DOCNZ: Documentary New Zealand Trust
#13-Mar 2008
Kia Ora from DOCNZ. We trust you enjoyed the long Easter weekend and took advantage of the fine weather, if you are in New Zealand of course. We are already receiving some great submissions for DOCNZ 2009 and look forward to beginning the selection process. Here is the latest from the DOCNZ Hub.
As announced in the last newsletter, we will launch DOCNZ Focus in mid 2008. This is a membership based film society for documentaries which will feature 6 screenings throughout the year, followed by Q&A or discussion panels.
We are finalising the programme for 2008/9 and will reveal it in the next newsletter together with details on how to join. Watch this space for more exciting news.
The MIC - Toi Rerehiko, in collaboration with the 2008 New Zealand International Film Festival, is pleased to announce a call for submissions for Homegrown, New Zealand's premiere showcase for local short films, video and animation. Deadline is on April 18th 2008.
The Documentary New Zealand Trust encourages you to submit your films to this outstanding programme which is another excellent opportunity to present your work to local audiences.
Please download the NZFF Homegrown entry form from www.mic.org.nz or alternatively visit www.nzff.telecom.co.nz/n4364.html, which includes entry details and technical requirements.
The 6th Pacific International Documentary Film Festival (FIFO Tahiti 2009) is also open for submissions. The festival will take place in Papeete, Tahiti, from 27 January to 1 February, 2009.
If you have produced or directed documentary films in the South Pacific region during the last three years, Pierre Ollivier, FIFO director, would be delighted to consider them for the next festival and we encourage you to submit them as soon as possible.
The deadline for all submissions is 1st October 2008. For Entry Form and more information visit: www.filmfestivaloceanie.org
If you were looking for a good reason to visit Israel, here is one. Docaviv, one of the main international documentary film festivals in the Middle East, will be held in Tel Aviv from 3 to 12 April. DocAviv will celebrate its 10th anniversary a month before the country will mark its 60th independence day.
Docaviv hosts filmmakers and prestigious visitors from overseas, offers an extensive program that encompasses multiple fields of interest appealing to numerous audiences, opening windows to other cultures, traditions and conflicts, encourages dialog and constitutes an authentic mosaic of all shades of Israeli society.
Docaviv holds four prize-awarding competitions: An Israeli competition, an international competition, a student film competition and a youth competition. Congratulations to Festival Director, Ilana Tzur and her team, for their special anniversary festival. Mazal Tov!
For more information, please visit: www.docaviv.co.il/
We would like to congratulate our advisor, Prof. Annie Goldson, on the world premiere of her film An Island Calling held at the Academy Cinema on 30 March.
Played before a packed house, the film was opened by the Prime Minister, Rt. Hon Helen Clark, who noted Annie’s consummate ability to bring to the screen important documentaries that take the audiences on a journey and which delve beneath the surface to reveal important intricacies.
An Island Calling is Owen Scott’s journey back to Fiji to make sense of the murder of his brother John Scott and John & partner Greg Scrivener. You are still able to see the documentary as part of its nationwide tour in the World Cinema Showcase. For more information visit www.worldcinemashowcase.co.nz
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