52 Second Film Festival
With the first public screening of a motion picture on December 28, 1895, brothers Auguste and Louis Lumière ushered in the age of cinema. The event was a demonstration of their device, the cinematograph, which served as camera, projector, and printer. The length of the Lumières’ original reels was 52 seconds. The 52-Second Film Festival poses the challenge of the original motion picture and presents the opportunity for artists working in a variety of media to revisit and re-invent this most original of mediums. The rules are simple: films are to be 52 seconds long – no more, no less.
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Winner
Cinemabiosis
Billy Tran
(10.3 MB)
Finalists
 Last Call Tim Guthrie & Leah Ryan (14.1 MB) |
 Tangle Eye Blues Jarett Kobek (12.0 MB) |
 Viernes Jon Hokanson & Helen Quinn (11.6 MB) |