What is Stinkwater! 24!?
The Stinkwater! 24! Hour Film Festival is the only 24 hour filmmaking festival in Sydney. Teams of filmmakers, professional, amateur and even first timers, compete on a level playing field for cash and industry prizes. But the pressure is on……..script, act, edit and deliver your film in just 24 hours. It’s dog eat dog filmmaking……and lots of fun.

WATCH THE 2007 FINALISTS HERE!

The competition begins 8th february 2008, 8pm, with each team handed a list of locations and objects, some of which have to be in their film. Then the fun begins! Script, act edit and hand your film in 24 hours later (Saturday 9th February, 8pm). On Sunday the 10^th February the top 12 filims will screen in the Oceanic Ballroom of the Crowne Plaza Hotel – films from page to screen in a weekend!

Prizes:
1st Prize - $1000 COLD HARD CASH!
More Prizes to be announced shortly!
All participants must:
• make their film in and around Coogee Beach, Sydney
• include places and items from the same set of criteria, handed to the teams on the registration night
• make their film from scratch
• hand the completed film in to the registration desk before the 24 hours is up. All you need is an enthusiastic team and a camera. Films can be edited in camera or by editing software but no filming must take place before the competition begins.What sort of team? Friends, family, schoolmates, girlfriends, drunks from the pub – we don’t care, just get a camera and start shooting. Remarkable storytelling is possible in just 24 hours and you don’t have to be a professional. 
How do we enter?
Entry to Stinkwater! 24! is OPEN NOW.Entry Forms and Release Forms, are available from the website or by entering on the registration night
at the Cushion Bar courtyard. Register your interest CLICK HERE.Entries can be submitted up until 7.45 p.m. Friday 8nd February 2008.Producers must make sure that all participating members of their team are official entrants of Stinkwater! 24! and that they are made aware of the Entry Guidelines (pdf) and the Terms and Conditions of Entry (pdf) before entering the event.Any participants in a filmmaking team participating in Stinkwater! 24! who do not officially enter are not covered by Night Sky Productions public liability insurance and are ineligible for any category prizes.Entry Forms will not be accepted if incomplete.

Payment must be provided with completed Entry Forms:
$38.50 (gst included) non-refundable team entry fee; this fee covers the entry fee for all team members. Special Rates Apply For Student Teams.
Cheques and money orders are payable to Night Sky Productions Pty Ltd, P.O. Box 591, Coogee 2034