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Shot of a woman walking on a Wild West street in the movie Dark Dealer by WPCC students

WPCC students will screen films submitted for competition in the 48 Hour Film Festival on April 27. This scene from Dark Dealer was created using advanced computer and video technology that is part of the College’s Digital Effects and Animation Technology (DEAT) program.

Morganton, NC – Western Piedmont Community College (WPCC) invites the community to a screening of award winning films produced by WPCC students and graduates on Wednesday, April 27 from 6:30-8:00 p.m. in Leviton Auditorium on the College’s main campus at 1001 Burkemont Avenue, Morganton, NC 28655. These films showcase ten years of the College’s participation in the annual 48 Hour Film Project competition in Asheville.

WPCC has participated in the Asheville competitions since 2005. The 48 Hour Film Project is a competition where filmmaking teams write, shoot, edit and produce a movie in just 48 hours. Teams draw a genre from a hat and are then given a character, prop and line to include in their films. In a wild dash to complete the film and submit it on time, films are dropped off in Asheville and teams celebrate their accomplishments! The film is then screened at a local Asheville theater in front of an audience of filmmakers, friends and families.

This event will also feature a Q and A session with WPCC students, faculty, and alumni who participated in the recent 48 Day Film Project. This project placed Morganton, NC in the international spotlight as WPCC’s team of Burke County residents collaborated with four other countries to create a feature length film. This international collaboration was viewed on screens around the world and was produced here in Burke County!

The films include the following:

  • 2005 “A Complicated Order” Team WPCC
  • 2012 “Dark Dealer” Team WPCC
  • 2013 “Twooth Love” Team WPCC
  • 2014 “Denouement” Team WPCC
  • 2015 “Rondo and Delilah” Team WPCC
  • 2015 “Hair today Gone Tomorrow” Team Artivational
  • 2015 “Bad Investment” Team Green Leaf Arts

 

Admission to the screening is free and everyone is welcome. Come and support the amazing talent we have in our community and be amazed by the films that are created in only 48 hours!