laser-focused on local filmmaking

Connecting Filmmakers of the Southwestern PA Region

Mission

Pittsburgh Shot supports local film production and film culture with networking, training, exhibition, and facilitation of resources. We help connect filmmakers together, and help them illuminate the culture of the south western PA region. We help local filmmakers complete the challenge of making films here.

Impact

We world premiere more locally made short films than any other organization. More than 120 per year.

We create twenty five events per year.

We affect over 3000 filmmakers annually with our events.

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Our programs

The Pittsburgh Crew Connect

The Pittsburgh Crew Connect is a free, all‑ages quarterly networking event that unites filmmakers, crew, performers, production companies, and other media creatives from across the Pittsburgh region. Through a lively rapid‑fire on‑stage pitch format, the event offers an open, inclusive space—welcoming both union and non‑union participants—for individuals and organizations to share their work, build new relationships, and strengthen the area’s film and video community. We average over three hundred people per networking event. We are proud to be the current stewards of the event that has been happening in various iterations for over fifteen years.
Pittsburgh 48 Hour film Project

Local Film Teams, from beginners to pros, compete to make a short film in only a weekend! Write, shoot and edit a short film based on an assigned genre, character, prop, and line. The largest incubator of new, world-premiered local short film work in the region averaging more than 120 new films per year since 2007, the Pittsburgh 48 Hour Film Project is a chapter of a global event that happens in more than 100 cities.
The Filmmaker Flea Market

Buy, sell, & trade gear with Pittsburgh filmmaker neighbors. In partnership with Steel City Cinema, Lightbulb Rentals, & Goat Milk Fudge Productions.
The Pittsburgh Shot Film Initiative

The Pittsburgh Shot Film Initiative is a regionally focused funding program that strengthens local filmmaking by supporting emerging and established creators through workshops and a competitive film festival. Open exclusively to filmmakers from the Pittsburgh area, the festival showcases all submitted works and awards funding to the top three projects, enabling recipients to develop new films and continue contributing to the region’s creative landscape.

Our history

Started officially in 2026 we are furthering a mission that our board members have been doing for many years. The 48 Hour Film Project is 20 years old in Pittsburgh. The Pittsburgh Crew Connect is fifteen years old. We are taking the things that have worked to help independent filmmakers and are making them bigger and stronger.