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#17-August 2008
Kia Ora from DOCNZ,
In this newsletter updates on DOCNZ Focus, DOCNZ Festival, DOCNZ Summit and Friends of DOCNZ.
You are now able to register for DOCNZ Focus or become a Friend of DOCNZ online.
We welcome you to join the DOCNZ family.
The DOCNZ Team
In this issue
1.DOCNZ Focus - You can now register online
DOCNZ Focus, a society for documentary films, was launched at the Academy Cinemas in Auckland on 29th July with the screening of Hoop Dreams. Members enjoyed this unique opportunity to watch the documentary voted as the best ever made by the International Documentary Association (IDA). The NZ Breakers attended the screening and took part in the Q&A which followed the screening.
During the intermission, five lucky DOCNZ Focus members won a DVD of the documentary Crude Impact which was screened at DOCNZ 2007. Congratulations to Barbara Hodson, Paul Francis, Yee Yang 'Square' Lee, Richard Howard, and Dimitar Nakov for winning a DVD.
We also announced the addition of another documentary to the programme, so new members will still enjoy 6 screenings in the 2008/9 programme. The next screening of DOCNZ Focus is on 30th September.
We've made the registration process even easier and you can now register online. Click here to register.
2. Friends of DOCNZ - You can now donate online
We invite you to join us in our efforts to provide a home for our documentary filmmakers and help us achieve our goal of becoming the capital of documentary films in the Southern Hemisphere. Based on your level of donation (Bone, Paua or Greenstone), you will be entitled to some exciting benefits.
You can now register online, so become a Friend of DOCNZ today! Click here...
3. DOCNZ 2009 - Update
The 4th DOCNZ Festival will be held nationwide from 26 February to 5 April 2009. A reminder of the upcoming deadline for the DOCNZ 2009 - Media Campaign Competitions: DOCNZ 2009 Poster & DOCNZ 2009 TV Commercial
Friday, 29 August 2008 at 4.00pm. For Entry Forms click here.
The extended film submission deadline (fee applies) is Tuesday, 30 Sept 2008. To submit a film click here.
4. DOCNZ Summit - Update
The 3rd DOCNZ Summit will be held in Auckland, 23-25 February 2009. As in pervious years, the summit will include master-classes, seminar, panel discussion and a pitching forum. The deadline for the DOCNZ 2009 Pitching forum proposal has been extended to 4.00pm, 28 November 2008. We encourage filmmakers to submit their new documentary proposals for selection (Entry Form).
In 2009 we will introduce DOCNZ Market, a digital library as a further trade initiative to bring international buyers to New Zealand.
5. Festival Highlight
DOCSDF
The 3rd Mexico City International Documentary Film Festival (DOCSDF) will take place from 25 September to 4 October. In addition to screening of Mexican and international documentaries, the festival also holds seminaries, a documentary writing workshop, and DOCSforum, a documentary market.
6. Call for Submissions & More News
The 16th Big Sky Documentary Film Festival (13-22 Feb)
Regular Deadline:1 September 2008
Final Deadline: 20 October 2008
The 6th FIFO 2008, Tahiti (29 Jan - 3 Feb) the 6th Pacific International Documentary Film Festival.
Deadline: 1 October 2008
The Aotearoa Film Festival, a festival celebrating indigenous films will be taking to the road from 24 August to 5 September 2008. This festival takes to the road with an aim to develop a synergy of creativity and accessibility, taking the films and their creators to our communities throughout Aotearoa. The festival programme includes daytime workshops with filmmakers and industry representatives and night time film viewings to the public.
The festival begin in Tainui with Raroera campus opening the inaugural event, it will then take to the road and spend a week-end in Gisborne being hosted by Whirikoka. The final destination in this year's festival will be at Manukau where TWoA will host a gala evening on the 5 September.
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