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The Broad Humor Legacy Project

Once a filmmaker has been a part of our festival, we continue to support them in their craft. The Legacy Project gives them a venue here at the festival for their work. In the annual Invitational, any writer or filmmaker who has been a part of the festival can make a short film that fits the year's 3 rules and be guaranteed a screening during our Legacy Showcase. In addition, we screen films of alumnae that might not quite fit in competition to give their work support in our Legacy Screening program. This year's Legacy Invitational Challenge is below:

SILENCE IS GOLDEN 2012 INVITATIONAL CHALLENGE Every year, Broad Humor issues a challenge to all past participants to make a short film with the guarantee that if they stick to the rules, it will get screened. No fees. No other criteria. We want you to keep making movies that move us to laugh. In honor of this year's Academy Award winner, The Artist, this year's challenge asks that the film contain no dialogue: 1. DIALOGUE: No dialog can be spoken by the characters 2. PROP: A toy that moves, be it windup, battery, string, etc. 3. COSTUME: Shoes that reveal character

Some Legacy Shorts have gone on to win prizes in other festivals and have been included in compilations of short films for distribution. Here is one such film, "She Lost Her Marbles," created by Gia Milani which went on to be a prize winner in the Silverwave Film Festival.

She Lost Her Marbles from Gia Milani on Vimeo.