Sleep No More with Winter Film Awards and the McKittrick Hotel! #WFA48

NEW YORK - Oct. 24, 2014 - PRLog -- What can YOU do in just 48 hours?
Winter Film Awards is teaming up with The McKittrick Hotel (http://sleepnomorenyc.com/#share) for our 48-Hour Film Challenge!   Two teams will each win 2 certificates to take part in the brilliant and insane Sleep No More, described by The New York Times as “a voyeur’s delight, with all the creepy, shameful pleasures that entails.”

About the Challenge
WINTER FILM AWARDS challenges the local NYC community to create a 4-7 minute short film in a specified genre, tagline and prop in just a single gonzo weekend! Thirty teams of the most creative people in the tri-state area have just 48 sleepless hours to decide what they are going to do, write a screenplay, assemble props, costumes and actors, rehearse, shoot, score and edit their film. Students, amateurs, and seasoned industry veterans alike learn the importance of caffeine, team work and time management in successful filmmaking.

For challenge rules, prizes, registration details, participating sponsors and more information about the Winter Film Awards, please visit www.WinterFilmAwards.com (http://winterfilmawards.com/2014-wfa48/)

About The McKittrick Hotel / Sleep No More
Completed in 1939, the McKittrick Hotel (http://sleepnomorenyc.com/#share) was intended to be New York City’s finest and most decadent luxury hotel of its time. Six weeks before opening, and two days after the outbreak of World War II, the legendary hotel was condemned and left locked, permanently sealed from the public. Until now…

Seventy-two years later, EMURSIVE has brought the Grande Dame back to life. Collaborating with London’s award-winning PUNCHDRUNK, the legendary space is reinvented with SLEEP NO MORE, presenting Shakespeare’s classic Scottish tragedy through the lens of suspenseful film noir. Audiences move freely through a transporting world at their own pace, choosing their own path through the story, immersed in the most unique theatrical experience in the history of New York.

“One of the most entertaining and involving works of theater you’re likely to see! If you have any sense of adventure, this is theater you don’t want to miss.” — Huffington Post

“A merry macabre chase. A voyeur’s delight. Messes with your head as thoroughly as any artificial stimulant. Spectacular!” — Ben Brantley, New York Times

“Grade: A.”  “Wickedly wonderful. A unique evening that engages all the senses. A brilliant production! Transformative. An unusually enlightening evening of entertainment.” — Thom Geier, Entertainment Weekly

“Bedazzling. A true astonishment!” — David Cote, Time Out New York

“You’ve never experienced anything quite like it!” — Matt Windman, AM New York

“Brilliantly imagined! Utterly unique! Brilliant and sly and insane. The level of detail is enough to make you swoon.” — Mark Kennedy, Associated Press

“I guarantee it’s something you need to see if you’ve ever wanted to know what it feels like to live inside a David Lynch film. Amazing experience!” — Vice

WINTER FILM AWARDS mission is to recognize excellence and diversity in cinema and to promote learning and expression for all artists at all stages of their careers. We celebrate the cultural mixture that is New York City, showcasing emerging filmmakers from every age, ethnic, racial, religious, cultural, political and geographic perspective. The 48-Hour Challenge format gives filmmakers a chance to work closely with a team and to intensely focus while just going out and doing it!