V48HOURS Grand Finalists + Sir Peter Jackson's Wildcards Announced

This year's V48Hours grand finalists have been selected, filtering down NZ's furious filmmaking talent even further. The finalists will be judge by a darn-fine panel of judges, including Larry Karazewski (screenwriter of Ed Wood), Scott Foundas (film critic for Variety), Nathan Rabin (the A.V. Club and The Onion) and Frodo himself, Elijah Wood.

Here are the nominees:

The Girl With The Clover Tattoo by team Lense Flare (One shot)
An Inconvenient Hoof by team Picton Pictures (End of the world)
Brains? by team Noise and Picture (Horror)
Dead Lucky by team Tuff Collective (Musical)
Seed by team thedownlowconcept (End of the world)
Kids These Days by team Gin Joints (Crime)
Brothers by team ADHDMi (Fantasy adventure)
Briefcase of Pain by team Battlesoup (Crime) 
Glow by team Del Sur (Inspirational)
Wiz-nap by team Voltron & Holograms (Found footage)

And here are Sir Peter Jackson's wildcard entries:

Daylight Robbery by team Goodfellas (One shot/crime)
Love In Decay by team Mukpuddy (Romantic comedy)
Hannah Repus by team The Outwits (One shot)

The Grand National Finals will screen at Auckland's Civic Theatre on Saturday June 30. Get your tickets here (they sell-out faster than PCP pancakes).