Professional and amateur filmmakers worldwide are given 48 hours to write, film, edit, produce and upload a short 4-9 minute movie.
48 hour Go Green Athens was a success, and the income from the screening was given to the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF).
In 2013, the finalists' films were screened at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills.
[7] In the same year, the competition was accompanied by 48 Music Project, where musicians from all over the world had to create an original song within 48 hours.
[4][5] In 2017, Vitali and Siametis started 48Film Project Hellas 2017 - Respect Greece, a festival aimed at Greek and Cypriot filmmakers, artists, directors and producers.
When filmmakers submit their application, they are informed about the three elements that their film must contain to prove that it was really made in 48 hours: a character, a prop, and a line of dialog.
[11][7] For example, the 2016 winner Clara was required to include a character named James, a perfume bottle, and the question "Is that a dagger which I see before me?".
[3] The top 15 films are screened at DGA before an audience of prominent producers, directors, agents, managers and industry professionals.