Furious Filmmaking Auckland Winners Announced

48hours - Furious Filmmaking Auckland Winners Announced

June 21st, 2004

Last night more than 2000 appreciative members of the public turned up to celebrate furious filmmaking. The finalists were twelve of the 71 eligible films that were handed in only last Sunday. Over 2300 people took part in this years 48HOURS - during the weekend of June 11-13, they all took to the streets/ hills to shoot short film. The results have been most impressive.

The forum on the website http://p208.ezboard.com/fincrediblefilmfestfrm1 has over 30,000 visits in two weeks. Teams helped each other out pre-comp and are now giving feedback.

The winners from Auckland and Wellington will also be online soon at the all new http://www.nzshortfilm.com website.

The best of both cities will be screened on C4 in a few weeks. A one hour documentary on the making-of the 48HOURS experience was commissioned fand will also be screening on C4.

The Auckland Finalists screened on the huge Civic screen to a very enthusiastic crowd.

Congrats to all the winners. AUCKLAND WINNER Team:: CLASSIC Title:: Jessie McCloud: The Journey Genre:: RELIGIOUS/ EDUCATIONAL/ FAMILY FARE

TEAM:: CLASSIC Grand Prize Winner Return Airfare to Los Angeles compliments of Voyage Affairs and Qantas A GX30 Mobile Video Phone Courtesy of Vodafone Nokia 3200 Mobile Phone Courtesy of Vodafone An eMac 17" CRT SuperDrive w/ Editing Software Courtesy of The Apple Computer Division of Renaissance. $1,000 Spending Cash courtesy of V Energy Drink $2,500 Financial Support courtesy of NZ Film Commission Short Film Masterclass presented by NZ Film Commission, Fulbright New Zealand, Montana Wines, The British Council New Zealand 3 Cases of V Energy Drink

FIRST RUNNER UP Team:: SECRET SQUIRREL Title:: Burns and McCloud Genre::BUDDY FLICK Runner-Up (for each city)

FIRST RUNNER UP PRIZES

$500 Spending Cash courtesy of V Energy Drink

GX30 Mobile Phone Courtesy of Vodafone Final Draft Scriptwriting Software courtesy of Writers Guild of NZ Short Film Masterclass presented by NZ Film Commission, Fulbright New Zealand, Montana Wines, The British Council New Zealand 2 cases of V Energy Drink

2nd RUNNER UP Team:: FELINE FILMS Title:: Cool A Rama Genre:: MUSICAL Second Runner-Up (for each city)

2nd RUNNER UP PRIZES Nokia 3200 Mobile Phone Courtesy of Vodafone Short Film Masterclass presented by NZ Film Commission, Fulbright New Zealand, Montana Wines, The British Council New Zealand A case of V Energy Drink

BEST USE OF PROP Team:: Touch Up Productions Title:: A Road to Romance Genre:: Soap Opera BEST USE OF LINE Team:: Bung Monks Title:: Copy Genre: Horror BEST USE OF CHARACTER Team:: DG Productions Title:: Shaken Genre:: Action/Adventure Audience Fave Heat One Team:: Blue Velvet Title:: Flights of Destiny Genre:: Soap Opera Audience Fave Heat Two Team:: Classic Title:: Jessie McCloud: The Journey Genre:: Educational/ Religious Audience Fave Heat Three Team:: Feline Films Title:: Cool - A - Rama Genre:: Musical

Audience Fave Heat Four Team:: JFKFC Title:: Truth Be Told: The Steven J Patrick Story Genre:: Mockumentary Audience Fave Heat Five Team:: Madness Title:: The Making Of Genre:: Mockumentary Audience Fave Heat Six Team:: Secret Squirrel Title:: Burns and McCloud Genre:: Buddy Flick Audience Fave Heat Seven Team:: Madness Title:: Bloody Good Mates Genre:: Buddy Flick Audience Fave Heat Eight Team:: Yeah Yeah Nah Title:: Aqua Blacks Genre:: Horror

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