Adrenaline Film Project

Presented by the Virginia Film Festival

Co-sponsored by the UVA FilmMakers Society and Light House

“Adrenaline is the best film education you can get in three days.”

–Romulo Alejandro, Adrenaline Film Project 2005 Participant

In Brief

The Adrenaline Film Project is a 72 hour filmmaking competition where 10 to 12 teams of three

filmmakers must write, cast, shoot, edit and screen a film during the Virginia Film Festival. Each phase of

production is closely supervised and advised by AFP Executive Producer, Jeff Wadlow. The entire process culminates in a competitive screening of the finished films and an award ceremony in front of a large audience at the University of Virginia’s Culbreth Theater on Saturday, November 7 at 10pm. An encore screening will be held the following morning, Sunday, November 8 at 10:45am at the Regal 4 Theater on the Downtown Mall.

The Producers

Filmmakers will be supervised by director Jeff Wadlow, Charlottesville native and director of Never Back Down and Cry_Wolf, as well as numerous other award-winning short films.

Guest Mentors

In previous years, the film sets of Adrenaline teams have been visited by guest mentors including Tom Shadyac (Director, Bruce Almighty), Mark Johnson (Producer, The Chronicles of Narnia), Brad Silberling (Director, Lemony Snicket), Ron Yerxa (Producer, Little Miss Sunshine), and many more!

To Enter

Each team of three must submit the following by Monday, October 19 at 5 p.m.:

  • official entry form
  • short film directed by one of the participants (10 minutes max)
  • $20 application fee in the form of a check made payable to UVA-Va Film Festival (to be supplemented by the additional participation fee if the team is selected for the Project.)

Send your application materials to:

Virginia Film Festival
ATTN: Adrenaline Film Project
PO Box 400869
Charlottesville, VA 22904

Please be advised that the application fees are non-refundable and the films will not be returned.Once accepted into the program, each team will be required to pay a supplemental participation fee, with the amount as follows:

  • $80 for current UVA students
  • $100 for previous Adrenaline participants who refer a new team to Adrenaline
  • $130 for all others
Each member of the team will also be required to submit a Participant’s Agreement.

Applicants must be 18 years or older (unless you are applying through Light House; see below).

If you have questions about the Adrenaline Film Project or our application process, please contact adrenalinefilmproject@gmail.com.

Attention High School Students!

High School students wishing to participate in this project should enroll through Light House. For details please contact Sam Baker at Light House: 434.293.6992 or visit www.lighthousestudio.org.

Attention Actors!

Want to act in films in the Adrenaline Film Project? You could star in a short film projected on the big screen in front of a sold-out audience in a nationally recognized film festival! Have your work seen and considered by guest filmmakers at the top of their field. Collaborate with up-and-coming local filmmakers. Start building your reel. All for just one day’s work!

If you are interested in acting for Adrenaline, please attend the Adrenaline Actors Meet and Greet on Tuesday, November 3rd at 8pm in the Kaleidoscope Room in Newcomb Hall at the University of Virginia. RSVP and send any questions to adrenalinefilmproject@gmail.com.

Actors should make themselves available for shooting from the afternoon of Thursday, November 5th until the morning of Saturday, November 7th.