Kia ora and welcome to the final edition of our Screening Room for 2013! We have a Christmas treat in store for you this month – three in fact. It’s been a great year of celebrating all kinds of short films, from the witty and whimsical to the poignant and. . . Read more ›
The 2013 Rush Munro’s Best Film award went to Matt Heath, Anna Geddes, Cass Donaldson and Joe Lonie for Honk If You’re Horny. This film is now eligible to enter the 2015 Academy Awards®. In making the award, judges Kirstin Marcon, Frances Morton and Matt Noonan said: Honk If. . . Read more ›
Competing for the coveted Rush Munro’s Best Film Award are: Nic Gorman and Paul Glubb, Here Be Monsters; Thomas Gleeson, Home; Tanya Haitoua-Cathro, Morepork; and Matt Heath, Anna Geddes, Cass Donaldson and Joe Lonie, Honk If You’re Horny. The winners will be announced at the Rialto Channel Opening Night &. . . Read more ›
I’m Francesca Rudkin, film reviewer for the NZ Herald, and blogger and presenter for Rialto Channel on SKY TV. I’ve been asked to discuss three short films based around a chosen theme, which, as it turns out, is simply that I admire these films and their directors. Short film is. . . Read more ›
We received our largest number of entries ever this year, coming in from over 50 countries. We’ve also launched several new award categories. See a full list of our prizes here There are 40 shorts in the programme this year, divided into six sessions. “The team and I watched over. . . Read more ›
