I just completed my duties as an "anonymous judge" for the 48-Hour Film Project (I have been told that they are announcing the judges at the Best Of awards.). I have agreed to make no mentions of the winners until after the awards are given out on August 17th. I am very happy with the choices. Some people won't be; some never are. However, I saw every film in the theatre and then again AT LEAST twice - even the ones that were HORRIBLE (just one or two). Several films I watched a dozen times or more as I went back-and-forth on my choices in some categories.
When all of the judges got together with the producers it was a fairly good meeting. There were 17 categories and I would say most of us agreed on the top couple in each category. There were a couple of heated debates, but even then when the arguments were all said and done, I think all left there feeling good. I will say that there were a couple of films that we just wanted to be better. Films that were really, really good in some ways but not great enough to win. Overall, I hope that everyone takes their film and gives it a little more TLC and submits them to other film festivals.
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