VF48Hours 2020 Forum

Who’s gonna have a great night eh?

Gonna have a great night.
Bork - Night Shift

Might have a pretty good night
Crab Crab Crab - Cheernobyl: A Holiday Meltdown
Dragon V Mouse - That Time of the Month
Dystography Studios - Cold Hearted
JAGBOG - Cut

Probably gonna be there on the night
Little old Lady Productions -Decompression
No Budget Ninjas - Lifeboy
1:1 Creative - Dick and Jane
Deep Dish Pizza Wolf - Rozkol (Schism)
TBALC - D.O.C Force: Death Island
Submission Impossible - Now You See Me, Now You Don’t
Team Moon - Inflamed
Toot Toot - Stopping World War II

Wildcard: Should/Might Still/I’d like it if they were invited to the night.
Breens B-Roll - Timeslingers
Everything Sticks - END
Cereal Killers - No Bromo
Foreign Objects - Promotion Road
Maximum of 30 characters - Cabin Fever
Olax - Sampson
PlanetFoxFilms - Free as the wind
Rip Focus - a nipple in time
South Jersey Ghost Research - Catman and Robyn
Team Fireworks - Invoke

But honestly, as has been shown time and time again at this point, what the fuck do I know? Film is subjective. Happy 48hours everybody. Hopefully they announce the dates more than 2 months in advance next year.

Ayye great you kicked it off I didn't want to go first :P

Expect to see you walking down the stairs a couple of times
Bork
Team Moon
Dragon V Mouse

Lock em in and have a great time fellas
JAGBOG
South Jersey Ghost Research
Strang Entertainment
Submission Impossible
Toot Toot

Rounding out the night's entertainment
Cereal Killers
CRAB CRAB CRAB
Dystography Studios
Little Old Lady Productions
No Budget Ninjas
Deep Dish Pizza Wolf
Olax

Wildcards, I mean like Strang said who the hell knows at this point
The Brothers Boyce
Snack to the Future
Everything Sticks
Lost Boys Media
Maximum of 30 characters
TBALC
Oxford Comma
Pie Face

Going to the heats is my favorite thing ever, thank you ChCh for your mountain-loads of talent, you've all made my year.

Hardest prediction list I've made. Right at the top is easy. The rest could go any which way. Included some school teams 'cos why not?

Gonna Win It
BORK “Night Shift” – Musical (ULTRA)

Right Up There Chasing Hard
Dragon V Mouse - "That Time of The Month" – Time Travel
JAGBOG – “Cut” – Nature Run Amuck (ULTRA)
Snack To The Future – “A Familiar Feeling” – Gross/Cringe
Strang Entertainment – “Timmy” – Coming of Age

Doing good as Finalists
Cereal Killers – “No Bromo” – Gross Out or Cringe Comedy
CRAB CRAB CRAB - "Cheernoybl: A Holiday Meltdown" - Holiday
Little Old Lady Productions “Decompression” – Opposite Attracts
No Budget Ninjas “Lifeboy” – Time Travel
OLAX – “Samson” – Real Time
South Jersey Ghost Research – “Catman & Robyn” – Secret Identity
Submission Impossible – “Now You See Me, Now You Don’t” – Buddy
Team Moon – “Inflamed” – Opposite Attracts
The Brothers Boyce – “All Hallows Eve” - Holiday
Toot Toot – “Stopping WWII” – Time Travel

Holding out hope for a phone call
Deep Dish Pizza Wolf – “Rozkol (Schism)” – Science Fiction (ULTRA)
Dystography Studios - "Cold Hearted" - Nature Run Amok (ULTRA)
Everything Sticks - "END" – Real Time
Foreign Objects - "Promotion Road" - Gross/Cringe
Geese – “The Lady in The Lift” – Secret Identity
Maximum of 30 characters - "Cabin Fever" - Holiday
Planet Fox Films – “Free As The Wind” – Coming-of-Age
Salty Chips – “Atomic Clock” – Real Time
TBALC – “DOC: Danger Island” – Nature Run Amok
Wrinkly Dog – “The 5th Ship” – Wrong place; Wrong Time

Love the categories

Great way to describe the lists guys haha! Love it.

Shiiiiiiiit, In my rush to put the list together, I blew right past

Might have a pretty good night.
Snack To The Future - A Familiar Feeling

(Familiar team more like....)

in reply to Strange:

(Familiar team more like....)

Indeed.

I'm not from Chch nor have I seen any of the films, but just from screenshots on the FB page I'm happy to put my wager on:

In it to win it
Bork! - Night Shift

... And here's my list.

