News

Behind the Scenes - Making a Musical

7 Jun 2018

Past Wellington winners - Couch Kumara landed Musical this year, a genre they have always wanted to get. They made this behind the scenes video of their 48Hour experience.

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Female, Solo and 16 years old!

6 Jun 2018

We always love getting feedback from our teams. We got this great feedback from Maria Shadbolt, the mother of one of our Wellington film-makers - Ilena Shadbolt from Queen Margaret College. We were super impressed with this young woman, she is 16-years old, completed the challenge solo and made a…

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Finalists and nominee announcements

22 May 2018

Are you waiting in anticipation to find out if your film has made it to the city finals?

Finalists and awards nominees will be announced in each region after heats have finished.  

We're also changing things up in the big centres - this year we will be announcing a shortlist…

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Heats and Reviewing Films

19 May 2018

HEATS

Times for your heats are on our website on the city info page. Heats venues could have restrictions so please check on the city info page.

REVIEWS

Making a film in 48Hours is no easy task. Why do people do it?
They love the creative challenge and the feedback!…

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'Best Poster' Competition

15 May 2018

Create a poster for your 48hour film and enter our 'best poster' competition. A double ticket to your closest city finals is up for grabs. The best poster will be judged by filmmaker Julian Arahanga. Enter the competition in our Facebook group.

Get your tickets to the City Finals Event…

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