Heading towards the pointy end of its activities is this year’s edition of the Vista 48Hours competition.
Across the motu 570 teams registered for the competition this year, delivering 499 eligible films out of the mid-May shoot weekend. 162 School teams and 86 Tertiary Teams took part, with 30 individual or two-person teams taking part.
The heats are done and the city finals are ongoing, with contenders emerging for spots at the Grand Finals.
We’re lucky enough to be able to get along to the Auckland City Finals this weekend, and looking forward to seeing who comes away with bragging rights.
City Manager Alix Whittaker and Angela Cudd, Awa Puna, Chris Parker, Courtney Mayhew, Elz Carrad, Esau Allemore, Ginny Loane, Grant Major, John Gilbert, and Michelle Ang were the Auckland judges.
The 15 films in the running in Auckland are
Act of Service – Hardly Working
Beware the Kraken – Sports Team
But Wait – There’s More! – four oh four
Chef’s Kiss – Permanently Confused
Daughter of Ganymede – Spanko
Dead of the Day – The Good Bits
Kids Will Be Kids – last place
Man Hand – Glowtime
Monster State – Sad Jackie
Safe Streets No Crime – Sealami
Screw The Pooch – Horny Owls
Tender – chips cheese cats etc
Thicker Than Water – Jovial Entertainment
The secret life of a sloth – Awkward Animations
Truth Lies Beneath – Angle3 Pictures
Tickets for Auckland and the other remaining City Finals events are available here. Still to come are the finals in Dunedin (Monday 1 July) and Wellington (Friday 5 July).
On Saturday 27 July, the Grand Finals will run in Wellington for the first time.
