Tāmaki Makaurau / Auckland

The Tāmaki Makaurau / Auckland region encompasses teams from across Auckland and surrounding communities. As New Zealand’s largest screen-production hub, it brings together a range of filmmakers and is known for its scale, energy, and creativity.

Bridget Fogarty

Bridget is thrilled to be joining the 48Hours team as the Tāmaki Makaurau/Auckland Regional Manager. She is blown away by the filmmaking talent in Auckland and privileged to be able to support the epic feat of creating an original film over one weekend.

After a degree in Theatre and Film from Victoria University, Bridget has spent nearly thirty years working at the intersection of education, media, and youth development. She has written extensively for educational media throughout her career, creating content that informs and inspires young audiences. Her screen credits include developing Code Fun for TVNZ in 2020 and winning Best Short Film at the 2009 Show Me Shorts festival for Just Like the Others, directed by Jackie van Beek.

Bridget is a huge believer in the power of film as a means of creative expression and a vehicle for telling stories unique to Aotearoa. She is passionate about the diverse communities across Tāmaki Makaurau and loves collaborating and problem-solving to bring original ideas to life. In her spare time, Bridget is a mum of three.

She would love to help you in any way she can — so please don't hesitate to get in touch!

Email Bridget.

Shoot Weekend Rental Deal from PLS

Tāmaki Makaurau / Auckland teams - PLS are offering 50% off rentals for the shoot weekend. Special rental terms for the shoot weekend are - pickup Friday and return Monday (after your sleep in) but only pay for 1 days rental! You can check out the gear on their website - https://kelpls.co.nz/ and get in touch via rental@kelpls.co.nz

PLS are also offering a prize for the Auckland winner of $2000 ex GST of free rental. This can be on any production within the next 12 months, otherwise save it for your next 48Hours attempt.

Tāmaki Makaurau / Auckland Regional Final

Saturday 19th September
Hollywood Cinema

Heats

Covert Theatre - 51 Mackelvie Street, Grey Lynn

Saturday 22nd August
Sunday 23rd August
Tuesday 25th August
Thursday 27th August

The heats schedule will be updated with session times as soon as we're ready to announce.

Judges

Tamar Münch

Tamar Münch is an entertainment publicist with three decades of experience working in both New Zealand and Australia. Now operating independently as a freelancer, she previously worked as a publicist in-house across both production companies and broadcasters.

Tamar is the Founder and Company Director of The Public Good, a boutique Auckland-based communications consultancy specialising in entertainment & arts publicity and media communications. As New Zealand’s most-experienced Unit Publicist, Tamar has worked across literally hundreds of screen productions, both domestic and international. She’s also managed release PR campaigns for a wide variety of film and television productions, collaborating with filmmakers, distributors, streaming platforms and broadcasters to connect their projects with audiences. Additionally, her expertise includes social media strategy and execution, impact campaigns, creative services delivery, personal brand management, media training and crisis communications.

Tamar is regular film and television reviewer for RNZ’s Nine to Noon and is a Level 2 certified Iyengar Yoga teacher.

Terri Kilmartin

Terri Kilmartin is an Auckland based 1st Assistant Director with 30 years experience in the film industry. Working across all mediums of Commercials, Television Drama and Feature Films her credits include Perfect Strangers (2003), The Wilds (2020), One Of Us IS Lying (2022), Sweet Tooth (2021), Disney's Zombies 4 & 5 (2025 & 2027) amongst others.Terri fondly remembers participating in the 48Hours Film competition over twenty years ago and is excited to come full circle and join the judging panel this year.

Marianne Infante

Marianne Infante is a Kapampángan-Filipino multidisciplinary creative powerhouse and mentor. She is the Executive Director of PAT (Proudly Asian Theatre) where she began her producing career in 2017 and later co-founded her own creative company TKC (Te & Kuya Collaborative) where she co-produced ‘Mekeni’ (Someday Stories) and launched her Filipino acting course. In 2023-2024. Marianne mentored 25 of Aotearoa’s future theatre producers AKL, WLG and CHC through Producers In Training ‘PIT’ (funded by the Ministry of Culture and Heritage).
As well as an experienced producer, Marianne is an award-winning actor (stage and screen), writer, an Intimacy Professional, and an emerging director. Infante wrote and presented the first Filipino theatre play (‘Pinay’ at Basement Theatre in 2019), the first Kapampángan short-film (‘Mekeni’ with Someday Stories 2021) and starred in NZ’s prime time show Shortland Street as ‘Nurse Madonna Diaz’ for four years being the first Filipino core cast member in the 34 seasons of the TV soap.