Info for 2010 will be updated next year.
the following is info for 2009
Please note that ALL sessions are R16 Rated. Most films are M, but due to a R16 rating on a film, the whole session needs to be R16.
Ticket Prices: $12.00 adults, $8 students and senior citizens, $8 for the matinee screenings. Workshops are free, there are limited seats so booking is recommended.
Tickets go on sale from April 1. Buy tickets online here or at McLeod’s Booksellers, 1269 Tutanekai St, Rotorua.
Any Available tickets will be for sale at the door from half an hour before the session.
Matinees: Doors Open 12.30pm, with screening beginning at 1pm
Evening Shows: Doors Open 6.50pm, Screenings Begin 7.30 with guest speaker.
Workshops: times as per programme below.
Bar open: at evenings screenings and Sunday Spanish matinee.
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PROGRAMME BEGINS
Thursday April 30
Doors open 6.50pm. Presentation starts 7.30pm
Guest Speaker - Temuera Morrison
Take 3
Wrier/Director Roseanne Liang, Producer Owen Hughes Com, 2008 (NZ)
Three Asian actresses transcend professional rivalry in one gleeful act of solidarity.
53rd Valladolid Film Festival- Meeting Point Audience Award for Best Foreign Short 2008
58th Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin – Honourable Mention- Generation 2008
Coffee and Allah
Writer Shuchi Kothari, Producers Shuchi Kothari and Sarina Pearson, Director Sima Urale Drama, 2007(NZ)
When a cup of coffee is a gift from Allah. An Ethiopian Muslim woman’s appetite for coffee, Islam and a good game of badminton.
64th Venice Film Festival 2008
52nd Valladolid International Film Festival 2008
Winner of Best Short Film- 28th Louis Vuitton Hawaii International Film Festival 2008
51st San Francisco International Film Festival 2008
International Women Directors Film Festival, Creteil 2008
Making of a featurette
Writer/Producer/Director Ryan Andrews
Drama/Doco 2008 (NZ)
The ‘behind the scenes’ crew becomes an unwanted distraction on the set of Delmer Barringers epic, “The Beating Heart”.
ERMYNTRUDE Y ESMERALDA
Writers Jose Andres Perez and Laura Sarmiento, Producer Beatrz Gomez Monterro, Director Jose Miguel Alonso
Drama, 2007 (SP)
Ermyntrude and Esmeralda are two adolescent girls in search of true love. Their extreme and frivolous innocence involves them in a series of amorous and sexual mix-ups where everything is confused and misunderstood.
Canaries in Colour
Writer/Producer/Director Jill Kennedy
Ani, 2008 (NZ)
Canaries in Colour is a nostalgic pastiche of found graphic material from AV learning programs of the 1970s.
62nd Edinburgh International Film Festival 2008
Worldwide Canadian Short Film Festival 2008
Cargo
Writer Leo Woodhead, Producers Vanessa Alexander and Leo Woodhead, Director Leo Woodhead
Drama, 2007 (NZ)
While trafficking people across a border, the driver makes an unlikely friend and ally.
Film selected for the 64th Venice Film Festival 2007
35th Telluride Film Festival 2008
Prague Short Film Festival 2007
7th Tribeca International Film Festival 2008
harraga
Directors Eva Patricia Fernandez and Mario de la Torre
Doco, 2007 (SP)
Harraga is an illegal immigrant who arrive by land, by air or by sea, with no visa and no passport. Outside of the law, what happens when those harraga are kids?
Night of Sunshine
Writer/Director Alan Morrison, Producers Nat Brunt and Alan Morrison
Drama, 2008 (NZ)
A girl is torn part by the memory of a murder she didn’t commit.
Show Me Shorts 2008
The Grafitti of Mr Tupaia
Writer Paul Ward, Producer Vicky Pope, Director Christopher Dudman Drama, 2008 (NZ)
When a Cook Island school cleaner answers an unusual graffiti message, his life, and the life of the mysterious author will never be the same again.
61st Locarno Film Festival, 2008
24th Interfilm Short Film Festival Berlin, Germany, 2008- Best Film Against Violence and Intolerance
46th International Festival of Documentary and Short Film Bilbao, 2008
New Zealand Qantas Media Award for Best Short Film, 2008
New Zealand International Film Festivals, 2008
Lantern
Producer Chataphee (Nan) Sirisamphan, Director Daniel Fowler
Music, 2008 (NZ)
Ed Castelow, the protagonist and singer of the song Lantern, looses his map while sailing within a surreal and unpredictable environment.
