After intense regional heats all around the country, the HP48HOURS Grand National Final on November 25 at the Civic will reveal which short filmmaking teams take out awards and just who will walk away with the glory of being crowned Grand Champion of HP48HOURS 2016. There is a metric buttload of prizes that will be of great value to the careers and dreams of the winners.
Where: The Civic, Auckland
When: Friday night, 25th of November
How: Buy tickets here
Why: Because it’ll be awesome
The HP48HOURS national guerilla filmmaking competition challenges teams to write, shoot, edit and score a film of up to five minutes duration over a single 48-hour period. This year the competition received 550 entries in seven regions, backed for the first time this year by HP, a company known as the real power behind the film industry.
The films were made over the weekend of September 16-18, with participants ranging from high school teams to experienced filmmakers, actors and comedians. And groups of mates getting together to get creative with a camera.
Past winners have included Taika Waititi (Hunt for the Wilderpeople), TheDownLowConcept (7Days), and Gerard Johnstone (Housebound).
Every year, Sir Peter Jackson, the long-standing patron of the event, chooses his slate of “wildcard” finalists. He has noted the ability of the competition to uncover passionate and skilled new filmmakers.
Competition Organiser since 2003, Ant Timpson, says, “This year’s international judges were impressed by the standard of the finalists and the way the competition unearths and encourages the next storytellers of New Zealand”.
This year’s Grand Finalists include two teams (Viva La Dirt League and Haynesfilm) who have also just been granted Skip Ahead funding from NZOnAir – “NZ On Air and YouTube have established this co-funding initiative to enable successful YouTubers to make the leap to creating narrative-driven webseries content.”
Past and present 48Hours films are available to view here.
HP48Hours 2016 Grand National Finalists
SIR PETER JACKSON’S WILDCARDS
(Time) Travel Centre – Chillybox – Time Travel Movie
Dazza and Bazza: Kiwi Dad Detectives – Squint Eastwood – Mystery Movie
Text Back – Chess Club – Rom-Com Movie
The Painter – Traces of Nut – Horror Move
HP48HOURS GRAND NATIONAL FINALISTS
A Bro’s Life – Rubber Soul Production – Bro or Bechdel Movie
A Disabled Account – NZBS Pig’s Guts Films – Mistaken Identity Movie
Bromancing The Stone – Team Indeed – Bro or Bechdel Movie
Charity Run – Viva La Dirt League – Lovers on the Run Movie
Charlie Loves Me Most – Rambunctious Gumption – One-Location Movie
Down to the Wire – TBALC Alpha – Bro or Bechdel Movie
Finest Creation – Angle3 Pictures – Puppet Movie
Ghostfish: Catfished By A Ghost – Prime Rib – Horror Movie
LOVE.EXE – Bork! – Rom-Com Movie
Mahnamana – Haynesfilm Bunch – Puppet Movie
Roller – PickleThugs – Comedy of Errors Movie
Suede – Couch Kumaras – Mystery Movie
The Thread – Big Picture Minor Deets – Horror Movie
Wellingtopia – Lovely Bongo Drums – Dystopian Movie
