48hfp 2011: Genre Shake-Up

Once again, the 48hfp genres are changing! OK, so they aren't really changing by much, they kind of just moved a couple of last year's wild card genres into the main genre list. Yikes.

But they did retire a few genres this year including our beloved Buddy Film (aka, From Behind the Cornhole circa 2009).

The other 4 genres retiring for 2011, I'm not gonna miss:

• Drama (snooze fest)
• Film Noir (who wants to film all night Friday?)
• Road Movie (seems too big for a 4-minute film)
• Silent Film (hallelujah! this one scared me the most)

Oh, and they added a brand new category this year. They didn't explain it but it probably doesn't really need explanation. In honor of 48hfp's 10th birthday, they've added a Birthday/Anniversary genre. Interesting. I already have a few ideas percolating on this one, I think it could be fun and different. Erin's birthday is the week of the contest. Kora's birthday is the week after. Just sayin'.

They've also brought back a few older genres that we didn't see last year. Thankfully they threw them into the wildcard list: Coming of Age, Family, War/Anti-War.

Anyway, without further ado, the official genre and wildcard lists for 48hfp 2011 are:

At the Kickoff Event, each team draws one of these genres from a hat.

• Anniversary/Birthday
• Comedy
• Dark Comedy
• Detective/Cop
• Fantasy
• Film de Femme
• Horror
• Mockumentary
• Musical or Western
• Period Piece
• Romance
• Sci Fi
• Superhero
• Thriller/Suspense

2011 Wild Card Genres

• Adventure Serial
• Coming of Age
• Drama
• Family Film
• Heist
• Silent Film
• Time Travel Movie
• War or Anti-War Film