One of the fears I had when I made editing my fulltime job, rather than a hobby, was that I'd start to hate it and would never have the motivation to pursue my own projects. But about the same time 48HOURS started in New Zealand. Challenging entrants to write, shoot and edit a short film in 48 hours, it was just the 'holiday' I needed from day-to-day editing.

The intensity and focus of the event is enough that I can feel fairly satisfied in myself just doing it once a year. It's an event I can look forward to, and then fondly remember from most of the year and always provides new creative and technical challenges.

A team of friends, we have competed every year since it began, and are now counting down to our seventh outing. We've made regional finals 50% of the time, and even managed to win our region last year, but regardless we're always happy with what we turn out. So every year I can look forward to my 'me time' in pushing to create a quality short film in only 48 hours.