Lease

No amount of flash gear or money can guarantee a good story, and the varied panel of industry judges won't be fooled by bells and whistles.

– Lense Flare team member Jared Kahi on th 48Hours short film competition, The Sunday Star-Times, 30 April 2012

Character: Jerry Reid, a hypochondriac Prop: a rope Dialogue: "What do you call that?"

– Compulsory elements for the 2007 48Hours short film competition

Please excuse me, is the room still free? I'm excessively clean, I got a mowing machine, I need a place to plug in my Game Station three...

– The female applicant (Reb Fountain) makes her pitch to Matt and his flatmates

We entered the previous year with way too much confidence and completely bombed. This time our only goal was to have fun. We had no budget and some pretty lo-fi gear, but the V48 hour planets aligned. Musical is one of the most feared genres, but for a team of mostly musicians, we were stoked. We sat down with an idea and a guitar and Lease wrote itself. We were content at having our film shown at the Civic regionals so when it was chosen as a Peter Jackson's wildcard finalist, and went on to win, it took us completely by surprise.

– Lense Flare team member Jared Kahi on winning in 2007, The Sunday Star-Times, 30 April 2012

The market's on the rise, the rates have gone sky high, my accountant has advised, that I should subdivide, so the rent I have to raise, in 15 working days...

– Jerry the landlord (Matt Hancock) delivers the bad news to Matt ( Johnny Barker) and his flatmates

I was blown away by the musical Lease. At the time I was just a fledgling filmmaker and found it very intimidating to see what could be made in 48 hours. Hugely inspiring.

– Future 48Hours entrant Anna Duckworth on Lease, Flicks website, 21 May 2014