Ahprodite’s farm
Writer Peter Force, Producer Anzak Tindall, Director Adam Strange
Drama, 2008(NZ)
Everyone in Taranaki wants to know the secret behind the magic milk produced on Aphrodite’s Farm. The family mystery has remained safe for four generations. However, when patriarch Ralph Riley dies, the future of the farm is thrown into jeopardy. The timely arrival of a young farm hand Friday, will bring the families destiny full circle. But things will get a whole lot worse before they get better….
59th Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin, Germany, 2009 awarded the Crystal Bear for best short film in the Generation 14 plus section
New Zealand International Film Festivals 2008
Friday May 1
Doors open 6.50pm. Presentation starts 7.30pm
Guest Speaker - Karl Zohrab
Clean Linen
Writer Shuchi Kothari, Producers Sarina Pearson and Shuchi Kothari, Director Zia Mandviwalla Drama, 2007(NZ)
Some family secrets won’t come out in the wash
San Francisco Asian American Film Festival 2008
South Asian International Film Festival 2008
Melbourne International Film Festival 2007
The Kings Arms: Embracing Kiwi Music
Director Vanessa Zimmermann, Producer Marjan Gorgani, Editor/Camera Graeme E Bibby
Doco, 2008 (NZ)
A documentary looking at Auckland’s iconic Kings Arms Tavern. A renowned live music venue for both local and international acts.
15 Minutes of Fame Student Film Competition-winner best documentary
The Road out of Town
Writers/Directors Adam Luxton/Jeremy Dumble, Producer Richard Collins Drama, 2008 (NZ)
The disappearance of a young woman triggers an exploration of memory and self-identity.
New Zealand International Film Festivals 2008
Patu ihu
Writers Summer Agnew/Warren Beazley, Producer Angela Littlejohn, Director Summer Agnew Drama, 2008 (NZ)
A young man explores a memory of a childhood game and a lesson learned from his uncle. The memory provides respite from the profound grief of the uncle’s passing and allows him time to reconcile his feelings of loss and say farewell.
New Zealand International Film Festivals 2008
Wairoa Maori Film Festival- Audience Award 2008
Virga
Writer/Producer/Director Ben Spink
Drama, 2008 (NZ)
A drought
A dying dog
A decaying relationship
Virga is a journey through the eerie and the monstrous to find that most unsettling thing of all, love.
Red Bull Reel Life 2008
The Lonely Fish
Writer/Producer/Director David Chan
Ani, 2008 (NZ)
"Sometimes the lies you tell are less frightening than the loneliness you feel if you stop telling them." -Brock Clarke A short animation on loneliness, solitude, and how far self deception can push one's own sanity.
La m Con La a
Writer Laura Sarmiento, Jose Andres Perez, Rosario Fuentenebro Yubero, Producer Roberto Nieto Guerra, Director Rosario Fuentenebro
Drama, 2007 (SP)
In order to find out the content of a letter which Matilda thinks is her husband’s letter of desertion, she will have to do something unusual for a woman of her time; learn to read. But who will she turn to for help?
Our Secret
Writer Nicholas Riini, Producer Robin Murphy, Director Nicholas Riini
Drama, 2007 (NZ)
Sarah has a secret and no one to share it with. When she meets a new friend she has to face her fears and try to understand the past.
Washougal International Film Festival
All Shorts Festival
Go Home
Writers Angel Agudo Vazquez and Alvaro Aguilera, Producer Elena Monzon Piorno, Director Guillermo Arribas
Drama/Com 2007 (SP)
When Manuel moved to Spain he thought he’d never play baseball again. But he was wrong. He finds a team on the outskirts of Madrid, where nothing was the way he expected. Goyo, the coach, is convinced that his team is about to play the New York Yankees. Manuel doesn’t believe a word.
Space Junk
Writer/Producer/Director Doug Brooks
Comedy, 2008 (NZ)
A peaceful day is interrupted by a mysterious falling object that smashes into a kiwi back country farm. Thinking the space junk may be valuable, two hapless farmers load it into their ute only to find the cuboid visitor from the sky is more than it appears.
Movie Fest 2008-winner hobbyist section
Noise control
Writer/Director Phill Simmonds, Producer Huia Lambie
Ani, 2008 (NZ)
An animated documentary (documation) about a music loving rooster which had been adopted by a kindergarten. The rooster made international news when animal control officer Don Wolf took his gun into the village to solve the noise issue.
