsis: Orpheus searches the underworld for her love in this modern day telling of the classic Greek myth. |
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2009 Finalists
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 Team: Barbecue Dreadlock
City/State: San Rafael, CA, USA
Genre: Thriller/Suspense
Character: Morrie or Mandy Fielding, Lab Technician
Prop: Bumper Sticker
Line of Dialogue: “That’s what you call teamwork.”
Synopsis: Stressed and tired, lab technician Mandy Fielding lets her fears get the best of her while working the nightshift... or does she? |
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2009 Finalists
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 Team: Exempt From Consideration
City/State: Cambridge, MA, USA
Genre: Buddy Film
Character: Mary or Mark Shapiro, Unemployed
Prop: A pack of matches
Line of Dialogue: “This is like déjà vu all over again.”
Synopsis: Oliver must complete three of Hercules' labors with some help from the hero himself. |
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2009 Finalists
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 Team: Two Toddlers
City/State: Portland, OR, USA
Genre: Drama
Character: Morrie or Mandy Fielding, Lab Technician
Prop: Bumper Sticker
Line of Dialogue: “That’s what you call teamwork.”
Synopsis: A widow and bereaved mother struggles to reconnect with the outside world, until strength comes knocking on her door in the form of a shy, 10 year old boy. |
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2009 Finalists
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 Team: Exigence
City/State: Los Angeles, CA, USA
Genre: Mockumentary
Character: Morrie or Mandy Fielding, Lab Technician
Prop: Bumper Sticker
Line of Dialogue: “That’s what you call teamwork.”
Synopsis: Cameras follow 3 different teams on their way to coming up with the perfect bumper sticker. |
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2009 Finalists
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 Team: Viva La VHS
City/State: St. Petersburg, FL, USA
Genre: Mockumentary
Character: Mary or Mark Shapiro, Unemployed
Prop: A pack of matches
Line of Dialogue: “This is like déjà vu all over again.”
Synopsis: Minimalism has a perfect purpose if your looking at the right signs. |
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2009 Finalists
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 Team: Nectar of the Gods
City/State: Media, PA, USA
Genre: Horror
Character: Mary or Mark Shapiro, Unemployed
Prop: A pack of matches
Line of Dialogue: “This is like déjà vu all over again.”
Synopsis: A husband is tormented by guilt, or maybe something else... |
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2009 Finalists
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 Team: Whisper Productions
City/State: Dawsonville, GA, USA
Genre: Western
Character: Mary or Mark Shapiro, Unemployed
Prop: A pack of matches
Line of Dialogue: “This is like déjà vu all over again.”
Synopsis: Forced laborers stumble upon an object that could change their lives forever, but first they have to escape the gang of outlaws that have imprisoned them. |
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2009 Finalists
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 Team: Red Hot Sun
City/State: St. Petersburg, FL, USA
Genre: Thriller/Suspense
Character: Mary or Mark Shapiro, Unemployed
Prop: A pack of matches
Line of Dialogue: “This is like déjà vu all over again.”
Synopsis: A case of mistaken identity leads to a case handcuffed to a wrist leads to a case of international espionage and murder. |
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2009 Finalists
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 Team: Twitch
City/Country: Utrecht, Netherlands
Genre: Film de Femme
Character: Dawn or Don Richards, Mechanic
Prop: A flask
Line of Dialogue: “What did you expect me to do?”
Synopsis: A woman tied down by her past decides to choke it into submission, but will it set her free?
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2009 Finalists
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 Team: Ultimatum Pictures
City/State: Albuquerque, NM, USA
Genre: Western
Character: Dawn or Don Richards, Mechanic
Prop: A flask
Line of Dialogue: “What did you expect me to do?”
Synopsis: Nobody gets in trouble in Heaven. |
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