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The Rubber Monkey Best Cinematography Award

2 Aug 2022

We wanted to have a great prize for the Best Cinematography award and knowing Rubber Monkey were a great supporter of the 48Hours, we reached out. Not only were they excited to give us an amazing $3000 Rentals Voucher for the prize, but were already making videos of their own…

Ant Timpson Solo / Duo Award up for grabs

21 Jul 2022

Ant is again putting up for grabs the $1000 Solo / Duo award this year. We’ve seen some clever results over the years, as these multi-talented tiny teams push themselves to the outer limits of their creative existence. 

A warning comes with being part of this filmmaking subgroup though, organisers…

Here come Auckland’s A-Team city managers

21 Jul 2022

Auckland is being treated this year to three new city managers and we’re calling them The A Team, and for good reason too. Anna, Alix and Ali come from our sister sustainable film outfit, The Outlook for Someday. These experienced storytellers have a solid understanding of filmmaking and know just…

Sir Peter Jackson and the 2022 Wildcards

21 Jul 2022

In exciting news for 2022, Sir Peter Jackson will select three films as his wildcard selection, to be showcased as part of the National Finals at the Civic Theatre in Tāmaki Makaurau. Sir Peter Jackson, Dame Fran Walsh and Wingnut Films have been big supporters of the Vista Foundation 48Hours…

West One Music Group back with tips and music treats

20 Jul 2022

West One Music Group are a global independant music company with clients that include Netflix, Disney and the BBC. Back to support the Vista Foundation 48Hours with not only an amazing grand champion prize award valued at 10K, West One Music Group are also opening up for free, their entire…