The film was shot on two high-definition Panasonic P2 cameras and edited in an Apple Final Cut Pro Studio edit suite.

Finally, the organisers of the Galway Film Fleadh gave 72 Hour Film their full backing when they were made aware of the grand feat and pledged a screening slot at the festival.

Successfully, the monumental expedition ended with Watching & Waiting premiering at the end of the 2008 Galway Film Fleadh to rave reviews. It has since been screened in the Lighthouse Cinema in Dublin and has received interest from a number of film distributors.

The aim of 72 Hour Film is to inspire filmmakers to get their films made using limitations to their advantage. Too often filmmakers are put off by time schedules, big budgets and box office records, but 72 Hour Film is the punk approach to cinema - "no pretensions, just action".

The producer of Watching & Waiting, Gary Hoctor, hopes the challenge will inspire other struggling filmmakers. "To get a feature film screened at a festival adds massive credibility to a filmmaker's career and has opened lots of doors for 72 Hour Film. We hope this film production will encourage fellow filmmakers to scale new heights to get their films on the big screen."

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Johanne Murdock (Katherine) has vast experience in both the television and film industry, with credits in director Ken Loach’s film Riff Raff,  BBC legal television drama Judge John Deed, BBC hospital drama Holby City, and many other independent films. It is her determination to seek challenges that led Johanne to apply for Katherine, admiring the complexity of the role and the size of the production task.

David Keoghan (Tomas) is a former athletics champion turned actor. He has worked on a variety of different film projects, including the Everybody Wants music video that was shot by James Fair for singer Susan Bluechild. The role of Tomas in the movie Watching & Waiting was written by Fair with Keoghan in mind.

Like no other feature film, Watching and Waiting was shot, edited and screened over three days during the 2008 Galway Film Fleadh in Ireland.

The idea for the film first started when Conor Murphy (producer) challenged his colleague James Fair (director) to make a feature film in 72 hours. Soon they had enlisted the help of their friend Gary Hoctor (producer) and as a result, 72 Hour Film was born and an experienced, enthusiastic crew of 40 people quickly followed.

When electronic and computer giants Panasonic and Apple were approached to provide the latest technology for the production, they jumped at the chance.  The scale of the challenge would test their cutting-edge technology to its full capacity.

Director of Watching and Waiting and managing director of 72 Hour Film, James Fair, says: "This is a great illustration of what can be done cinematically. It's also an illustration of pushing technology to the edge of what it is capable of. The most critical thing was that it was fuelled by enthusiasm and when it came down to it, experience didn't really count for anything, it was determination that saw it through”.

Etain McGuckian, Jim Smith and James Fair discussing the shot list during the shooting of Watching & Waiting in Galway.