2022 Winners
2022 competition was the 20th year of the Vista Foundation 48hours competition. It culminated in the top 18 films screening at the Grand Final at the Civic Theatre in Tāmaki Makaurau on November 18th.
Below are all the nominees and winners. You can view and review them on our Screening Room LINK.
2022 Grand Champ
Mitchell's Here - Big Questions
2022 1st Runner Up
Child Support - A Multitude of Ways to Leave your Lover
2022 2nd Runner Up
Missing Pixels - Love You Stranger
2022 Grand Finalists
A Small Blob Of Ice Cream - Ta Da. WATCH THE FILM
Angle3 Pictures - Parked. WATCH THE FILM
Apple Fork - Red Flag. WATCH THE FILM
chips cheese cats etc - TUMMY TIME!. WATCH THE FILM
Daiso Run - Dubbed. WATCH THE FILM
Fix it in Production - OINK. WATCH THE FILM
Great Lake Film Society - Sacrifarce. WATCH THE FILM
National Hero, Disqualified Tim - Deep. WATCH THE FILM
Rabid Auntie Jean - Going Solo. WATCH THE FILM
Sports Team - Blood Pact. WATCH THE FILM
Squint Eastwood - A Glimpse of Sin. WATCH THE FILM
Team Zego - Goodnight Sweet Prince. WATCH THE FILM
The Horny Owls - The Talk. WATCH THE FILM
Sir Peter Jackson Wildcards
Lipstick Boys - Mime Hunter. WATCH THE FILM
RS Productions - Oh Crap. WATCH THE FILM
Grand National Award Winner
NZFMC Best Disqualified Film
wooah - Canniversary (Tāmaki Makaurau / Auckland)
Other nominees:
eeuwip - Maintenance Zone(Te Whanganui-a-Tara / Wellington)
Good Jam - Ellie and Jack (Kirikiriroa / Hamilton)
Heights Media - Familiar Steps (Te Moana-a-Toi / Bay of Plenty)
New Plymouth Boys High, Team 1 - Broken Tracks (Taranaki)
Too Much Spare Time - Student Exchange (Ōtautahi / Christchurch)
Wiggly Worms 4.0 - Roll Over (Tūranga-nui-a-Kiwa / Gisborne)
Incredibly Strange Award
4 Million Ants - A Day in the Wasteland (Tāmaki Makaurau / Auckland)
Underwater Dreams - If You See Them (Te Whanganui-a-Tara / Wellington)
Other nominees:
Guavablue Productions - Flüstern des Herzens (Te Moana-a-Toi / Bay of Plenty)
Hot Lunch - A Couple' a Wetties (Tūranga-nui-a-Kiwa / Gisborne)
Steven and the Stevens - Jimmy Kimmy: The Kiwi Cowboy (Kirikiriroa / Hamilton)
Such & Such - Pinch (Taranaki)
Te Whare Raiona - PolyFuture Inc (Ōtepoti / Dunedin)
Toot Toot - The Negotiation!!!! (Ōtautahi / Christchurch)
Best Original Score/Song
Underwater Dreams - If You See Them (Te Whanganui-a-Tara / Wellington) - LINK TO WATCH
Other nominees:
Bus of the Undead - New Leash on Love (Ōtepoti / Dunedin)
Dragon V Mouse - Treble in Paradise (Ōtautahi / Christchurch)
No Ideas - Meant To Be (Te Moana-a-Toi / Bay of Plenty)
Fix it in Production - OINK (Tāmaki Makaurau / Auckland)
Hot Lunch - A Couple' a Wetties (Tūranga-nui-a-Kiwa / Gisborne)
Muddy Brilliant - A Murder She Never Wrote (Kirikiriroa / Hamilton)
Pastafarian Productions - This Way Home (Taranaki)
Best Sound Design
Fix it in Production - OINK (Tāmaki Makaurau / Auckland)
Special mention - National Hero, Disqualified Tim - Deep (Te Whanganui-a-Tara / Wellington) WATCH THE FILM
Other nominees:
Bus of the Undead - New Leash on Love (Ōtepoti / Dunedin)
Emergency Continuity - Office Dispute (Ōtautahi / Christchurch)
Seña Pictures - Ostiarius (Te Moana-a-Toi / Bay of Plenty)
Kratos - 18 to Life (Tūranga-nui-a-Kiwa / Gisborne)
Slate 48 Redux - The GAYtkeeper (Kirikiriroa / Hamilton)
