The Shoot Out 24 Hour Filmmaking Festival

There will be no The Shoot Out 24 Hour Filmmaking Festival in Newcastle in 2009 with the announcement by festival directors Teresa Conicella, Craig Foot and Kristi Street that they are taking a year off.  After 10 years of blood, sweat and tears the hard working trio have decided to declare this a holiday year and are treating themselves to a few work free weekends.

“Organising and staging The Shoot Out requires a huge personal commitment from each of us and we’ve decided to take a year out to focus on other projects and interests.”

Kristi Street, Director.

While there will be no event in Newcastle in July, The Shoot Out flag will be flying high over Boulder Colorado in September, 25-27, 2009 and planning has already begun for The Shoot Out Newcastle 2010.

“We don’t want our filmmakers to stop making films. In fact we’ll be using this time to think up new and exciting ways to challenge them in the future.” Craig Foot, Director

Since 1999 The Shoot Out team has challenged over 20,000 filmmakers to make over 3,000 short films in 6 different territories;  Newcastle, Geelong(VIC), Toowoomba(QLD), New Zealand, Boulder USA and The Hague (Netherlands).

“The Shoot Out has become so much more than just a one off event, it is now a community of filmmakers who have all been inspired by their experiences at the festival.“

Teresa Conicella, Director

The Shoot Out Filmmaking Festival challenges it’s filmmakers to a 24 hour race against time to make the best 7 minute, or less, film they can. The result is a weekend long festival that The Shoot Out filmmakers and audiences alike describe as exhilarating, fast paced and most importantly FUN!