The 5th Annual 72 Hour Film Shootout kicks off now. Teams only have 72 hours (June 20-23, 2008) to write, shoot, edit, and complete short films up to five minutes in length. This weekend will be a busy for shootout teams. Judges for the competition include Sung Kang (Finishing the Game, Fast and Furious 3: Tokyo Drift, Ninja Assassin) and Benson Lee (Planet B-boy).

The theme for the 2008 72 Hour Film Shootout is “A first goodbye”. Also the competition has added a separate award category sponsored by The Museum of Chinese in America’s (MOCA) Chinatown Film Project. If you include Chinatown as location or narrative device in your film, you are eligible to be considered for the “Chinatown Award”

Good Luck to everyone!!!

Here’s Tanju Chopra (Punching at the Sun) giving you some motivation