Kirikiriroa / Hamilton
City Managers
Your Kirikiriroa / Hamilton City Manager is Sam Elton-Walters.
Sam Elton Walters
Sam has helped out in a variety of film projects in the Waikato and is often found behind the scenes wrangling cables, lifting heavy things or figuring out how to do something practically.
He's recently taken up the role of festival co-ordinator with the Misty Flicks Film Festival.
He loves getting people excited about their projects and seeing what people create no matter their skill level. He's been involved in 48 hour teams in the past and understands the fun of furious filmmaking.
When he's not involved in filmmaking he can be found creating giant pumpkin content or sorting out a weekly podcast.
Contacts
Your main point of contact for the Kirikirikoa/Hamilton region is Sam.
Email Sam
Join the Hamilton 48Hours Facebook Group
Heats
All heats in 2024 will be screened online so teams can watch all entries.
Hamilton City Finals
Date / time - Thursday 13th June, 7pm
Venue - Event Cinema Chartwell, Westfield Chartwell, Corner Hukanui & Comries Rd.
Judges
Mike Potton
Mike Potton is a 48Hours frozen fossil dug up in a sarcophagus full of petrified MiniDV tapes. He was thawed and re-animated for 2021, shooting Traces of Nut's winning film Good Girl. In 2022 he shot runner up Child Support's A Multitude of Ways to Leave your Lover. Queer and Here, Kia Kids News and Country Calendar are some of his TV exploits shot before his inevitible return to a frozen tomb.