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75,000 REASONS TO WIN

Press Release
1/5//07
'V' 48HOURS - FURIOUS FILMMAKING

The 'V' 48HOURS - Furious Filmmaking is the Southern Hemisphere's largest filmmaking challenge. This year over six thousand movie maniacs will participate in creating a short film in just one weekend. The shoot Weekend is on May 18-20 and registration finishes soon.

Shorts screen in theatres around the country with the winners from each city finally competing against Peter Jackson's Wildcard picks on Live Television (C4).

This year teams will randomly draw new genres like 'Grindhouse' and 'Unnecessary Sequels' alongside old favourites like 'Musical or Superhero'. All for a chance to snare the prize pool worth over $75,000 thanks to our very generous and phenomenal sponsors.

So just who will be crowned the 'V' 48HOURS Grand National Winner for 2007?

2007 PRIZES

Grand National Winner
The Limited Edition Trophy The Apee
$5500 Cash Grant Courtesy Of Wingnut Films
$3500 Cash Grant Courtesy of NZFC
$5000 In services Courtesy of Park Road Post
$5000 In services Courtesy of Images Sound
$12,000 Value Courtesy of Rocket Rentals (5 Days Hire Sony F900R Cine Alta Digital Cinema Kit)
The Entire Loop catalogue (40+ CD's and DVD's)

Stella Artois Scholarship
The Grand National Winner will also celebrate their triumph with a scholarship: a substantial $4000 grant towards their choice of recognised filmmaking course courtesy of Stella Artois.

National Runner Up
The Limited Edition Trophy The Apee
$3000 Cash Grant Courtesy of Wingnut Films
$1500 Cash Grant Courtesy of NZFC
$8000 Value Courtesy of Rocket Rentals 5 Days Hire on a Panasonic Varicam Digital Cinema Kit
The Loop Select series (5 editions)

Best Cinematography National
The National Winner will receive the stunning AG-HVX202. This P2
High-Def camera can take you anywhere from DV shooter to Indie Film
maker. It is truly the Leatherman of cameras, shooting in just about
every mode and style known to man. It also features the Varicam style
variable frame rates and of course the Cine Gamma style.

V Most Manic Performance
$1000 Cash Grant
For the most intense, crazy performance from the competition courtesy of 'V'

The Instant Kiwi Prize Most Thrilling Moment
$2000 Cash Towards a Thrilling Experience
For the winner whose short has the most thrilling moment.

Best Damn National Teen Team Award
$1000 Cash Grant for Best Under 17yr Team

City Winners
$500 Cash Grant Courtesy of NZFC
5 x 48HOURS DVDs
10 Boxes of MiniDV Courtesy of Panasonic
Loop Select 008 (DVD, CD and Book

City Runner Ups
$250 Cash Grant Courtesy of Wingnut Films
3 x 48HOURS DVDs
10 Boxes of MiniDV Courtesy of Panasonic
Loop Select 008 (DVD, CD and Book)

Regional Cinematography Winners
A Panasonic AG-DVX102BEN DV camera.
This camera is so famous it needs no introduction, but suffice
it to say it was used by the winner of Best Cinematography at the
Sundance Film Festival and on the Academy Award nominated films
Murderball and Iraq in Fragments. It features 25p Progressive Shooting
and Panasonic's cool Cine Gamma circuitry for film style shooting.

Registration, for this year has opened and already cities are filling up in a fury. Do not miss out. Register immediately to avoid disappointment.

Hundreds of teams compete.
Hundreds of thousands watch.
But there can be only one winner.

Jump to the site and register your team asap or you may miss out.
48HOURS

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Publicity : Rebecca Wadey
rebeccawadey@yahoo.co.nz

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