48-hour filmpoem challenge nets 13 entries
Two weeks ago we told you about the 48-hour filmpoem challenge in Glasgow scheduled for this weekend. I must admit, I was skeptical about how many teams would compete, but according to CinePoems’ Twitter feed, no less than 13 teams entered the competition:
THIRTEEN teams are a GO for #48hrfilmpoems in Glasgow! Just under 8 hours to go until the deadline…keep going! You're marvellous, you are!
— AllTheseNewRelations (@cine_poems) December 4, 2016
And all 13 made the deadline:
And that's thirteen for thirteen! All teams successfully completed #48hrfilmpoems ! Screening starting in 10 mins…
— AllTheseNewRelations (@cine_poems) December 4, 2016
Congratulations to all involved. I hope some of the films will make it online so I can share them on Moving Poems. But more importantly, I hope this exercise has made converts out of some more poets and filmmakers! We’ll have to see what further news emerges about this, but it already sounds like a model worth trying to replicate elsewhere.
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