Fool’s 48

Beige Vintage Film Festival Poster

The Fool’s 48 Short Film Project is one of Vermillion Cultural Association’s featured community events. Local teams have 48 hours to write, film, and edit a 4–7 minute movie. This foolish undertaking is held over April Fool’s weekend.

To add a challenge, each team draws a genre from a hat at the Friday evening kickoff event, and all teams must incorporate the same line of dialogue, prop, and location. Monday night we host the Fool’s 48 Film Showcase at the Coyote Twin Theater. It’s always a blockbuster event!

This year’s Fool’s 48 will kick off Friday. March 28, and the showcase will screen on Monday, March 31. Team registration opens March 1. Be on the lookout for 2025 updates and notices at Fool’s 48 on Facebook and vermculture.org/fools48.

2024 Showcase

Best Townie Picture
Bellyache, Mistaken for Geniuses
The Noise, East Park Productions

Best Student Picture
A Spring Fever Dream, The Posers

People’s Choice
Bellyache, Mistaken for Geniuses

Required Elements
”I don’t know—you decide.”
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