48 Hour Film Premieres + SOFLA Filmmaker Showcase Screening – Fort Lauderdale, FL

?? Lights, camera, action!

The Arts Accelerator Film Festival is South Florida’s premiere event for emerging filmmakers.

Discover the future of film with this year’s premieres and awards from two exciting tracks:

The 48-Hour Film Project:

An intense, fast-paced challenge of creativity and technical skills, where filmmakers compete to make the best short film based on a given theme in only 48 hours.

The South Florida Filmmaker Showcase:

Where regional filmmakers compete for a chance to qualify for the South Florida Filmmaker Showcase, a global distribution launchpad for South Florida filmmaking talent.

The Arts Accelerator Film Festival is a unique opportunity to discover emerging local talent, network, develop your skills, and launch your career!

Discover Emerging Talent

• Discover (and vote for!) the winners of the 48-Hour Film Project and the qualifying films for the 2024 South Florida Filmmaker Showcase.

Network

• Rub shoulders with seasoned producers, celebrity judges, and Hollywood talent. Share your passion, forge partnerships, expand your network, meet collaborators, and unlock a world of opportunities.

Develop Your Skills

• At the Screenwriting Masterclass where you’ll learn the skills you REALLY need to work as a professional writer.

Discover rising stars from the next generation of Florida filmmakers at the Arts Accelerator Film Festival, where the future of filmmaking comes to life.

Event Details

?? Date: Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024

Time: 1:30 pm – 10:00 pm

Location: Savor Cinema, 503 SE 6th St, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301

Parking: Free in the garage across the street from the cinema.

??? Get Your Tix!

Event Schedule

1:30 – 2:30 PM: A Premiers

?? 48-Hour Film Project, $17.50

The “Audience Choice” award vote will occur at the end of the premiers. Winning films will be announced at the Awards Ceremony.

• Andronache Studio Production
• Good Enough Productions
• Production Prowlers
• The Key Clubhouse of S. Florida
• Where the sun don’t shine
• Absolution Studios
• Butterhead productions
• Cinema Creativa
• Extremely Painful
• Femuscripts Productions
• Film Fugees
• Gray Cat Cinema

2:45 – 3:45 PM: B Premiers

?? 48-Hour Film Project, $17.50

Audience Choice award vote occurs at the end of the premiers. Winning films will be announced at the Awards Ceremony.

• Laika
• Madness Media
• McPree Productions Films
• MORF
• Not Your Average Theater and Film Group
• Phresh New Day Productions
• Prize Box
• ReelBonds
• “RISING WINGS”
• SL Films

4 :00 – 5:00 PM: C Premiers

?? 48-Hour Film Project, $17.50

Audience Choice award vote occurs at the end of the premiers. Winning films will be announced at the Awards Ceremony.

• SOC
• Sound On
• Starfall Pro
• The Fresh Eye Collective
• The I.B.F.
• The REEL ONES
• The Wastrels
• Tsvenger & Patel Productions
• Two by Two Productions
• URGENT INC: FACE the Experience

5:00 – 6:30 PM: Screenwriting Masterclass

$49.00

Arts Accelerator is back with one of the highest-rated workshops in South Florida!

The screenwriting masterclass is designed to get you writing like a PROFESSIONAL screenwriter.

Instead of teaching formatting, structure, or other techniques widely available in books and seminars, the Screenwriting Masterclass focuses on developing skills you will need as a professional working writer; the ability to rapidly and consistently develop compelling stories with rich characters.

Attendees will walk away with clear, practical tools for evaluating and developing stories across any narrative genre and format including movies, TV, novels, theater, journalism, documentaries, and more.

This condensed version of Screenwriting Masterclass, exclusively available at the Arts Accelerator Film Festival, gives you the same concepts taught at our highly rated weekend masterclass, in a 90-minute48-hour format for less than 1/5th the price!

What past attendees say:

“I want my money back for every other workshop I’ve taken!” – Juliet R.

“I learned more in one weekend than in my four-year playwriting degree!” – Shawn D.

“Forget about any other workshop. Want to become a great writer? This workshop will help you get there”. – Rafael V.

Open to writers of all experience levels. We highly recommend you attend this workshop if you plan to participate in our upcoming Writer’s Room launching in October. Participants will receive $10 off their first Writer’s Room.

5:00 – 7:00 PM: Creatives in Film Networking

Included FREE with any ticket purchase

?? Expand your professional network! Learn about upcoming film projects and opportunities in this special networking event where film creatives find future collaborators. It takes a village to make a film. Start assembling or growing your village!

Drinks are available for purchase at the Savor Cinema bar.

7:00 – 8:00 PM: South Florida Filmmaker Showcase

$17.50

?? Screening of regional short filmmakers competing for a chance to qualify for the South Florida Filmmaker Showcase, a global distribution launchpad for South Florida filmmaking talent.

Audience Choice award vote occurs at the end of the premiers. Winning films will be announced at the Awards Ceremony.

8:00 – 9:00 PM: Awards Ceremony

$17.50

??Includes awards for films from all premiers, including the Arts Accelerator Florida Filmmaker Showcase and the 48-hour Film Project.

Festival Judges: Juan Carlos “JC” Cotto, Angela Carrol, and Sean Cross

?? South Florida Filmmaker Showcase Awards:

• Audience Choice Award
• Best Film

?? 4 8-Hour Film Project Awards

• Best Film, 2nd Place, 3rd Place
• Audience Choice – Voted for at the awards ceremony by attendees
• Best Actor
• Best Directing
• Best Cinematography
• Best Use of Line
• Best Writing
• Best Sound

48-Hour Film Project Best Film Prizes include

• 8 hours of free studio time at CML Studios
• $500 Gift Certificate from Budget Video Rental,
• Screening at the 48hr world competition at Filmapalooza 2024 in Seattle, WA
• A chance to screen at the Cannes Film Festival.

9:15 PM – 10:00 PM: Afterparty!

Included FREE with any ticket purchase

Ticket Pricing

All Events + Masterclass – Early Bird $45

All Events + Masterclass – Regular $65

All Premieres, Screenings & Awards $40

A Screenings 48-Hour $17.50

B Screenings 48-Hour $17.50

C Screenings 48-Hour $17.50

D Screenings SOFLA Filmmaker Showcase $17.50

Awards Ceremony $17.50

Screenwriting Masterclass $49

About Arts Accelerator

Arts Accelerator is a nonprofit with a mission to enable local talent to create valuable media with global reach.

Florida is full of talent, but for decades, South Florida creatives have had to leave the region to develop their skills and sustainably monetize their talent.

Arts Accelerator was founded to stem this creative drain by helping local talent develop sustainable entertainment industry careers in South Florida.

To do this, Arts Accelerator offers programming designed to provide local creatives with exposure to industry professionals, rapid upskilling, talent discovery, and promotion & monetization opportunities.

Programming includes film workshops, film festivals, networking events, live script readings, and distribution opportunities designed to help local talent develop sustainable entertainment industry careers in South Florida.

Arts Accelerator: Developing South Florida film talent. For more information go to www.artsaccelerator.org.

THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS!

This programming was funded in part by the Broward Board of Trustees and the Broward County Commissioners. Sponsored by Savor Cinema, Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival, CML Studios, Budget Video Rental, Film Lauderdale, and Broward Cultural Division