48 Go Green Film Festival and Competiton

Online, December 3, 2012 (Newswire.com) - 48 Go Green is the Ultimate online international ecological short film festival, consuming the world in creativity for 48 hours. 48 Go Green is a film making competition where each team has to create a complete short film, with an ecological message in 48 hours. www.48gogreen.com is the best place to learn more about the project.

48 Go Green began as a pilot live project in Athens, Greece in 2009. This was parallel with Copenhagen conference on climate change, and there was an immediate recognition of the need to address such serious issues via film.

The next 48 Go Green adventure was in 2011. It was mainly an online competition with participants from 130 cities all over the word. It included a live event component in 8 Major US cities and in collaboration with 48 Hour Film Project. There was a vision to unite every city in every country, all over the world in parallel online and live events.

330 teams transformed the Globe into a film set for a whole weekend - 48 hours! 18,000 registered members and filmmakers from 130 cities, from all around the Planet, shooting their films simultaneously! At exactly the same time, everywhere on this Earth people were shooting their short films.

From Vietnam to Paris, from Los Angeles to London, from Tel Aviv to Mongolia, from Belgrade to Benghazi, from New York to Athens, from Beijing to Rome and many other cities all over the globe, thousands of filmmakers created magic within a weekend. The climate of creativity is enormous. The screening room online is the place to see 2011′s films.

The teams competed and a united vision was shared, all over the world: SAVE! Save what? The planet, the animal, water, sea, forests, earth, energy, the next generation, and a free choice to SAVE anything that the filmmakers felt deserved saving.

This year 48 Go Green will take winners UP to Hollywood. The top 15 films, along with the People's Choice film, will all be screened in Hollywood. Also at stake is thousands of dollars in prize money to the winning filmmakers. The Grand Prize offers cash and prizes of $10,000 and a chance to attend the Hollywood screening. The First and Second Runners-Up will each receive $1000 worth of cash and prizes, and the People's Choice awards will receive $500.

In 2012, 48 Go Green has been turning the focus exclusively to the online portion of the festival, because of a belief in the power of the virtual world to bring about progress and positive change for the rest of the planet. The competition brings focus and attention to a diverse group of filmmakers. 48 Go Green attracts unique participants from all walks of life, from fresh beginning filmmakers who have only access to a laptop, to seasoned professionals with years of experience in the business. Such a variety of people are brought together by that shared vision of a greener world.

Anyone, anywhere on earth can enter.All that is needed is a camera, a can-do attitude and a spark of creativity.

This project has already established a reputation as a unique and inspirational opportunity for ecologically-minded film enthusiasts worldwide. What better way to explore the environmental challenges facing the world, than to channel that adrenaline, enthusiasm and intense creativity into powerful and thought-provoking short films?

COMPETITION PERIOD: Group C: 48 Go Green will commence on Friday, December 14, 2012 at 7 PM local time and end on Sunday December 16, 2012 at 7:30 PM local time.

A creative team of camera-equipped eco-warriors can prepare to make a stand against the destruction of the planet. The winners will create a masterpiece of a cinematic message, a 48 Go Green Short Film!