For Immediate
Release:
May 29, 2014
Contact: John David Ware info@168project.com
818-557-8507
168 FILM PROJECT FINISH LINE MEDIA DAY
FRIDAY MAY 30, 2014
Producers
and Directors Assemble to Celebrate Their Success
Cast Features
5 Emmy Award Winners
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On the Set in the Hollywood Hills - photo by Pete Brown
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| Red Carpet at the 168 Film Festival- photo by John Farrell |
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168 Film Festival: September 12-13, 2014
Aratani Theater at the Japanese American Cultural Center
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BURBANK, CA.–
After crossing the finish line for the 12th annual 168 Film Project (168) speed
filmmaking contest (www.168film.com), local filmmakers will gather, with or
without sleep, to celebrate their ordeal and be interviewed at the Lighthouse
Church at 2828 W Magnolia Blvd in Burbank, CA from 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM on
Friday, May 30.
The contest finishes
with a bang and an upload on the same day, May 30 at 11:00 AM PDT. The stakes are high as late uploads (even by
a second) mean no awards-eligibility. The global competition challenges
filmmakers to create a short film based on randomly-selected scripture in one
week (168 hours) from any location worldwide.
Film industry
award-winners include four-time Emmy winner Michael Learned, “The Waltons, who
is acting in films by James Runcorn and by first-time producer, April Manor. Emmy Winner Vincent Irizarry, “All My
Children” stars in Millena
Gay’s 168 entry for 2014.
Gay’s work acting
on “The Young and The Restless” has enabled her to assemble a cast of talented
pros including actors, Melissa Scott
Clark (Melissa Biggs) “Baywatch,” Peter Kwong, “Big Trouble in
Little China” and “The Golden Child,” Stoney Jackson, “Angels in the Outfield,”
Aloma Wright, “Scrubs” and Reatha Grey, “Betty White's Off Their Rockers.”
The 168 Film
Festival will be held September 12-13, 2014 at the Aratani Theater in Los
Angeles. Prizes are valued at $20,000
including $5,000 cash for the Best Film Winner.
“Best” Awards are presented in more than 20 categories. Since 2003, 168 Film has commissioned over
800 films. An estimated 15,000 cast and crew have participated.
Past and
present Hollywood participants include actor/writer/director, Corbin Bernsen, “Psych,”
Kevin Sorbo, “Soul Surfer,” “Hercules,” Howard Kazanjian, Producer “Raiders of
the Lost Ark,” “Star Wars: Return of the Jedi” and “The Empire Strikes Back,”
Ralph Winter, Producer “X-MEN Origins: Wolverine,” Zachary Levi, “Thor: The
Dark World” and Grammy winner Rebecca St. James.
To speak with a 168-winning speed
filmmaker or actor, or obtain B-roll footage, production stills of 168
filmmaking teams in action and/or clips from films, contact 168 Film Project at
818-557-8507, or info@168project.com.
