Sit Tight

The less said about this film the better as you are in for a treat if you go in knowing nothing about it.
The story unfolds perfectly. The cinematography was top notch. The ending sneaks up on you... Do yourself a favour... just watch it.

A rare gem in this competition! Well written story, great acting and solid camera work. Easily my favourite in the Bay! Well done.

Great cinematography and LOVED the ending. So good. Good work team!

Saw the nominations for the Bay Of Plenty and I was quite shocked.

This film deserved, with no doubt, far more nominations than it actually got. The cinematography was up there with some of the best this competition has ever produced yet it was not nominated… Additionally it was one of the very few non comedy scripts that had me hooked from the opening to the ending (which was brilliant).

Criminally underrated. I’m baffled.

Adding onto Suntan’s comment, it’s gutting that this film wasn’t nominated for its biggest strengths in cinematography story and directing. Skilfully paced, it builds up to a final twist that was perfectly executed.

Besides some other great films from this region that surprisingly didn’t make the finals, Sit Tight was one of the big disappointments in terms of nominations.
With that said, well done team for being nominated for Best School and Best Performer!

Amazing film!!! Although a little bit gutted that it was not nominated for the correct categories, not sure what the judges are on but the cinematography was exceptional and the actors were fantastic. Would also like to mention that the script writing was on point. Very confusing on why the judges did not correctly nominate these young fellas.

It’s unfortunate that films like this get underrated by judges and city managers when they are clearly (to all the other filmmakers) brilliant. This somehow happens every year! and especially in the regions… how it can be managed better? not sure. but team Acedia, as you can see from the comments you guys made a fantastic film, its a shame the comp didn’t support you better.

A lot of love for this film in the reviews. I'd agree that much of the camerawork is really well done and the edit is also well-paced. Most of the film looks really good. However, it is a very static shoot and perhaps judges were looking for a bit more variety there.

A major thing that does let this film down is the audio, which as mentioned above was down to a broken recorder. That may be the case but work could still have been done on better-balancing things and removing some noise. More criminal though are the two pieces of off-camera direction/comments that are clearly heard.

The acting is good but I would question the age-appropriateness of the casting. Are we really to believe that we have a trained and respected psychotherapist/psychologist here with a long list of clients? And the couple have been in a serious, very adult relationship for at least a year? It nearly works.

The story itself is fine, if not overally surprising by its end. I found the voice-over a bit distracting and there's really way too much talk, too much explaining and telling, rather than showing.

A strong effort from a school team though and plenty of skill on display. Just make stories about your age group if you can't find actors that fit the roles better. Well done on being a regional finalist!

Style and substance. A top notch film from a rad bunch of film-makers.

the improvement this bunch of film-makers have made in a short period of time is impressive. There's no knowing how far these guys will go in film-making.

I wouldn't go as far as saying they were robbed from awards etc as many have said, as art is always a subjective endeavour, awards and nominations aren't what we should be striving for. But what i will say is that the film this team made was something to be stoked about!!