Obnots is a team that has created a short movie for the Boston 48 Hour Film Project every year since 2004. The 48 Hour Film Project is a worldwide filmmaking competition where teams have just 48 hours (Friday 7pm – Sunday 7pm) to make a 4 to 7 minute long movie. On that Friday, each team draws a genre out of a hat and receives the required elements: the line of dialogue, prop, and character. Joed Polly, Jeff Mission, and Andrew Sewell founded the team, but over the years a wealth of talented and creative friends have joined to write, act, work behind the scenes, and collaborate. We completed our twenty-fourth movie, The Big House Heist in December 2024.
a Boston 48 Hour Film Project team
Movies
Featured Movie
tüth. – A couple incorporate a fad toothbrush called tüth. into their oral hygiene journey.
Description: It was team Obnots’ twentieth year, and we made our twenty-third film for the 48 Hour Film Project! We drew ‘horror’ as the genre, had to use a toothbrush as the prop, Tony or Tia Thompson, Olympic athlete as the character, and “Keep it to yourself” as the required line. We made it to the Best Of Boston screening and were nominated for eleven things; Best Film, Best Directing, Best Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Editing, Best Sound, Best Titles, Best Special Effects, Best Use of Prop, Best Use of Line, and Best Use of Genre. We won Best Use of Prop and much to our surprise, Best Film! The original submitted version of this movie will go on to screen at Filmapalooza (in March 2025) along with all the other 48HFP movies from around the world. This is version 1.3, with various minor adjustments, fixed up audio, and five more seconds added to one scene.
Cast & Crew: Abigail Bower, Amelia Gossett, B. Zeb Polly, Ben Guaraldi, Dabu, Dave Fox, Jen Buckingham, JM Moss, Joed Polly, Kosta Zavras, L-Train, L.A. Sweet, Leslie Diamond, Nick Figueiredo, and Ray Carre.
Newest Movie
The Big House Heist – Three women team up to plan a heist to try to retrieve damning evidence from the home of a for-profit prison CEO.
Description: Due to Obnots winning the Boston 48HFP (with tüth.) we were invited to compete in a special “Yes We Cannes” online competition for the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place teams from around the world. And so we made our twenty-fourth film for the 48 Hour Film Project. We were assigned ‘heist’ as the genre, ‘gloves’ as the prop, Liam or Leanne Kingsbury, hotel employee as the character, and “It’s your choice. What’s it going to be?” as the required line. There was also an optional theme element of ‘freedom’ that we could incorporate. This is version 1.5 with various small fixes and 40 seconds worth of material added back in.
Cast & Crew: Abigail Bower, Amelia Gossett, B. Zeb Polly, Ben Guaraldi, Dabu, Damian Silva, Dave Fox, Jen Buckingham, JM Moss, Joed Polly, Kosta Zavras, L.A. Sweet, Leslie Diamond, Mathew Dray, and Nick Figueiredo.