Chicago International Children’s Film Festival 2008
Show Me Shorts- 2008 Best Film Award
New Zealand International Film Festivals 2008
Saturday May 2
Workshops
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SATURDAY MAY 2 WORKSHOPS at the shambles theatre |
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10.30 – 11.30 am
WORKSHOP 1 : Writing for the digital age - Focus on Story.Nga Aho Whakaari.
1 hr screen writing Attendees should turn up with at least one story idea that they would like to pitch for a maximum time of three minutes.
Facilitated by PitaTurei and Simon Marler.
This session is a primer for the next session. |
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11.45 – 12.45pm
WORKSHOP 2 : ‘Pimp yo Pitch’Nga Aho Whakaari.
1 hr workshop. A fast paced session on refining your tools for selling your idea’s to someone else, eg funder, programmer, distributor. Attendees will pitch their ideas for a maximum of 3 minutes, and pitches will be critiqued by facilitators and other attendees.
Facilitated by Pita Turei and Simon Marler. |
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lunch |
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2-3pm
WORKSHOP 3 : Finding a Maori voice - Preparing for the Digital Revolution.Nga Aho Whakaari in association with Script to Screen Writer’s Room: A one hour discussion event incorporating clips from short films Tangaroa by Tikidub, andTaua by Te Arepa Kahi.
Discussion facilitated by Pita Turei and Simon Marler.
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Saturday May 2 Night Screening
Doors open 6.50pm. Presentation starts 7.30pm
Guest Speaker - Nick Ward
Presentation of Awards
Betty Banned Sweets
Writer/Producer/Director Michelle Savill
Com, 2008 (NZ)
Sometimes the best party is the one you don’t want.
In-Competition- 31st Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival, France, 2009
International Film Festival Rotterdam-New Arrivals- The Netherlands, 2009
Melbourne International Film Festival, Australia, 2008
46th Gijon international Film Festival for Young People, Spain 2008
Street Magic
Writer/Producer/Director Valerie Reid
Doco 2008 (NZ)
sam Wills is a regular kiwi guy with an extraordinary knack for drawing a crowd. He makes his living from the streets, with an astute business man behind the clown.
Shadows
Writer/Producer/Director Mike Jonathan
Drama, 2008 (NZ)
Disowned at birth Tommy was put into foster care where he wasn’t loved or appreciated. He’d stay in his room, where he only had a window and the outside world to help pass the time. His dire need for attention came in a form of a shadow figure on a neighbour’s roof. This is the harrowing biographical tale of one mans attempt to fight his inner demons.
Imagine NATIVE 2008
Bridge
Wrier/Director Jochen FitzHerbert, Producers Zane Holmes & Ashley Stuart Coupland (NZ) Drama, 2008(NZ)
The lives of two lovers are literally turned upside down…
53rd Valladolid International Film Festival 2008
New Zealand International Film Festivals 2008
PAREDES
Writer/Director Jorge Galerón
Drama, 2007 (SP)
A young student spends the days before his exams shut away in his bedroom. His world changes when a beautiful woman moves to the house next door.
Lethal Innocents
Writer/Director Kirsty Cameron, Producer Michele Driscoll Drama, 2006 (NZ)
Rita dances to a different beat and is relentlessly bullied by the queen bees. When they kill her cat, they go one step too far.
In Competition, Stockholm International Film Festival, Sweden 2007
The Trophy
Writers/Producers JustineSimei-Barton and Paul Simei-Barton, Director Justine Simei-Barton Drama, 2008 (NZ)
A young girl’s commitment to a science project investigating worm farming wins her a trophy, but creates tension within her traditional Samoan family.
58th Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin – Generation K-plus, 2008
Chicago International Children’s Film Festival, 2008
Journey to ihipa
Writer Vicki-Anne Heikell, Producer Makerita Urale, Director Nancy Brunning
Drama 2008 (NZ)
When a young soldier dies during WWII, extended Maori family protect the bloodline by taking his baby from his European mother. She waits her whole life for him to return, but when he finally does, it’s not what she hoped for…
NZ International Film Festival 2008
Careful with that Axe
Writer/Producer/Director Jason Stutter
Com, 2008 (NZ)
A young boy tries his hand at chopping firewood with his father’s razor sharp axe. He finds that the axe is incredibly heavy, so heavy that he balances himself by resting one bare foot on the chopping block…
53rd Valladolid International Film Festival 2008- Golden Spike for Best Short Film
24th Interfilm Short Film Festival Berlin, Germany 2008- Special Mention
62nd Edinburgh International Film Festival 2008
Melbourne International Film Festival 2008
The Heist
Writer/Producer/Director Campbell Cooley
Comedy, 2008 (NZ)
Two first time jewel thieves stage a bizarre diamond heist, with seemingly disastrous results
11th International Panorama of Independent Film, Greece. October 2009
Hamilton Underground Film Festival, New Zealand. December 2008
Allshorts Film Festival, New Zealand. October-November 2008
Big Mountain Short Film Festival, New Zealand. October 2008
Anonimul International Film Festival, Romania. August 2008
Cinema da Mare Film Festival, Italy, July 2008
Leith Short Film Festival, Scotland, June 2008
Dunedin Fringe Festival, New Zealand, April 2008
This is Her
Writer Kate McDermott, Producers Felicity Letcher and Rachel Lorimer, Director Katie Wolfe Drama/Com, 2008 (NZ)
Meet Evie and Jonathan: happily married, deeply in love, and about to experience the everyday miracle that is the birth of a child. While Evie breathes through the labour pains, with Jonathan anxious at her side, across the city six-year-old Kylie is carefully laying out her dolls. One day this angelic child will steal Evie’s husband and ruin her life. This is her.
