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February 2024Festival / Contest

Gen:48 — 2nd Edition

Runway Studios

Ellie

UNVEIL

Grand Prix

The second Gen:48. 1,600 signups. 'Ellie' by UNVEIL wins the Grand Prix. Filmmakers are given 48 hours and access to Runway's latest tools. The quality jump from the first edition is visible: the films feel more intentional, more polished, more like real filmmaking and less like experiments. The contest is proving that constraints (48 hours, AI tools) can fuel creativity rather than limit it.