Rialto Channel 48HOURS is now a teenager in its 13th year. The national filmmaking competition winners were announced at the 2015 Grand National Final hosted on Saturday evening (4TH July) in Auckland.
Rialto Channel 48HOURS kicked off on MAY 1 when close to 700 teams from around New Zealand wrote, shot, edited and delivered their short films in just 48 hours.
The competition, NZ’s biggest filmmaking comp, hands out awards and prizes from a prize pool valued at over $60,000. This year three lucky teams from Wellington and Auckland were picked by Sir Peter Jackson as his 2015 Wildcard entries. Those films had direct nomination for best film in the Grand National Final.
But in the end, there could only be one…
The 2015 Grand National Champion is Team CHESS CLUB, with their short “BREAD WINNER”
This is the first time CHESS CLUB have been crowned Grand National Champ after entering Rialto Channel 48HOURS in a number of previous years. Their film Bread Winner also won Best Script.
“We’re incredibly proud to be winners of this awesome competition amongst the country’s best unsung film-making talent.” – Barnaby Fredric, TEAM CHESS CLUB
The Runner Up award went to team KING GAINS BURY & BICHES for “TIDE” who also took out Best Actress & Best Cinematography.
Team COUCH KUMARAS with their film “LOYAL” took out Runner Runner Up (third place), Best Actor & Best Editing.
All 14 finalists’ short films were screened at the Grand National Final at the Civic Theatre, Auckland as part of the award ceremony where awards in 18 categories were announced. You can see all of those films in the 48Hours Screening Room.
Below is the complete list of winners:
Grand National Champion
CHESS CLUB – Bread Winner
Musical
Runner Up
KING GAINS BURY & BICHES – Tide
Buddy Movie
Runner Runner Up
COUCH KUMARAS – Loyal
Buddy Movie
RIALTO CHANNEL Rising Talent
WOOF BLOODY WOOF – Survivor’s Guilt
V Best Actress
Amanda Billing – Tide
V Best Actor
Conor Cameron – Loyal
Canon Best Cinematography
Roko Antonio Babich – Tide
LETTERBOXD Best Director
Benjamin Brooking & Anna Duckworth – Hard to Read
Best School Team
BETTER THAN MIKE – Spuddies
Best Script
Barnaby Fredric, James Kupa, Paul Harrop, Sam Bunkall, Tom Cottle – Bread Winners
Best Original SONG
Paul Williams – Hard to Read
Best Original SCORE
Tane Upjohn-Beatson – Sound Sleep
Best Animation
I LOVE LOOPS – Meatloaf
Best Editing
Finn O’Connor – Loyal
Best Use of the Prop
PIE PRODUCTIONS – Voodough
Best Use of the Line
DYSTROGRAPHY STUDIOS – Positive
Best Use of the Character
TBALC – The Silent Man
Best Incredibly Strange
INAPPROPRIATE PICTURES – The Wrong Man
