Bread-Stealing Revenge Musical Wins 48Hours 2015 Grand Nation Final

Rialto Channel 48HOURS is now a teenager in its 13th year. The national filmmaking competition winners were announced at the 2015 Grand National Final hosted on Saturday evening (4^TH July) in Auckland.

Rialto Channel 48HOURS kicked off on MAY 1 when close to 700 teams from around New Zealand wrote, shot, edited and delivered their short films in just 48 hours.

The competition, NZ’s biggest filmmaking comp, hands out awards and prizes from a prize pool valued at over $60,000. This year three lucky teams from Wellington and Auckland were picked by Sir Peter Jackson as his 2015 Wildcard entries. Those films had direct nomination for best film in the Grand National Final.

But in the end, there could only be one…

The 2015 Grand National Champion is Team CHESS CLUB, with their short “BREAD WINNER”

This is the first time CHESS CLUB have been crowned Grand National Champ after entering Rialto Channel 48HOURS in a number of previous years. Their film Bread Winner also won Best Script.

“We’re incredibly proud to be winners of this awesome competition amongst the country’s best unsung film-making talent.” – Barnaby Fredric, TEAM CHESS CLUB

The Runner Up award went to team KING GAINS BURY & BICHES for “TIDE” who also took out Best Actress & Best Cinematography.

Team COUCH KUMARAS with their film “LOYAL” took out Runner Runner Up (third place), Best Actor & Best Editing.

All 14 finalists’ short films were screened at the Grand National Final at the Civic Theatre, Auckland as part of the award ceremony where awards in 18 categories were announced. You can see all of those films in the 48Hours Screening Room.

Below is the complete list of winners: