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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…

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…