News

Championing our Female Filmmakers

25 May 2019

WIFT and Dame Gaylene Preston are backing our female directors and filmmakers with the best female director prize - $1000 and a years subscription to WIFT.

We also have a regional prize - 'WIFT Outstanding Female Filmmaker' winning a years membership to WIFT and free registration to the 2020 48Hours.…

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Another prize announcement

25 May 2019

Big Tree Studios have come to the 48 party with a post-production package for the Grand National Chimp. $15,000 of post-production to get the winning team's next project finished. http://www.bigtreestudios.co.nz .

Check out this year's prizes https://www.48hours.co.nz/about/prizes/

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New Sponsors for ULTRA48

24 May 2019

Crewlist has come on board to sponsor the ULTRA48 award with a juicy $3,000.

Find out more about Crewlist ULTRA48 and sign up details are on our website.

Crewlist - The Film Crew App - Join 3,600+ film professionals on the #1 networking app for industry insiders.

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Giving some love!

22 May 2019

Every year we hear about committed community groups and organisations entering teams into the 48Hours competition. Last year we decided to give these groups a bit of love with some free community entries. We've done that again this year and are pleased to announce the seven groups who will receive…

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48Hours Earlybird Giveaway - Starter VFX Pack

6 May 2019

We have a giveaway for our early-bird registrations, we are giving away 4K starter VFX pack (smoke, dust, flare, glow, grain) to 5 teams guaranteed to give your 48Hour film some authentic winter atmosphere. Check it out here.


Register here at an early-bird price to have the weekend of your…

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