Heats

All heats in 2025 will be screened at live screenings, and online on our Youtube channel @48HOURSNZ at the same time. This means that you can watch all the entries from across the country.  

You can find your region's heats listed in the heats schedule - Team names will be added to heats as we finalise them.

Please note that live heats screenings are trade screenings intended for cast and crew, and aren't public events. Some of the venues have limited numbers of seats and your regional manager will let you know if you need to consider how many people you bring along to your heat. Where we have larger venues we encourage you to bring friends and whānau and attend other team's heats.

You are free to share the online YouTube livestream.

Audience Favourites

At the end of each online heat viewers will be able to vote for the three films they like the best. A code will show at the end of each heat with a web address where you can vote for the films you liked the best. The audience favourite in each heat will be announced on the Audience Favourites Results page. 

Reviews

Feedback is an important part of making films. We encourage teams to review each other's entries on the Screening Room. Find out more about reviews here.