Mammoth Competition Finally Comes Down to One Night

MAMMOTH COMPETITION FINALLY COMES DOWN TO ONE NIGHT AND ONE CHAMPION

The V48HOURS is Oceania's largest filmmaking event. Over ten thousand film-loving maniacs participated this year, creating nearly eight hundred short films that were shown in cinemas around the country.

This saturday night all the blood, sweat, joy, cursing, hysteria and tears has finally paid off for all the films nominated in the Grand Final (full list here), as the various winners are announced at Auckland's Mighty Civic Theatre in the first ever Live Grand Final.

Tickets for this momentous event are available from this link here

The 2011 V48HOURS GRAND NATIONAL FINALISTS IN THE RUNNING TO BE CROWNED GRAND NATIONAL CHAMP ARE...
• MUKPUDDY - "Meanie Pants" - QUEST MOVIE
• SHONKY PRODUCTIONS - "48 Hours" - MYSTERY MOVIE
• THE OUTWITS - "Grindin'" - MUSICAL/DANCE MOVIE
• GRAND CHEVAL - "The Child Jumpers" - FAD MOVIE
• IDIOTVISION - "Headshot" - ONE-ROOM MOVIE
• COUCH KUMARAS - "Sketch" - ROAD MOVIE
• MO APPRECIATION COLLECTIVE - "Circus Animals" - ONE-ROOM MOVIE
• CINEMA IN DECLINE - "Tea Jerker" - CRIME MOVIE
• LENSE FLARE - "Copy That" - ROAD MOVIE MOVIE
• CLINKY - "Roborevenge" - REVENGE MOVIE
• RUBBER SOUL PRODUCTIONS - "Well Strung" - MUSICAL / DANCE
• $195 WORTH - "Urban Etikit" - FAD MOVIE
• SUSPECT TV - "Naughty Man" - HORROR MOVIE

The Best of the Fest TV Series is screening on U (Freeview channel 6 & Sky channel 016) every night from Sunday July 3rd at 10pm. You can find full details here.

With major support from The New Zealand Film Commission and significant industry partners such as TVNZ U, Panasonic, Rialto Channel, Wingnut Films, Images And Sound, Flicks,Envy Studios, Niche Cameras, Park Road Post and Unitec, Media Design School, V48HOURS is now a recognised major contributor to the New Zealand film scene.

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