Six BC filmmakers have been chosen as winners in Vancouver short film festival Crazy8s.

True to the festival’s name, production on their projects will run for just eight days, from March 16 to March 23.

Camielle Mitchell with A Mother’s Love; Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers with A Red Girl’s Reasoning; Doreen Manuel with Babies in the Wall; Carleen Kyle with High Pressure Area; Andrea Rowe with Sleepy Stories and Marshall Axani with The Vessel are the six directors chosen to produce their films.

The eight days of production will culminate with a gala event on March 30 at Vancouver’s Centre for Performing Arts, where the finished films will be screened.

Crazy8s 2012 kicked off in December, when 118 teams first submitted their video pitches. The registrants were narrowed down first to 40, and then to 13 finalists in January. The final six were chosen by a jury after the scripts were workshopped at the CBC Story Edit Day earlier this month.

The winners will also receive $1000 and a production package donated by the local film industry, in addition to participating in producer and director workshops and working with a casting agent to audition talent for their films.

Crazy8s is an annual event run by the non-profit Crazy8s Film Society, which aims to support and develop emerging talent in BC’s film industry.