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I hearby announce the first ever Voovees.com Twilight 48Hour Parody Competition begins!
Over the next 48 hours, all the parodies that you, the registered user, make of the Twilight Parody vol.1 and vol.2, will be eligible for prizes!
The single parody, out of all the parodies made from both scenes, with the highest view count, will get [...]

We got a nice surprise in the mail today, from the United Ancient Order of Filmheads (aka 48Hours film organisers).
We won Best Animation for “Bite Sized Love” (see it in our earlier post) for the 48Hours Furious Filmmaking Challenge (I suspect it’s the regional award), so if you’re in New Zealand you might be able [...]

Hi guys, just want to touch base with everyone about what’s going on in the small and crammed but ultimately warm and fuzzy office of ours.
Even though 48Hours’ results have been announced, I got an email yesterday from Steve the Christchurch’s 48 manager, that our team have won the best animation category in Christchurch, and [...]

Now that the results for the regional finals are out, we found out that our ‘Bite Sized Love’ wasn’t in it… Oh well, I think being a team of non-filmy people, we’ve done great already.
Not being in the regional finals means we can show our short right now, so without further adu, here’s ‘Bite Sized [...]

This year’s fantastic 48Hours | Furious Filmmaking ’s filming weekend is now over, which took place from 7pm 16th of May, to 7pm 18th of May. We had heaps of fun, especially this being the first year that we’re entering this event.

Launch night, the Christchurch manager, Steve Austin, making an announcement.
Every film must include 3 [...]

Tried my best to get enough sleep last night, coz who knows when my next one is going to come…
Having seen the event many time during my university years, I’ve always wanted to get involved somehow… Just seems like the totally random event that I would be interested in.
Well, the chance is here, and we [...]