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HP48Hours 2018 Grand National Final Live Stream

12 Jul 2018

If you can't make it in person to the Civic Theatre then you can still watch the films  battle it out for the title of Grand Chimp on our special live stream.

We'll be streaming the entire event including all 18 films live on our Facebook page and via Youtube.…

Announcing the last-minute Wildcards

12 Jul 2018

Congratulations to the the three last-minute wildcards for the Grand Finals:

• H34 - Add to Story - The High School Movie (Wellington)
• Michaels Baes - Sneeze - The Technological Thriller (Auckland)
• Super Furious Ninja Dragon - Office Fighter - The Splatstick Movie (Dunedin)

Unfortunately Sir Peter Jackson was very busy…

Grand Finals Trailer

29 Jun 2018

The 2018 Grand Final event is being held at the Civic Theatre on July 14th, in Auckland.

556 Teams across the country with 15 Grand Finalists and 3 Peter Jackson wildcards.

Join us at the beautiful Civic Theatre in the heart of Auckland.

We will be screening the best 18…

Grand Finalists announced

25 Jun 2018

Congratulations to the 15 Grand Finalists and all the nominees. There are still three Sir Peter Jackson Wildcards still to be announced.

• Blood and Bone - Hero - The Wish Movie
• Chess Club - Small Fish, Big City - Fish-Out-of-Water (ULTRA)
• Chillybox - PepTok - Technological Thriller
• Distant Rumble Productions…

How do the Grand Finals work?

13 Jun 2018

As city finals wrap up we're getting lots of questions about how the Grand Finals work so we've added a Grand Finals Event page in city info where you can find all the answer about tickets, dates and find out who the judges are.

The Grand Finalists will be the…