A group of Lansing-area filmmakers made a big impression in the 2011 48 Hour Film Project: Detroit and how have a chance to do the same - potentially at the Cannes Film Festival.
Big Foot Films took first place for their film, "Maybe Tomorrow," and also won Best Dark Comedy, Best Director and the Audience Choice Award for Screening Group A.
"It is the highest recognition we have received for making a film so we are very proud of it," says Tim Whalen of Big Foot Films.
The competition is a part of a worldwide is a filmmaking challenge. In each host city, teams gather cast, crew, and equipment and attempt to make a film start to finish in 48 hours based on a few surprise criteria. Big Foot Film's win will send them to the 48 Go Green competition, from which the 5 finalist films will be viewed at the Cannes International Film Festival next year.
Big Foot Flims represented Lansing with eight area residents and three former Lansing resident on the team for the Detroit competition. According to Whalen, he and his troupe aren't the only talented filmmakers in the area.
"We are just one group of many filmmakers [in Lansing]," he says. "We consistently see a huge turnout for the
East Lansing Film Festival 48/5 in the spring. We are very proud to be a part of such a talented pool of filmmakers."
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