Registration is now open for 48 Hour Film Project’s eighth annual competition in Des Moines, to be held July 27 – 29 at the Des Moines Art Center.

The competition, held in 115 cities acround the world, invites 48 filmmakers in each city to create a film in 48 hours. Filmmakers are given a genre, character, prop and line of dialogue of that must be used in the film.

The top prize is $1,000 and filmmakers getting their work shown at the Cannes Film Festival. For more information and to register for the event, click here.