AGBO, the independent film studio founded by Avengers: Endgame directors Anthony and Joe Russo, along with producer Mike Larocca, has announced the return of their filmmaking competition, "No Sleep 'til Film Fest." The event invites filmmakers from all over the world to make a short film of three minutes or less in only 48 hours as part of AGBO's commitment to championing up-and-coming content creators.
Up for grabs during the two-day festival are various exciting prizes and the chance for mentorship from the independent studio. The first-place winner will receive a RED Komodo Starter Pack, a LS 1200d Pro and Nova P600c light from Aputure, the HERO10 Black Creator Edition camera from GoPro, a Surface Pro 8 from Microsoft, and a copy of Final Draft 12 Screenwriting software.
Both runners up will receive a LS 600d Pro, F10 Fresnel, F10 Barn Doors, and Light Dome 150 from Aputure, the HERO10 Black Creator Edition camera from GoPro, a Surface Pro 8 from Microsoft, and a copy of Final Draft 12 Screenwriting software. All three winners, meanwhile, will join the AGBO Storytellers Collective, an alumni network of participants from other AGBO fellowship programs. There is no entry fee, the festival is free to enter and open to filmmakers worldwide.
The virtual festival will be open worldwide for submissions from April 29th - May 1st with a creative prompt released online April 29th at 5pm PT; filmmakers will have 48 hours to create and submit their films based off of the prompt ahead of winners being announced on June 8th.
The panel of judges include AGBO Co-Founders Anthony Russo, Joe Russo, and Mike Larocca, Co-Presidents of Story Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely, and President of Creative Angela Russo-Otstot. This year, the Collective will be involved with the judging, and AGBO Is introducing the "Storytellers Collective Award" for the members of the existing collective to select a winning filmmaker who will also join the alumni network.
We actually spoke to Angela Russo-Otstot about the inaugural event last year. You can read about that and get some insights into why AGBO started this competition by clicking here.
You can join the competition and view official rules and guidelines by heading to https://AGBO.com/NoSleep. AGBO’s "No Sleep 'til Film Fest" will open for submissions April 29th, 2022 and close May 1st, 2022.