Ladies and gentlemen,

The top 5 films have been announced and we have entered the final week of voting to determine who wins the audience choice award in the 48 hour film competition!

Vote now for your favorite video! You have until Sunday at 8 PM Eastern.

Thanks to everyone who participated in the 48 Hour Film Contest. Go here to view the videos and vote for your favorites. We are currently in the first of two rounds of voting for the Audience Choice Award. The first round ends Dec. 9th at 8:00pm (Eastern time), and the final round ends Dec. 16th at 8:00pm (Eastern time). On December 17th we'll announce both the Audience Choice Award and the Grand Prize Award (determined by our judges).

Thanks to everyone who participated in the 48 Hour Film Contest. We'll post the 48-hour videos here on Monday, November 26th at 8:00pm (Eastern time), and

Win $300 -- in 48 hours -- doing something you love. In the run-up to main festival in the spring, this November The Ivy Film Festival is hosting 48-Film Competition. Register for free. Assemble a cast and crew, and on November 16th at 8:00 p.m. (Eastern time) we'll email you a list of essential elements -- dialog, characters, props, and genres -- to include in your film. Then all you have to do is write, shoot, edit, score and upload your film in 48 hours.

The world’s largest completely student-run film festival dedicated to showcasing the work of student filmmakers and screenwriters around the globe has just announced the dates of the seventh annual Ivy Film Festival!

You can now submit your film or screenplay for consideration in the 2008 Ivy Film Festival. Submissions will be accepted through WithoutABox. To submit your film, you can click on the link in the navigation pane at the left, or click here to navigate directly to WithoutABox and jumpstart your journey to the red carpet. Submissions stay open until January 1st, 2008.