The National Film Challenge is the sister competition to the 48 Hour Film Project. Both the Grand Prize Winner and the Audience Award Winner will screen at Filmapalooza - the finale festival for the 48HFP.  In 2012, over 50,000 filmmakers made almost 4,000 films in 120 cities on 6 continents around the world. Over the 11 years of 48 Hour Film Project over 19,000 films have been made by 278,000 people.