\'V\' 48 Hours Furious Filmmaking 2008Reg­is­tra­tion for this year’s ‘V’ 48 Hours Furi­ous Film­mak­ing com­pe­ti­tion clos­es in only 8 days and organ­is­ers are once again look­ing (some­what appre­hen­sive­ly) at a record-break­ing num­ber of entries. 2007 saw more than 120 teams take part in the Welling­ton region alone, and this year extra capac­i­ty has been made avail­able so no one will get turned away.

There are over $100,000 of prizes up for grabs includ­ing a spe­cial Welling­ton-only prize for Best Film Writ­ten or Direct­ed by a Woman, donat­ed by WIFT (thanks to the efforts of the won­der­ful Gay­lene Pre­ston). While the attrac­tions of cam­era-gear, facil­i­ties vouch­ers, trav­el, movie tick­ets and guarana-infused fizzy drinks are obvi­ous, most teams enter for the sheer joy of film­mak­ing and return again and again.

Teams will shoot their films on the week­end of 16–18 May and the Heat screen­ings (this year free of charge) take place at the Para­mount from 20 May. The Welling­ton Grand Final will be at The Embassy, once again, on Wednes­day 11 June.