Sundance Film Festival, USA, 2009
Best Audience Film Award - Prague International Short Film Festival, Czech Republic 2008
35th Telluride Film Festival 2008
Melbourne International Film Festival 2008
46th New York Film Festival 2008
Sunday May 3
Workshops
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Sunday May 3 – WORKSHOPS at the shambles theatre |
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11 am – 1pm
SCREENING AND WORKSHOP 4: ‘Restoring the Mauri of Lake Omapere‘
Documentary,78mins produced by Simon Marler, Karen Browne, and Mairi Gunn on behalf of the Maringi Noa O Te Manawa Trust, & directed by Simon Marler.
A screening of the documentary and discussion on the issues this film raises relating to bi culture ki Aotearoa, environment and Maori Film.
Following a short break Simon Marler and Pita Turei will facilitate a discussion relating to the issues raised by the documentary.
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Spanish Matinee
Doors open 1.30pm. Starts 2pm
All subtitled films
La clase
Director Beatriz m Sanchis
Doco, 2007
La Clase explores the magic of a first time experience. The pupils of a 4th grade primary class take their first drama lessons. We accompany the children through the learning process from the first rehearsal to the night of the final school play in front of an audience of parents.
Rascal’s Street
Writers/Producers/Directors Marcos Valin, Maria Monescillo, David Priego
Ani, 2008
London 1812. Mr. Webnicker is late to an important meeting. On his way he will meet a musician who will try to distract by all means the distinguished gentleman while his young friend tries to rob him.
Del Blanco Al Negro
TURN TO BLACK Writers Aivaro Aguilera and Gerardo Herrero, Producers Angel Luis Gonzales Martinez, Luis Alejandro Ruiz Sanchez, Director Gerardo Herrero
Drama, 2007
Two childhood friends meet again in a luxurious house in Madrid. A dare is proposed which has potentially dark consequences.
River
Writer Gemma Martinez, Producer Teresa gago Canfranc, Alvaro Sanchez, Director Gemma Martinez
Drama, 2007
Water, like time, slips through your hand; it steals and gives life…
Test
Director Marta Aledo and Natalia Mateo
Drama, 2007
Over ten minutes, we join four different women at a turning point in their lives, when they discover whether they are to become mothers.
Paseo
Writer/Director Arturo Ruiz Serrano
Drama, 2007 (SP)
Gabino has never declared his love to a woman.
Porque hay cosas que nunca se Olivdan
Writer/Director Lucas Figueroa
Drama, 2007 (SP)
Naples, Italy. 1950. Four friends are playing soccer out on the street when their ball is accidentally kicked into the evil old lady´s yard. They´ll never play with their ball again…and for that the revenge will be deadly….
viaje a bangkok
Writer/Director Dionsio Perez Galindo, Producers Nacho Monge and Rafael Álvarez
Drama, 2007 (SP)
Today is my birthday, I´m 12 years old. I am going to Bangkok with my father to buy a shoes. My cousin says that it´s very nice, it has big houses that almost touch the clouds.
El Palacio De La Luna
Producers Ricard Ruiz Garzon and Ione Hernandez, Director Ione Hernandez
Drama, 2008 (SP)
A mother writes a letter to novelist Paul Auster…
5 Segundos
5 Seconds Writer Jean François Rouze, Daniel Mendez Kunschke, Producer Roberto Nieto Guerra, Director Jean Francoise Roisze Drama, 2007 (SP)
Since his bicycle accident Frank sees no moving images. He sees only still images every five seconds.