Such & Such - Pinch (Taranaki)
Best Editing
chips cheese cats etc - TUMMY TIME! (Tāmaki Makaurau / Auckland)
Other nominees:
Great Lake Film Society - Sacrifarce (Te Moana-a-Toi / Bay of Plenty)
Marked - One Way or Another (Kirikiriroa / Hamilton)
Muse Crew - Carpe Diem (Taranaki)
Rats Nest Films - Angel Inc. (Te Whanganui-a-Tara / Wellington)
rip focus - Sundown (Ōtautahi / Christchurch)
Under-Funded Thunder Films - Instant Cinematic Classic (Ōtepoti / Dunedin)
Unsalted Films - Beyond This Line (Tūranga-nui-a-Kiwa / Gisborne)
Best Animation
A Small Blob Of Ice Cream - Ta Da (Ōtautahi / Christchurch)
Other nominees:
Discombobulated Pistachios - Ride The Slide (Ōtepoti / Dunedin)
Frances Berkers - Studio (Te Moana-a-Toi / Bay of Plenty)
Mitchell's Here - Big Questions (Tāmaki Makaurau / Auckland)
Pastafarian Productions - This Way Home (Taranaki)
Squint Eastwood - A Glimpse of Sin (Te Whanganui-a-Tara / Wellington)
Best Production Design
National Hero, Disqualified Tim - Deep (Te Whanganui-a-Tara / Wellington)
Other nominees:
A Small Blob Of Ice Cream - Ta Da (Ōtautahi / Christchurch)
Cinnamon Cinemas - No Indemnity (Ōtepoti / Dunedin)
Guavablue Productions/Luka Tomic/Stella Cooke - Flüstern des Herzens (Te Moana-a-Toi / Bay of Plenty)
Kratos - 18 to Life (Tūranga-nui-a-Kiwa / Gisborne)
Pluto & Co. Productions Ltd - The Paper King (Kirikiriroa / Hamilton)
Team Bob - The heartless calculating bastard (Taranaki)
Team Zego - Goodnight Sweet Prince (Tāmaki Makaurau / Auckland)
Best Cinematography, supported by Rubber Monkey
Fix it in Production - OINK (Tāmaki Makaurau / Auckland) WATCH THE FILM
Other nominees:
Bus of the Undead - New Leash on Love (Ōtepoti / Dunedin)
Seña Pictures - Ostiarius (Te Moana-a-Toi / Bay of Plenty)
Muse Crew - Carpe Diem (Taranaki)
National Hero, Disqualified Tim - Deep (Te Whanganui-a-Tara / Wellington)
RS Productions - Oh Crap (Kirikiriroa / Hamilton)
Sons of the Broad Meadow - Crimson Snow (Ōtautahi / Christchurch)
Unsalted Films - Beyond This Line (Tūranga-nui-a-Kiwa / Gisborne)
Best Script
Child Support - A Multitude of Ways to Leave your Lover (Te Whanganui-a-Tara / Wellington)
Other nominees:
A Small Blob Of Ice Cream - Ta Da (Ōtautahi / Christchurch)
Apple Fork - Red Flag (Tāmaki Makaurau / Auckland)
Filmanui - Daddy Daddy (Taranaki)
Great Lake Film Society - Sacrifarce (Te Moana-a-Toi / Bay of Plenty)
Happy Little Peas - Judgement Day (Ōtepoti / Dunedin)
Kratos - 18 to Life (Tūranga-nui-a-Kiwa / Gisborne)
RS Productions - Oh Crap (Kirikiriroa / Hamilton)
Best Performer
Child Support - A Multitude of Ways to Leave your Lover - Stella Reid (Te Whanganui-a-Tara / Wellington) WATCH THE FILM
Other nominees:
Eddie Page Productions - Yeaagghewahh (Love Ya Face) - Larissa Allen (Te Moana-a-Toi / Bay of Plenty)
Happy Little Peas - Judgement Day - Paige MacAskill (Ōtepoti / Dunedin)
Insomniac Studios - After Words - Ngamihi Lyndon (Kirikiriroa / Hamilton)
Kratos - 18 to Life - Paddy Butler (Tūranga-nui-a-Kiwa / Gisborne)
Pastafarian Productions - This Way Home - Hannah Taylor (Taranaki)
Rabid Auntie Jean - Going Solo - Aaron Jelley (Ōtautahi / Christchurch)
vida.vido... - And They Were Roommates - Virginia O'Connor (Tāmaki Makaurau / Auckland)
Best School
Cinnamon Cinemas - No Indemnity (St. Hilda's Collegiate School - Ōtepoti / Dunedin)
