48 Hour Film Horror Sci-Fi Project - Washington DC

Christina Ruppert
Christina Ruppert
City Producer
James Lewis
James Lewis
City Producer
Stephanie Cristancho
Stephanie Cristancho
City Producer

Announcing the Winners!

After much deliberation, our distinguished panel of judges has selected this year’s winning films. Congratulations to all of the filmmakers and teams who participated. We are proud to announce our winners.

The Best Film of 2025 goes to Long Story Short Media! Their film ‘’Just Kill Me’’ will go on to represent Washington, DC against all the other city winners from around the world at Filmapalooza 2026!

Character
Jake or Jackie Jones - a Drifter
Line
“Never mind, I’ll do it myself.” OR “Never mind, I will do it myself.”
Prop
a Radio (car radio in a car is not acceptable)
1st Place: Best Film of 2025
Filmposter for Just Kill Me
Just Kill Me by Long Story Short Media
2nd Place: Best Film of 2025
Filmposter for THE CURSE
THE CURSE by Maxout Productions
3rd Place: Best Film of 2025
Filmposter for RAM: Random-Access Memory
RAM: Random-Access Memory by Better Broke Productions
Audience Favorite Group A:
Filmposter for Deer God
Deer God by Greet the Day Productions
Audience Favorite Group B:
Spores by Awfully Serious Filmmakers
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Teams
10:04 Productions
The Favor
Away From Home Productions
Hidden Corners Lodge
DarVista Ventures
The Last Whisper
Dreamify Studios
DRIFT
Gold Leaf Studios
8 Hours Til Dawn
Greet the Day Productions
Deer God
JackFruit! Productions
A Better Half
Lunar Howl
FreakQuency
Maxout Productions
THE CURSE
Resourceful films
ANDi
Styrofoam Plates
The Loop
Tangerine Tale Studios
Frequency
Team Yay Movies!
Games With Wolves
Twisted ME
Spotless
"It Ain't That Kind Of Movie" Productions
Awfully Serious Filmmakers
Spores
Better Broke Productions
RAM: Random-Access Memory
Call Sheet Collective
Restore
Can We Change This Later? (productions)
Perfection
DC Media Academy
AM DRIFTERS
First Flame
89 Seconds Til Midnight
Long Story Short Media
Just Kill Me
Meander Productions
What's Inside
R Street Films
The Power of Song
SOUTH QUARTER FILMWORKS
What Lies Amongst Us
Sweet Cypher Productions
The Exterminators
The 24's
STATIC
The Bloodline
Seven Minutes Late
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