Project Twenty1 is a 501(c)3 not-for-profit organization based in
Philadelphia
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with the mission to Educate, Promote, Inspire & Connect creatives through film and animation programs (E.P.I.C.) Signature programs include the 21-Day Filmmaking Competition and the Philadelphia Film & Animation Festival. Past Philadelphia programs they have run include the Philadelphia Film-A-Thon, an all day international film marathon and Cinema Undercover, a secret cinema showcase of films that are not revealed before the screening.
The organization has also run satellite events and programs outside of Philadelphia. In Norristown, Project Twenty1 helped co-found The Norristown Arts Hill District, which runs along DeKalb Street (from Front Street to Chestnut Street) and along Main Street (between Swede Street and DeKalb). From there the organization launched Norristown Movies from the Hill, a free outdoor screening series of family-friendly independent short films.
The organization was founded in 2006 by writer/producer Stephanie Yuhas, writer/filmmaker Matt Conant, and actor/musician Quang Ly. Past judges and guest hosts have been
Joel Hodgson
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James Rolfe
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, Aaron Parry,
Jeffrey D. Erb, and
Jon Douglas Rainey.
21-Day Filmmaking Competition
The competition is one of many international time-based film competitions, such as the
48 Hour Film Project
The 48 Hour Film Project is an annual film competition in which teams of filmmakers are assigned a genre, a character, a prop, and a line of dialogue, and have 48 hours to create a short film containing those elements. The competition has been ac ...
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Extremefilmmaker's 48 Hour Film Festival, 72 Hour Feature Project, and 168 Hour Film Project.
Teams of filmmakers and animators have 21-Days to create an original film containing a secret "Element." Past Elements have been "21," "Light," "Key," "Between the Lines," "Start with a Crash," "Jump," and "Cell."
See also
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Film festival
A film festival is an organized, extended presentation of films in one or more cinemas or screening venues, usually in a single city or region. Increasingly, film festivals show some films outdoors. Films may be of recent date and, depending upo ...
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List of film festivals in North and Central America
This is a list of film festivals that take place (or took place) in North America (Canada, United States and Mexico).
Canada
* List of film festivals in Canada
Caribbean
Central America
Mexico
United States
* List of film festivals in the ...
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List of film festivals
This is a list of existing major film festivals, sorted by continent.
The world's oldest film festival is the Mostra internazionale d'arte cinematografica (''Venice Film Festival''), while the most prestigious film festivals in the world, known ...
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External links
*{{Official website, http://www.projecttwenty1.com
Organizations based in Philadelphia
Film festivals in Philadelphia