The Screening Room is a monthly feature in which a team member or special guest discusses a selection of shorts freely available online. These typically follow a theme, with past examples including filmmakers who have transitioned to features, surrealist shorts, and holiday films. Check back in at the beginning of each month for new editions or subscribe to our monthly e-newsletter to receive updates.
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Each year Show Me Shorts curates a selection of the best short films from Aotearoa and around the world, plus several of the top local music videos. We divide these into themed sections so you see about eight grouped together around a common theme. Click through to find all the information about the films, screening dates and locations.
As part of our mission to connect New Zealanders with the best short films, we often curate special selections of our shorts for other festivals and events, such as Splore, Auckland Lantern Festival, Big Day Out, Art in the Dark, Silo Cinema, Survive & Thrive and Auckland Film Society. We are also regularly invited to curate selections of New Zealand shorts for international festivals, such as Federation Square in Melbourne, Australia; Capalbio Cinema International Film Festival in Rome, Italy; Festival REGARD in Sanguenay, Canada; and Kaohsiung Film Festival in Taiwan. For updates on these screenings and events, sign up to our monthly e-newsletter.
Perhaps the most prolific and best loved genre for short films. Coming-of-age stories offer a glimpse into a pivotal moment in a character’s life. We look at three great examples this nostalgic genre.
‘Proof of concept’ short films are a great small budget way of showcasing an idea for the big screen. We look at three successful examples from directors.
Blood is thicker than water. Let’s take a look at these short films which explore the lengths family is willing to go to for their loved ones.
Here are three of the funniest films from our 2018 programme. They show very different kinds of comedy and ways filmmakers can use humour to draw us into their stories.
Which short films will shine at the Oscars this year? The Academy Award nominations are out and Clayton gives us his guesses for who’ll take out the prizes. Watch the films here.
Toi Whakaari was New Zealand’s first drama school and remains Aotearoa’s leading performing arts school. Here we feature some of the best recent Toi Film shorts.
In this month’s Screening Room we highlight three short films that look at life through a prism, asking: what is ‘normal’ anyway?
A new trend is on the rise: adapting short films into television shows. We take a look at three of the best in this month’s Screening Room.
Recently there have been some amazing deaf-related films released overseas and in NZ, so we thought it was a good moment for us to highlight some of our favourite short films relating to the deaf community.
This month in our Screening Room are three of the best recent New Zealand music videos selected by David Ridler, Head of Music at NZ On Air.
