The Duke City Shootout is the world's first and longest-running script-to-screen movie-making contest. The Shootout and the 48 Hour Film Project were cited in

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as "pioneers of the marathon movie-making competition." The

competition Competition is a rivalry where two or more parties strive for a common goal which cannot be shared: where one's gain is the other's loss (an example of which is a zero-sum game). Competition can arise between entities such as organisms, indivi ...

was begun in 2000 in

Albuquerque Albuquerque ( ; ), ; kee, Arawageeki; tow, Vakêêke; zun, Alo:ke:k'ya; apj, Gołgéeki'yé. abbreviated ABQ, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of New Mexico. Its nicknames, The Duke City and Burque, both reference its founding in ...

New Mexico ) , population_demonym = New Mexican ( es, Neomexicano, Neomejicano, Nuevo Mexicano) , seat = Santa Fe , LargestCity = Albuquerque , LargestMetro = Tiguex , OfficialLang = None , Languages = English, Spanish ( New Mexican), Navajo, Ker ...

, under the name ''Flicks on 66'', and briefly changed to ''DigiFest Southwest'', before settling on the current name. Each year, the Shootout conducts an international competition for short

scripts Script may refer to: Writing systems * Script, a distinctive writing system, based on a repertoire of specific elements or symbols, or that repertoire * Script (styles of handwriting) ** Script typeface, a typeface with characteristics of handw ...

, 12 minutes or shorter, and selects seven to produce during the competition, held annually in July. Selected competitors are brought to

and have one week to shoot, edit and premiere their finished movie. The festival provides equipment, crews, cast, locations, editing facilities, mentors and everything necessary for the competitors to complete their movies. The movies are screened before a live audience on the final night of the event. The Shootout has also incorporated other movie-making contests since its inception. In 2006 and 2007, it partnered with the

48 Hour Film Project The 48 Hour Film Project is an annual film competition in which teams of filmmakers are assigned a genre, a character, a prop, and a line of dialogue, and have 48 hours to create a short film containing those elements. The competition has been ac ...

and hosted its own MiniCinihttp://www.redorbit.com/news/technology/1029927/ 8yearold_girl_becomes_a_model_filmmaker/index.html to help aspiring filmmakers create nearly 50 additional shorts during the week.

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