Probably gonna make the finals
Bork - Night Shift
Deep Dish Pizza Wolf - Rozkol (Schism)
Dragon V Mouse - That Time of the Month
Dystography Studios - Cold Hearted
JAGBOG - Cut
Little Old Lady Productions - Decompression
No Budget Ninjas - Lifeboy
Snack to the Future - A Familiar Feeling
South Jersey Ghost Research - Catman and Robyn
Strang Entertainment - Timmy
Submission Impossible - Now You See Me, Now You Don't
TBALC - D.O.C Force: Danger Island
Team Moon - Inflamed
The Brothers Boyce - All Hallows' Eve
Toot Toot - Stopping World War II

Furthermore, I predict that one of these 15 films will win Christchurch.

Seriously though, a) congrats to all the finalists, and b) any thoughts about the final 15? It all seems roughly in line with people's predictions, but were there any surprise inclusions or omissions?

Also, is that award really being called "Best Performer", even though half the nominations are for groups of performers? (I would humbly suggest that "Best Performance" is a slightly more effective wording to capture the various options.)

in reply to TheNimbleMarmoset:

Also, is that award really being called "Best Performer", even though half the nominations are for groups of performers? (I would humbly suggest that "Best Performance" is a slightly more effective wording to capture the various options.)

I'm not really sure what this award is about anymore. Seems it's become unnecessarily cluttered and complicated. So, if a team with multiple nominees wins, everyone wins? I think this has been mentioned before but it theory an animal could win or an inanimate object? At least I suppose there appears to be more nominees this year. In 2018, when this change came in it essentially halved the nominations.

Breakdown:

(This is including making the finals as a "Best Picture" nomination)

11 Noms: TBALC & SNACK TO THE FUTURE
10 Noms: THE BROTHERS BOYCE
7 Noms: BORK, DEEP DISH PIZZA WOLF, TOOT TOOT
6 Noms: DRAGON V MOUSE, LITTLE OLD LADY PRODUCTIONS
5 Noms: JAGBOG, STRANG ENTERTAINMENT
4 Noms: TEAM MOON
3 Noms: CRAB CRAB CRAB, DYSTOGRAPHY STUDIOS, NO BUDGET NINJAS, SOUTH JERSEY GHOST RESEARCH, SUBMISSION IMPOSSIBLE

JAGBOG & Snack to the Future are the only teams with both a Director & Script nomination, historically these two categories have contained the winner/runner-up. From my findings a couple of years ago, a Script nomination seems to be the one you need to win/place as IIRC only one team has come runner up without one and that was a non-dialogue film.

Edit: Blood & Bone did it last year too, and they did the best Chch has done in almost 10 years so maybe not being nominated for script is what you want!

in reply to TheNimbleMarmoset:

It all seems roughly in line with people's predictions, but were there any surprise inclusions or omissions?

I think that's largely due to Christchurch being predictable! Some of the names might change but the faces remain the same. Only Brothers Boyce are new to the finals (as far as I can tell) and with their links to a Sydney based production company they have the necessary goods.

I think Crab, Crab, Crab are probably unlucky. Olax too.

in reply to Bloydd:

Can't let a year go past without a forum post...

I'm faaaaairly sure New Fish didn't get a best script nomination in Christchurch.

in reply to Bloydd:

Script nomination seems to be the one you need to win/place as IIRC only one team has come runner up without one and that was a non-dialogue film.

Hero didn't have one; Eh Team's 2011 body-switch movie didn't have one; New Fish didn't have one; Death In The West didn't have one; and yeah, Azanti didn't have one. (Source: I have detailed files (but they only go back to 2009))

Also, only one team has all of the big five - director, script, editing, cinematography, and performance - and that's Eh Team 2.0. Of course, animated films and musicals throw this all out of sorts, so, uh.........

in reply to Andrew Todd:

Alright ya got me, my data only went back to 2012

Also interesting: Best Director has only been a category (in Chch anyway) since 2013. Of the six city winners, three didn't have Best Director nominations (The Ex, Down To The Wire, and Utka), but EVERY runner-up has had one.

in reply to Andrew Todd:

Of the six city winners, three didn't have Best Director nominations (The Ex, Down To The Wire, and Utka), but EVERY runner-up has had one.

I dont know what to make of this but yes it IS VERY interesting.

in reply to Clayton Hiku:

When I had a look through old noms & winners as far back as I could see, I noticed this too and took that Directing noms are better for runners up, but Script noms are better for a win.

You all are reading waaay too much into noms. Moffilaide won Wellington in 2017 and winning best film was the only award they got on the night :)

Ahh I love that you guys are geeking out over data. Might have to do a similar thing if I can find past Taranaki data, but I don't think it'll be as interesting, lol.