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Entries for 2010 are now open!

By admin | Published: March 29, 2010

Calling Australian & New Zealand Short Filmmakers

The Show Me Shorts Film Festival is now calling for entries. The deadline is 5pm Monday the 5th of July.

This annual national short film festival plays Kiwi and Australian short films between three and 30 minutes long, made within the last three years.

Show Me Shorts will screen in cities and towns throughout New Zealand from the 4th of November. This year organisers are expanding the locations to include Tauranga & Waiheke Island. The successful short filmmaking seminars of last year will also be repeated with the addition of a short film development lab, details of which will be announced in the coming months.

Festival Director Gina Dellabarca who programs the festival says, “The whole team is always really excited at this time of year because we know those shorts are about to start rolling in. We all have our favourites, but the festival is open to any genre and we encourage both established and emerging filmmakers to send us their work. We are particularly looking for striking films with high production values and a strong central idea that will capture the audience’s imagination.”

Last year’s Kodak Best Film winner was Kiwi ex-pat Jacqui van Beek for the insightful childhood drama ‘Just Like the Others’. The other big winner was the CGI motion capture animated war drama ‘Poppy’, which took home three of the eight Show Me Shorts awards. The 2009 selection of films demonstrated the versatility of short filmmakers, covering a wide range of subjects and including a record number of world premieres.

For further information about Show Me Shorts visit our Facebook fan site http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=8502010138&ref=mf or to enter your short film go to https://www.withoutabox.com/login/5217.

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And the winners are!

By admin | Published: November 6, 2009

NOT SHORT ON RECOGNITION – SHOW ME SHORTS FILM FESTIVAL HAS TRIUMPHANT OPENING!

SHOW ME SHORTS Film Festival kicked off in Auckland last night with a very special opening and awards night.  All 40 films in this year’s program were contending for the eight award categories, and winning films were showcased to the captivated audience.

Poppy was the big winner on the night, taking home three awards: SDGNZ Best Director, SDGNZ Best Editor and the Special Jury Prize.  Other notable films up for awards include Kill the Alphabet, Coffee & Allah and Just Like The Others which all received two nominations and one win each.

Judging of this year’s festival was conducted by respected and experienced industry practitioners Barbara Darragh (Wardrobe for Spartacus, Bridge To Terabithia, River Queen, The Frighteners), Pietra Brett-Kelly (director of The Art Star and the Sudanese Twins) and Athina Tsoulis (writer, producer and director of Jinx Sister).

The full list of 2009 winners and finalists is:

KODAK BEST FILM – Jackie van Beek and Bridget Fogarty for ‘Just Like the Others’

Finalist – Paul Swadel for ‘Poppy’

BEST STUDENT FILM – Michael Humphrey for ‘The Big Happiness’

Finalist – Matteo Bruno for ‘Kill the Alphabet’

SDGNZ BEST DIRECTOR – James Cunningham for ‘Poppy’

Finalist – Jackie van Beek for ‘Just Like the Others’

NZ WRITER’S GUILD BEST SCREENPLAY – Waine C. Paris for ‘Kill the Alphabet’

Finalist – Imogen Thomas for ‘Mixed Bag’

PANAVISION BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER – Rewa Harre for ‘Coffee & Allah’

Finalist – Rob Marsh for ‘The Road out of Town’

STARNOW.COM BEST ACTOR – Arna-Maria Winchester from ‘Mixed Bag’

Finalist – Zahara Abbawaaaji from ‘Coffee & Allah’

SDGNZ BEST EDITOR – Paul Swadel and James Cunnigham for ‘Poppy’

Finalist – Paul Maxwell for ‘Aphrodite’s Farm’

SPECIAL JURY PRIZE – James Cunningham for Motion Capture CGI animation on ‘Poppy’

Finalist – Rachelle Bakarich for ‘Christmas Lights’ – Best Documentary

Festival Director Gina Dellabarca commented, “It was a delight to see the public along with family and friends out in support of the wonderful films and the talented winner’s of this year’s festival.  I do not envy the judges who had a huge task when selecting the winners for 2009”.

SHOW ME SHORTS is now playing in cinemas throughout the country, so get along and see all these wonderful films!

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Works in progress sought

By admin | Published: July 29, 2009

After four years of bringing the best of New Zealand and Australian short film to cinemas throughout New Zealand, the Show Me Shorts festival is expanding this year’s programme to include workshops in Auckland and Wellington.

Morning workshops will be held during the first weekend of the festival in Auckland and Wellington and will consist of a script development workshop followed by a work in progress session, which will give three filmmakers the opportunity to screen short films in development.

Although the workshops are still several months away, festival organisers are keen to receive expressions of interest from film makers who may be interested in participating in the work in progress session. The session is open to filmmakers who will have a short film developed to a stage at which either a rough-cut or excerpt can be screened at the workshops on Saturday November 7 at The Academy in Auckland or on Saturday November 14 at The Paramount, Wellington.

Filmmakers who are interested in participating or who would like more information can contact anna@showmeshorts.co.nz.

For more information on the Show Me Shorts festival visit www.showmeshorts.co.nz.

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