Here are the Grand Finalists for the Vista Foundation 48Hours!

Posted Tuesday 11 May 2021

Here are the Grand Finalists for the Vista Foundation 48Hours!

A big congratulations to all those who made it to the Grand Finals of this year's Vista Foundation 48Hours! We hope you've recovered from the filming weekend! WIFT NZ member Kathleen Winter's film Jebivetar will screen with 14 others on 22 May at the Grand Finals in Auckland. 

Click here to get your tickets to the Grand Finals, doors open 7pm, 22 May at Auckland's Civic Theatre. 

Check out the Grand Finals trailer to whet your appetite for the show.

We've listed the finalists below, team first followed by film name. Good luck everyone!

  • Apple Fork - A Matter Of Time
  • Awkward Animations - Unfinished Symphony
  • BAE24 - The Dying Art of Cat Burglary
  • Couch Kumara - Pre-Emptive Defence
  • Cyan Sea - Max - *WILDCARD
  • Disqualified Tim - We built and destroyed a full sized B17 bomber specifically and only for this competition. Also known as "Banana Boys"
  • Dystography Studios - The Last Lord of Scotland
  • Free Cinematic Luts - Shit Chat - *WILDCARD
  • Good Girl - Traces of Nut
  • I Love Loops - Loot & Blunder
  • Kinaki - Good as Gold
  • Mitchell's Here - Āta
  • Pastafarian Productions - Rekindled Spirits - *WILDCARD
  • Qualified Tim - We built and destroyed a full sized cardboard u-boat specifically and only for this competition. also known as “DAS BANANA-BOOT”
  • Snack To The Future - Judy
  • Tasteful Sideboob - Hydrangea
  • The Creamery - In Deep
  • Underwater Dreams - Jebivetar

The Grand Finals event is rated M, suitable for mature audiences 16-years of age and over.

Image from Good As Gold