5 July 07 Congratulations to 'Team Lease Flare' for their short film that won the NZ 48 Hours Film Competition!

Over 500 short films were created by over 8000 people for this years 'V' 48HOURS - Furious Filmmaking Challenge and the winners have finally been announced. The finalists were recently shown on C4 Television and the winner was decided by a national judging panel and home viewer text votes. The winner was a Peter Jackson wildcard choice!

2007 GRAND NATIONAL WINNER: "Lease" by Team Lense Flare - Musical. Team Lense Flare did a wonderful reindition of a modern musical, mixing Rave, Hip Hop, Emo, Metal and folk into a hilarious six and a half minute one off masterpiece.

Team Lense Flare win a massive prize package worth over $35,000, $5,500 Cash Grant Courtesy Of Wingnut Films, $3,500 Cash Grant Courtesy of NZFC, $5,000 In services Courtesy of Park Road Post, $5,000 In services Courtesy of Images Sound, $12,000 Value Courtesy of Rocket Rentals (5 Days Hire Sony F900R Cine Alta Digital Cinema Kit), The Entire Loop catalogue (40+ CDs and DVDs), plus The Stella Artois Scholarship worth $4000 cash.

Check out more on the competition here.