Name: 48Hours Lockdown Edition: Cookie Jar
Uploaded: 2020-05-07T10:42:44+12:00
Duration: 2 min 50 s
Description: Cookie Jar is an exploration of the age-old question, who stole the cookie from the cookie jar? The jar stands empty and this dilemma threatens to tear a family apart. Let the interrogations commence.

A selection of films from 48Hours, New Zealand's famous guerrilla filmmaking competition. [2020–]

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Cookie Jar is an exploration of the age-old question, who stole the cookie from the cookie jar? The jar stands empty and this dilemma threatens to tear a family apart. Let the interrogations commence.

This film was made as part of VF48HOURS: LOCKDOWN. While the judging panel is deciding the winners, The Spinoff is showcasing seven films from the competition. We’re sharing one a day in the lead up to the one-hour awards special, airing on TVNZ2 Friday, May 8, at 9.10pm.

VF48HOURS: LOCKDOWN is made with the support of NZ On Air, New Zealand Film Commission and The Vista Foundation.

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Cookie Jar is an exploration of the age-old question, who stole the cookie from the cookie jar? The jar stands empty and this dilemma threatens to tear a family apart. Let the interrogations commence. 


48Hours Lockdown Edition: Cookie Jar

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Accused of stealing a customer’s wallet, the Trolley King must make a dash across town in his lunch break to return it to its owner and save his job – and his crown.  


VF48Hours 2021: Trolley King

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We’re sharing selections from this year’s Vista Foundation 48Hours in the lead-up to the national final on May 22. This week: Infinite Origin, a superhero film / super violent Saturday morning cartoon from Wellington team Truba. 


VF48Hours 2021: Infinite Origin

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A mysterious radio signal enters the orbit of a stranded space courier, providing him with the one thing he’s been desperately missing.  


VF48Hours 2021: Long Haul

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What starts out as a series of harmless pranks between flatmates takes a chilling psychological turn. 


VF48Hours 2021: Heist Latte

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An aspiring film-maker gets the opportunity to share her vision for a new movie – but then the studio decides to get involved. 


VF48Hours 2021: Pitches Be Crazy

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Nothing To See Here is a short comedy set in an imagined universe where people are invisible. Hamish is locked out of his flat, and it’s kind of Sue’s fault. Now, they must work together to break into Hamish’s house but can’t see eye to eye – literally! 


48Hours Lockdown Edition: Nothing to See Here

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Duck 3D: 2D Busta’s is a short film packed with absurdities and dimensional anomalies to tell the story of the Simperino family’s struggle with a ruthless disease. Fallen on hard times, the family of mafia dogs will do anything it takes to get money including kidnapping Johnny the dacker (duck-hacker). Will Johnny cave to their demands? 


48Hours Lockdown Edition: Duck 3D: 2D Busta’s

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It is a still and misty night in the North Atlantic Ocean. Berg and his buddies are chilling out, minding their own business, when a terrifying sound cuts through the icy night air. Ice Cold Killer sheds light on the other side of the story from that one fateful night in 1912. 


48Hours Lockdown Edition: Ice Cold Killer

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A family heirloom is broken, but who did the crime, and more importantly, who’s gonna do the time? It Was Sol follows two parents investigating which of their household broke the priceless object. 


48Hours Lockdown Edition: It Was Sol

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Containment follows a daughter’s relationship with her mother over an extended period of time, as she pays regular visits to a shipping container. 


48Hours Lockdown Edition: Containment

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A Necessary Death follows a woman who discovers that there’s been a death in her own home, and she’s not going to let it go uninvestigated. She digs deep to discover the truth behind who is responsible for it, and hold them accountable. It’s time to clean house. 


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48Hours Lockdown Edition: Cookie Jar

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