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Professional Lighting Services - Prizes and a deal for the AK teams

6 Jun 2019

Professional Lighting Services are long-standing sponsors for the 48Hours and are offering 5k of lighting rental valid for 2-years to the grand winner. Also for those teams competing in Auckland, PLS offers 50% discount on all gear for 48hour teams – thats 50% of a 1x day hire for the weekend.…

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Images & Sound

6 Jun 2019

The Best Cinematography Award just got a little sweeter with $250 cash and $5,000 worth of colour grading from Images & Sound - Complete Post Production (valid for two years). 

Images & Sound are long supporters of the Vista Foundation 48Hours and have seen some wonderful talent nurtured thought this great competition.…

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Moxion are back!

1 Jun 2019

Moxion is a robust dailies platform designed from the ground up for the world’s toughest production environments, with the ability to create instant dailies, or immediates.

We're proud to be part of nurturing the future generations of Kiwi filmmakers through the Vista Foundation 48Hours, and hope the $65k worth of…

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NZ Writers Guild Best Script

25 May 2019

New Zealand Writer's Guild is sponsoring the best script award this year with a one-year associate membership to the New Zealand Writer's Guild and
a script consultancy on the project of your choice from NZSW president Steve Barr (up to 8 hours and valid for one year). 

See more prizes…

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Championing our Female Filmmakers

25 May 2019

WIFT and Dame Gaylene Preston are backing our female directors and filmmakers with the best female director prize - $1000 and a years subscription to WIFT.

We also have a regional prize - 'WIFT Outstanding Female Filmmaker' winning a years membership to WIFT and free registration to the 2020 48Hours.…

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