Two Brothers – For fourteen years 48HOURS has officially been NZ’s largest Guerrilla filmmaking competition! There is nothing quite like it.
Simply put, filmmaking teams have just one weekend to make a short film.
Filmmakers don’t know what genre (thriller/romance etc.) they will be shooting until the start of the competition. All creativity: writing, shooting, editing and adding a musical soundtrack, must occur within the 48 hour window beginning Friday evening at 7pm and ending Sunday at 7pm. To add to the mayhem, they must also include some random elements.
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.
In previous years they have included lines of dialogue, props, characters and special camera moves. In 2016 – who knows? A few days later, the completed films are all screened in heats to an eager audience. The best films are selected by judges to compete in the City finals. Then the Judges select the best of the best and along with Peter Jackson’s Wildcards, compete in a massive Grand Final offering fabulous prizes and glory.
HP 48HOURS is a serious challenge for both first time filmmakers through to experienced directors.