Magma Short Film Festival 2007 Programme

A teenage boy hindered by his father's expectations escapes into thick fog with a girl and emerges a young man.

Junk Mail! The cycle of life for one very dirty man.

A Māori Proverb says; mate atu he tete kura, ara mai ano he tetekura. In war, leaders fall and leaders rise.

One day a young man went into Stribor's Forest and did not know that the forest was enchanted and that all manner of magic lived there. Some of its magic was good and some was bad. Now this forest was to remain enchanted until it should be entered by someone who preferred their sorrows to all the joys in the world.

Laura wants to divorce Mario. He agrees to give her whatever settlement she asks for on one condition: she must accept to reenact with all the details the first time they ever met.

Julie Prabel is afraid to leave the house. An agoraphobic for twelve years, ostracised by her friends, she spends her time worrying; and there is so much to worry about. This is a story about overcoming that worry, about gaining perspective on our personal demons.

There is only one thing that matters to Bob; writing his own movie script. A long search for inspiration starts, but whatever he tries, nothing is good enough that is until?

On the home front in 1943, Ngaire and Gerald sort air graph letterforms destined for New Zealand soldiers abroad. A tiny act of heroism brings together this unlikely pair in an unconventional love story that cleverly blends fact with fiction.

One fence, four fans, and the game of their lives. This is a story about 4 men and a radio.

With no template, sand artist Peter Donnelly creates vast artworks which attract visitors from all over the world. Unable to see the results of his work at ground level, Donnelly has a rare talent brought beautifully to the screen.

What can happen when Private Tulley is left to hold the fort?

What does a Moldavian artist living in Berlin do for catering at an exhibition opening? Phone home of course!

In world of unrequited love, a kiwi-Chinese girl shares the burden of growing up with her sister.

A dissatisfied factory worker escapes into a delicious selection of cake filled fantasies. A short but sugary experience served with colour, music and sprinkling of silliness!

A documentary which explores Wellington singer songwriter Hinemoa Baker and the way her bicultural and bisexual identity influences her work.

A boy meets girl story.

An offbeat comedy about covering up lies.

Once upon a time, a very long time ago, there lived in a glade in a swamp, an old man with his three grandsons. One spring morning the brothers went to the woods where they met Al-Rosy, who showed them all the things in the world. But Rampogusto, the king of the forest goblins was also and his intentions were not good. Part of an award winning international project "Croatian Fairy Tales of Long Ago" based on a 1916 story by Ivana Brlic Mazuranic, "the Slavic Tolkein".

Joseba Perurena, a young terrorist, wants to start a new life together with his girlfriend. However, cutting ties with the past is never an easy thing to do, especially when consequences have not been fully considered.

A boy wrestles to resurrect his family's buried dream. Clinging to the memory of his father who never returned from the war, a boy suffers the moods of his shell shocked uncle. But when he uncovers a buried family legacy, the boy takes over his father's mantel in an effort to make his family happy once more.

The Memory Booth is an experimental drama about a young man coming to terms with a harrowing childhood memory.

Independent rock band Trans Am from Washington DC arrives in Auckland to record an album and to play a few gigs. A doco that follows the bands experiences.

In the underworld of the New York city subway system, one man struggles with madness and a chance at love.

Rural New Zealand in the winter 1946, and an isolated young wife awaits the return of her husband from the war. Her fears about his demise come to vivid life in her imagination, but his sudden return only brings new fears.

This is a romantic story about a giant called Regoch and a fairy Kosjenka on their surreal adventures through an unknown world.

This is the story of a little girl and a nut. It is also the story of a middle-aged woman who has lost all contact with dreams. /La Trueca/ is about magic, memories and the significance of small things that we sometimes forget when we become adults.

The Gift is about how we connect and communicate.

Tiare (a koro, or old man), a Vietnam war veteran, lives homeless, wandering the city, collecting bits and pieces in his plastic bags. His daughter brings her own daughter to visit and tries yet again to persuade him to return to their ancestral home. He does not wish to go there. Tiare is played by Wi Kuki Kaa.

A documentary about cross country mountain biking in Whakarewarewa Forest, Rotorua. Includes some events and thrills and spills about the trails at Waipa.

A promotional video offering insight into a rowers day

A documentary crew follows the shift of three young trolley boys and finds a surprising mix of drama and comedy in the car park.

Bayley's Beach is a rugged part of the Far North's west cost with amazing sand dunes. The Fantasy Cliffs is a documentary focusing on the personalities and eccentric culture of an intrepid group who ritually gather every Easter weekend to climb and run down these enormous sand cliffs in a little known activity called gullying.

The tale of Redman and Bluewoman, two quirky bush critters who cut to the chase in a road-kill race around New Zealand. This live action cartoon poses the question are thousands of possums really being run over all around the country, or is it just the same possum faking it?

Anna has had man problems and seems to find a match in Rohan. But once he announces his intended marriage to someone else, Anna's friend Eve offers a solution. But is Eve really a friend? Does she even exist?

A young woman finds herself ensnared in the sinister, sleazy nightmare world of objects and empty characters. A lurid world where sexual power is everything.

When two frogs have a fight it's over when ones says he's had enough. When two wolves have a fight it's a bit rougher but still, when one has had enough they stop and instinctively put some distance between each other. So, why don't humans? This is the story of Bill and Karen. Ordinary people on an ordinary day.

Shut up in a rest home, Florence has an urge to get out and see people. Borrowing a cake tin, she ducks through a hole in the fence and finds her way into the night to go exploring. Soon a sinister man with a dog is at her heels. Will it end in mayhem?

We follow a family through one day as ten year old Junior confronts his estranged father.

An adaptation of O'Henry's story, "The Last Leaf" is about two people overcoming their problems with the help of the other. A young girl is depressed while her grandfather has a great desire to paint, but can't put paint to canvas.

Mrs. Bracegirdle visits a quirky motel park nestled in Waitomo, New Zealand. A kind of musical documentary.

A cautionary tale. The break up of a long term relationship has left Alan devastated. He plans to take revenge by filming his own fake suicide and sending the tape to his ex-fiance. Alan's plans start to fall apart when a friendly bum, Muddy, decides to "help".

A young girls attempt to find her identity in a new world and her fathers efforts to support her.

During the broadcast of the Pope's visit, Vincente's television in broken. Desperate, he decides to make a homemade parabolic dish.

An estranged family is brought together after the unexpected death of their mother. As they attempt to pick up the pieces, unresolved tensions surface.

A brother and sister at odds learn that the only way they can stand up to their father is by standing together.