48 Hours – Offi­cially NZ’s largest film com­pet­i­tion.
48 Hours of Furious Film-making
Hun­dreds of teams of film-makers kick off tonight all around the coun­try & fin­ish on Sunday night.

Dami­an Christie sug­gests “if you’re approached by a bedraggled film crew (the chances are high, there’s a couple of hun­dred teams around the coun­try), be nice to them, do what they want, and offer them a cuppa if you can.”

To increase your chances, maybe hang around the Para­mount Theatre in Cour­tenay Place, from about 6pm tonight, look­ing pho­to­gen­ic.

Fail­ing that, be pre­pared dur­ing the rest of the week­end for whatever may hap­pen…

And fail­ing that even (you must be ugly & untal­en­ted), tick­ets for the heats (screen­ing between May 19 & 24) go on sale from May 16th, and tick­ets for the City finals (May 29 at the Para­mount) are on sale now.

The Grand Final is live on C4, 8pm Sunday June 12 (which coin­cid­ent­ally, is also Rose Prun­ing Day at the Botan­ic Gar­dens – more on that later).

So see you on the big screen?