Since Moonlight famously nabbed Best Picture at last year’s Oscars it has been a lavish year for LGBT cinema. There are no signs of quality queer short and feature films stopping any time soon. We’re celebrating that with this month’s Screening Room post sharing three films from the LGBT community.
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We are pleased to announce the names of eight screenwriters who have been selected from 72 applicants, to participate in the 2018 Aotearoa Short Film Lab.
Zia Mandviwalla is one of New Zealand’s best short film makers. Here we highlight three of her shorts that are linked together around a common theme exploring cross-cultural collision.
Submissions are now open for the 13th edition of Aotearoa New Zealand’s leading international short film festival.
What’s your digital distribution strategy? Here’s how to get your short film online, and in front of an audience.
Here’s a handy list of available VOD channels, to accompany our ‘How to self-distribute a short film online’ post.
Congratulations to the team behind The World in Your Window, who are the winners of our WatchMe People’s Choice Award.
It’s time to look back and make our lists of top films from 2017. True stories are always special, and they stood tall this year. Here are three festival favourites.
Congratulations! The winners of the 12th annual Show Me Shorts Film Festival have just been released at our magnificent Opening Night and Awards Ceremony. The calibre of our 55 short film was outstanding, and we have 8 overall winners.
Congratulations to the 2017 Show Me Shorts awards finalists! There are 16 films from Aotearoa and across the world nominated in nine award categories. Winners announced 28 October.
We’re excited to announce the full programme of the 12th edition of Show Me Shorts Film Festival! This year we are showcasing 55 superb short films from New Zealand and around the world, at 26 cinemas nationwide from 28 October.
Applications are now open for the Aotearoa Short Film Lab, NZ’s most prestigious hothouse mentoring scheme for screenwriters and aspiring screenwriters to workshop new ideas for short film.
A selection of top short films from the Québec province of Canada will feature in our 2017 Festival. A delegation of Canadian filmmakers, programmers and industry professionals will also attend the festival to take part in screenings, workshops, networking and other events.
Show Me Shorts selects their favourite short docos from 2017 Loading Docs, highlighting real New Zealanders and confronting culture, conservation, death and sex.
Join us to celebrate and screen the work of writer/director/actor/comedian Jackie van Beek – one of New Zealand’s most prolific and successful short film makers.
