"Taken" was created for the 48 Hour Film Project in Nashville, TN by Radiate Films.
Radiate had an amazing team of 15 crew and cast that gave up sleeping and eating for 48 hours.

To keep the teams honest, genre, a line of Dialogue, a prop, and a character were given at the start of the 48 hours.
Genre: Romance - *Line of Dialogue: Go ahead, walk all over me!
*Prop:a wagon - *Character: Fred Maloney, Kleptomaniac.
*Were the same for all films.

At the awards ceremony "Taken" took home 8 awards including:
Most Inspirational Filmmaking, Best Art Direction, Audience Award, Best Musical Score
Best Editing, Best Romance, Honorable Mention- Directing
Honorable Mention - Cinematography