AGBO, the studio spearheaded by Avengers: Endgame directors Joe and Anthony Russo, has announced the return of their filmmaking competition, "No Sleep 'til Film Fest," inviting filmmakers from all over the world to make a short film in only 48 hours.
As part of the studio's commitment to championing emerging content creators, the two-day festival challenges participants to make bite-sized films, three minutes or less, for a chance to win prizes and mentorship from AGBO. The virtual festival will be open worldwide for submissions from September 29 - October 1, with a creative prompt released online on September 29 at 5pm PT.
From there, filmmakers will have 48 hours to create and submit their films, with winners later announced on November 8.
AGBO's "No Sleep 'til Film Fest" received over 1400 submissions from over 60 countries in the past two years of the festival. 2022 winners included P E N directed by Waldo Levendal (South Africa), Trade directed by Joel Phillips (Australia), and Movie, The Film: A Motion Picture directed by Clay Lacey.
The panel of judges include AGBO Co-Founders Anthony and Joe Russo, Chief Creative Officer Angela Russo-Otstot, Chief Innovation Officer Jake Aust, Chief Marketing Officer Marian Koltai-Levine, President of Film Michael Disco and President of Television Scott Nemes.
The AGBO executives will select three winning films to premiere across the AGBOVERSE as well as AGBO's social channels, and winners will receive prizes provided in sponsorship by RED Digital Camera, GoPro, Microsoft, Blackmagic Design, AGBO, and Red Bull.
All three winners will join the AGBO Storytellers Collective, an alumni network of participants from other AGBO fellowship programs.
We actually spoke to Angela Russo-Otstot about the inaugural event back in 2021. You can read about that and get some insights into why AGBO started this competition by clicking here.
To get involved with the competition, and to view official rules and guidelines, head over to AGBO.com/NoSleep. AGBO's "No Sleep 'til Film Fest" will open for submissions on September 29 and close on October 1. There is no entry fee, the festival is free to enter and open to filmmakers worldwide.