News

48Hours Level Up Grant  - $25,000

5 Aug 2022

Te Tumu Whakaata Taonga / The New Zealand Film Commission is excited to celebrate the 48Hours 20th Anniversary and will offer the Grand Final winning team an opportunity to pitch for a grant of up to $25,000 to go towards a new film or series project.

The grant must go…

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Why have a Music Composer?

3 Aug 2022


Music is a key part of cinema, the importance of having the right music can not be overstated. It many ways music is often what holds films together and makes it all work! A score can unlock emotion, and elevate the entire film. 

It can be tempting to quickly layer…

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Meet the City Managers: Bay of Plenty and Waikato

3 Aug 2022

Our Hamilton city managers for 3 years Sasha and Mary Rinaldi are taking on another region for the 2022 Vista Foundation 48Hours.

This power team are supporting the Waikato teams and also bolstering the Bay Of Plenty region too!

Award-winning filmmakers with other accolades to boot are also parents of…

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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…

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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…

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