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Dame Gaylene Preston and WIFT NZ Best Female / Gender Diverse Director Award - $1000 prize

7 Jul 2022

To support and encourage women and gender diverse filmmakers to take on creative roles in filmmaking Dame Gaylene Preston and WIFT NZ present the ‘Best Female / Gender Diverse Director Award’ with a $1000 prize.

Dame Gaylene Preston is passionate about encouraging women to direct films and we are proud…

Viva La Dirt League - New Comedy Prize

21 Jun 2022

Viva La Dirt League describe themselves as a bunch of nerds who play games and makes comedy sketches about games. This comedy troop hailing from Auckland have a history with the Vista Foundation 48Hours and they have a hugely popular YouTube Channel currently at an impressive 3.88 million subscribers.

We…

Win $5000 with the OPPO48 Award

14 Jun 2022

OPPO has partnered with the Vista Foundation 48Hours to bring the new OPPO48 Award with an impressive top prize of NZ$5,000!. 

OPPO are big fans of the legacy of the Vista Foundation 48Hours. The OPPO48 award is designed to showcase mobile phone filming in Aotearoa.

OPPO New Zealand’s Managing Director,…

Future Filmmakers Workshops

12 May 2022

Wellington

Venue: Massey University - College of Creative Arts (COCA) - Block 12: Room B09 - The Pit - Registration link

Tuesday 14th June, 4:00pm - 8.30pm

This event is sponsored by Massey University - College of Creative Arts (COCA)

Dunedin

Venue: Petridish, 8 Stafford Street - Free Registration Link…

Announcing the 2022 Shoot Weekend - August 12th - 14th

11 May 2022

We have climbed mountains, crossed deserts, navigated boiling seas and survived the scorched plains to bring the competition back to the filmmakers of Aotearoa for the 20th-year!

The Vista Foundation 48Hours is back for 2022! We have some exciting plans for our 20th year running the competition, including free future…