Extreme filmmaking hits the streets of Toronto tonight as more than 20 crews take part in Film Racing, a competition challenging entrants to create an original short film in just 24 hours.
Filmmaking teams start their creative engines at 10 p.m. and must deliver a (hopefully) finished mini-masterpiece by 10 p.m. tomorrow. Entries are screened for the public and a jury, and cash awards (from $500 to $2,500) and other prizes for best writing, best score, best cinematography, and so on, are bestowed next Wednesday night at the Bloor Cinema. (Sorry, aspiring Steven Spielbergs, online registration closed two days ago.)
Founded in 2002 in New York as Midnight Movie Making Madness by a couple of film-school grads, Film Racing (the now more streamlined moniker) has grown to become an annual event – in 17 cities across North America, up from 13 last year.
And Film Racing may even be a springboard to minor greatness for a lucky few filmmakers. In 2003, a Toronto team’s “animal-rights musical,” Dog Given Rights, made as part of the original New York competition, went on to screen at Sundance in 2004.
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