Congratulations to the winners of the 2020 SAE People’s Choice Award: Jake Mokomoko and Claire Varley for ‘Hāngī Pants’.
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Do you have robust governance experience? Show Me Shorts is seeking to appoint a new Treasurer to our Trust Board.
Show Me Shorts Screenwriting Lab is a hothouse mentoring scheme for screenwriters and aspiring screenwriters to workshop new ideas for short film. Apply by 30 November.
Audience members can vote for their favourite short film to win the SAE People’s Choice award by completing this short survey.
We are honoured and excited to share more rainbow community stories than ever before, with twelve of the 78 films in our programme holding LGBTQI+ connections.
Congratulations to the winners of the 2020 Show Me Shorts awards! Eight awards were given out to the creators behind six short films.
We are delighted to announce the nominees for the 2020 awards at Show Me Shorts Film Festival. Winners will be announced at the Awards Night – 4 October at Rialto Cinemas Newmarket.
Show Me Shorts goes hybrid for 2020. New Zealand’s largest international short film festival will open in cinemas across Aotearoa – and online – from 2 October.
Tēnā koutou katoa. A very warm welcome to Show Me Shorts 2020 from our Festival Director.
Join us for an evening of Indonesian short films full of family, friendship, frights, love, and contemplation of the big questions in life. Available to watch online from 18-20 August.
Join us for an evening of award winning short films. Watch the nominees for Best Animation and Best Live Action categories at the Oscars. 7pm Tuesday 14 July at The Kingslander in Auckland. 7pm Wednesday 15 July at The Third Eye in Wellington. Book now.
Join us for an evening of Italian short films full of animation, astronauts, family, religion and laughter. In Auckland 23 June. Online 25-27 June. Tickets now on sale.
Come work with us. Want to get work experience at New Zealand’s leading international short film festival? Hone your administration skills; learn about film distribution and exhibition; be part of a passionate team that creates vital screen industry events. Applications close 19 June.
The Covid-19 pandemic has decimated screen production internationally. Now filmmaking is resuming in New Zealand with tight restrictions to keep us safe. What does this mean for your upcoming short film shoot? We explain.
Many top animators have been busy during lock-down. Creating short films that allow us to reflect on and poke gentle fun at our anxiety, escalating desire to escape, and strange urge to hoard toilet paper. Enjoy them here.