Other nominees:
Acedia Pictures - Sit Tight (Otumoetai College - Te Moana-a-Toi / Bay of Plenty)
Fredrick - The Swappening (King's College - Tāmaki Makaurau / Auckland)
Insomniac Studios - After Words (Hamilton Girls' High School - Kirikiriroa / Hamilton)
Jemimah - You'll Understand When You're Older (Ao Tawhiti - Ōtautahi / Christchurch)
Muse Crew - Carpe Diem (New Plymouth Girls High School - Taranaki)
Tarikākā Productions - Pie Face (Onslow College - Te Whanganui-a-Tara / Wellington)
Yorkshire Tea - Just you and me (Havelock North High School - Tūranga-nui-a-Kiwa / Gisborne)
Best Director
Mitchell's Here - Big Questions (Tāmaki Makaurau / Auckland) WATCH THE FILM
Other nominees:
Angle3 Pictures - Parked (Tāmaki Makaurau / Auckland)
Child Support - A Multitude of Ways to Leave your Lover (Te Whanganui-a-Tara / Wellington)
Daiso Run - Dubbed (Te Whanganui-a-Tara / Wellington)
Great Lake Film Society - Sacrifarce (Te Moana-a-Toi / Bay of Plenty)
Missing Pixels - Love You Stranger (Tāmaki Makaurau / Auckland)
Rabid Auntie Jean - Going Solo (Ōtautahi / Christchurch)
RS Productions - Oh Crap (Kirikiriroa / Hamilton)
Viva La Dirt League Comedy Award
Lipstick Boys - Mime Hunter (Te Whanganui-a-Tara / Wellington)
Other nominees:
Apple Fork - Red Flag (Tāmaki Makaurau / Auckland)
Child Support - A Multitude of Ways to Leave your Lover (Te Whanganui-a-Tara / Wellington)
Concerned and Confused - 300 Metres (Ōtepoti / Dunedin)
Herms Heroes - Cop Out (Ōtautahi / Christchurch)
Rabid Auntie Jean - Going Solo (Ōtautahi / Christchurch)
RS Productions - Oh Crap (Kirikiriroa / Hamilton)
vida.vido... - And They Were Roommates (Tāmaki Makaurau / Auckland)
Ant's Solo/Duo Award
A Small Blob Of Ice Cream - Ta Da (Ōtautahi / Christchurch) WATCH THE FILM
Other nominees:
Hello Stranger - Josie (Taranaki)
Pastafarian Productions - This Way Home (Taranaki)
Rattlesnake Productions - My Jealous Ghost (Ōtepoti / Dunedin)
Squint Eastwood - A Glimpse of Sin (Te Whanganui-a-Tara / Wellington)
Twotors - Vacancy (Te Whanganui-a-Tara / Wellington)
Dame Gaylene Preston and Wift Best Female / Gender Diverse Director
Angle3 Pictures - Parked - Léah McVeagh (Tāmaki Makaurau / Auckland)
Other nominees:
Child Support - A Multitude of Ways to Leave your Lover - Stella Reid & Laura Robinson (Te Whanganui-a-Tara / Wellington)
Eddie Page Productions - Yeaagghewahh (Love Ya Face) - Melissa Mae (Te Moana-a-Toi / Bay of Plenty)
Fix it in Production - OINK - Sophie Black (Tāmaki Makaurau / Auckland)
Underwater Dreams - If You See Them - Kathleen Winter (Te Whanganui-a-Tara / Wellington)
Screen Qweens - Out Loud - Grae Meek (Ōtautahi / Christchurch)
Under-Funded Thunder Films - Instant Cinematic Classic - Bailey Gardner (Ōtepoti / Dunedin)
vida.vido... - And They Were Roommates - Lucy Caccioppoli & Keely Meechan (Tāmaki Makaurau / Auckland)
OPPO48 Award
Blood and Bone - Everyone is busy all at once (Ōtautahi / Christchurch)
Other nominees:
Dystography Studios - Prick (Ōtautahi / Christchurch)
HSFilms - Paradise Lost (Tūranga-nui-a-Kiwa / Gisborne)
Permanently Confused - TUMF (Tāmaki Makaurau / Auckland)
Rattlesnake Productions - My Jealous Ghost (Ōtepoti / Dunedin)
Waikato Wildaval - No Woman No Child No Cry (Kirikiriroa / Hamilton)