Participants are tasked with creating a short film within 66 hours, for a grand prize of $660. The finished products are screened for the public and the winner will have their film aired on KVCR, a local PBS affiliate.
The event also kicks off the college’s Wolverine Con International Student Film Festival. Other events as part of the festival include a Meet the Pros Mixer and Dinner, a Red Carpet and Opening Night Film, multiple nights of high school-submitted films, and screenings of all the nominated films before the final award ceremony and dinner. This year’s Wolverine Con also features a debate competition, a rap battle, and a ‘90s film retrospective with the college faculty.
The competition involves participants being assigned a genre or theme and creating a film based around that, which the college’s website says must also:
“…incorporate an element of Southern California’s Inland Empire.”
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The 66 Hour Film Competition is coming to the San Bernardino Valley College at 701 South Mountain Avenue on Tuesday, March 4 from 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm. The public event is being held in the library viewing room and tickets cost $10.