Now in the Elevate Store: The Best of Elevate Film & Music Festival DVD, Vol. 1 It all begins with a nationwide search for elevating screenplays, documentary subjects, musicians and professional filmmakers. Though the directors are chosen prior to the festival, they have no clue as to what they will be shooting until they pull their project from a hat. Racing the clock, they charge into the jungles of guerrilla filmmaking. 48 hours later, all assignments are due. These are the miraculous results!