The two Bay of Plenty heats for the Vista Foundation 48Hours film competition are being screened live online tonight, Tuesday, August 30.

The Bay of Plenty has 22 teams competing, with most coming from Tauranga, and they'd all love to have the public vote for their film.

The nationwide competition, now in its 20th year, has this year attracted 555 teams from around NZ, including about 130 schools.

More than 6000 shorts have been produced for 48Hours over the 20 years.

An enormous amount of people have had a lot of fun. Each year there's been equipment/rental facilities selling out, actors suddenly cancelling commercials, celebrity friends being abused, broken bones, relationships ending, moments of pure ecstasy, absolute exhaustion, extreme bonding, annoyed neighbours, production gear disappearing, cars stolen, meltdowns and the most immense fun.

Over 6000 short films have been made during the Vista Foundation 48Hours film competition over the last 20 years. Image: Supplied.

Each film this year is required to be no longer than five minutes. The films were made in 48 hours from 7pm Friday, August 12, to 7pm Sunday, August 14.

Each team is given their genre and required elements at 7pm on the Friday night, and from that have to write, film, edit and upload their finished film. Some teams even write and record original music for their film's soundtrack.

This year the 10 genres are the anniversary movie, comedy of errors, supernatural, impossible situation, the swap movie, multiverse, coming-of-age, musical or dance, crime, and pavlova western.

The required elements that have to be incorporated into each film are a sign, a whisper, a worm's eye view or bird's eye view shot, and a gate keeper.

There are thousands of dollars' worth of prizes up for grabs for teams as well as a solo/duo award. This year OPPO has partnered with the Vista Foundation 48Hours to bring the new OPPO48 Award to showcase mobile phone filmmaking in NZ, with an impressive top prize of $5,000.

The heats are being held in each region until September 10. The Bay of Plenty City finals will be held on Saturday September 17, and the national grand final event will be held in November.

To watch the two BOP heats live online at 6.30pm and 8.15pm tonight, Tuesday August 30 – and to vote for your favourite - visit www.48hours.co.nz/heats/2022-heats-schedule or go to Vista Foundation 48Hours channel on Youtube.

There will be only 15 minutes available at the end of each heat for the public to vote online for their favourite film from that heat.

To vote go to https://vote.48hours.co.nz, enter the access code shown at the end of the cinema screen for that heat, and vote for your favourite three films.

Bay of Plenty 48Hours Heat #1 Tuesday 30 August: 6.30pm - https://youtu.be/v16TaYGjFvA
(Family Friendly)

Teams - Films

Big Picture Minor Deets - Mind Over Molly
Frances Berkers - Studio
Furious Opportunists - Closet Cowboy
Garbage Goblins - In the Kitchen of the Crumbling Chef
Heights Media - Familiar steps
Its A Family Thing - One Wish
No Ideas - Meant To Be
Slay - Wait For Me
The Foreigners - Slay! (that guy over there)
Guavablue Productions - Flustern des Herzens

Bay of Plenty 48Hours Heat #2 Tuesday 30 August: 8.15pm - https://youtu.be/AMB1vkUnnjo

(Contains Adult Content - Low level violence and swearing)

Teams - Films

Acedia Pictures - Sit Tight
Boat People - Fried Chicken
Budget Boy Films - The Cure
Bumfuzzled Goblins - Framed
Freehand Films - il potere
Great Lake Film Society - Sacrifarce
Irelly Studios - Lilith
NUTTY MOSQUITOES - Dungeons&Narcissism
Pining for the fjords - isobeL
Seña Pictures - Ostiarius
Temporary Estate – Delivered

Eddie Page Productions – Yeaagghewahh (Love Ya Face)

To vote at the end of each heat go to https://vote.48hours.co.nz, enter the access code shown at the end of the cinema screen for that heat, and vote for your favourite three films.