Be there to watch as the winners of the Show Me Shorts Awards are announced, prizes presented and the winning films played.Click through to find out more.
Show Me Shorts launches our Christchurch season with a specially curated selection of Christchurch-centric films, world premieres and a few special treats. Meet local filmmakers and hear from the festival team as they introduce the night. The programme screens twice with a drinks reception in between. Click through to find out more.
Celebrate local winners and watch all the award-winning films at the opening of the Wellington season. This event brings together short film makers and short film enthusiasts to toast our community’s best and brightest. Click through to find out more.
Interested in learning more about short film making? Join us for the Short Film Talks during the festival. These two-hour sessions bring top short film makers together to each screen one of their works and discuss the joys and challenges of making that short film. Click through to find out more.
A special online panel event with programmers and distributors from some of the best short film festivals from around the world Click through to find out more.
Join us for an evening of short films from Denmark. On 24th August in Auckland, 25th August in Wellington and 26th August Christchurch. BOOK NOW
Join us for an evening of award-winning short films from Italy. On 6th July in Auckland, 7th July in Wellington and 8th July Christchurch. BOOK NOW.
Join us for an evening of visually compelling and award-winning short films from Portugal. On 15th June in Auckland, 16th June in Wellington and 17th June Christchurch. BOOK NOW.
Join us for an evening of award-winning short films from the Quebec region of Canada, an exploration of characters from all walks of life. On 25th May in Auckland and 26th May in Wellington. BOOK NOW.
Join us for an evening of experimental German short films from Oberhausen International Short Film Festival. On 4 May in Auckland and 5 May in Wellington. Book now.
Join us for an evening of award-winning Scottish short films featuring hot chips, heavy metal, a Highland battle and a drunken night out. Wellington 13 April, Auckland 14 April. Book now.
Join us to celebrate the cinema of Britain with this vibrant collection of short films full of empathetic farmers, entrepreneurial young people, friendly nurses, zombies and gay men in the swinging sixties. Get tickets now.
Show Me Shorts has teamed up with accounting specialists The Hive to offer a workshop demystifying tax and book-keeping in the film industry – in a fun and interactive format, using language that you can understand without the jargon.
Show Me Shorts presents a night of German short films on 27 March at The Third Eye in Wellington. Join us to celebrate the cinema of Germany with a fun collection full of variety – comedy, fantasy, documentary, pianists, escaped bears and three brothers in a bathtub.
We are delighted to be working alongside Sesame Workshop’s Films Department to give New Zealand filmmakers the opportunity to pitch a short film idea for Season 50 of Sesame Street!
