V48HOURS 2012 Finalists Announced

After another creatively chaotic weekend of filmmaking across the nation, a crop of excellent shorts have been filtered by some pretty exhausted judges who bravely watched all the entries. Trust us; it's a job you should not envy.

Here are the finalists for this year's V48HOURS.

Auckland

ADHDMi - Brothers - Fantasy Adventure
Battlesoup - Briefcase of Pain - Crime
Brothers in Crime - BBS - Erotic Superhero
Crankleskank - Future Snake - Found Footage
Del Sur - Glow - Inspirational
DERP - Open, closed doors - One Shot 
Downlow Concept - Seed - End of World
Dream Coloured Lights - Apple Bobbing - Crime
Goodfellas - Daylight Robbery - One Shot 
HaynesFilm Ow - Blackout - Found Footage
IdiotVision - Love Story Sessions - Romantic Comedy
Lense Flare - The Girl With The Clover Tattoo - One Shot 
Mukpuddy - Love In Decay - Romantic Comedy
Scratch Negatives - 12 - End of World
Sinistral - Go Fish - Urban Legend
Voltron & Holograms - Wiz-nap - Found Footage

Hamilton

23 films - Home - One Shot 
Cheeky Kiwis - Self-Contained Flat - Horror
Cut & Paste - Headcase - Horror
DF10 - Rounds - Action
Ground Swell- Whiff Takers - Romantic Comedy  
One Whare - Love 'n' loathing in Suburbia - One Shot 
Reel Good People - Monochromacy - Inspirational
Rubbersoul - There for Me - Musical
Tanked Engine - Winds of Change - Urban Legend
Tuff Collective - Dead Lucky - Musical
White Knuckles - Cover to Cover - Fantasy Adventure
Zarquons Fish - Detention - Horror

Christchurch

The Dutch Underground - Sockerpunch - One Shot
The Eh Team - Day 6 - Horror
The Gentlemen's Agreement - The Wham! Initiative - Found Footage
LHSTD - Mother Knows Best - One Shot
Oldschool Cinema - Supernova - End of World
Oozy Rat In a Sanitary Zoo - There's Something Rotten In the School of Redmark - Urban Legend
The Outwits - Hannah Repus - One Shot
Picton Pictures - An Inconvenient Hoof - End of World
Squint Eastwood - Lionel Fantasy VII - Fantasy Adventure
Strang Entertainment - True - Inspirational
TBALC - Nicky + Eve 19/5 - One Shot
Zebra Crossing Inc. - Fukushu (Revenge) - Fantasy Adventure

A big congrats to all the well-deserved finalists. You should get yourselves an ice cream.