DOCNZ E-Newsletter
#21 - Feb 2009
Kia Ora. DOCNZ Summit and Festival in Auckland are only days away. The ‘Docs Rock’ campaign is out so watch out for the talking rocks! In this e-newsletter you will find the latest information about DOCNZ Festival, DOCNZ Summit and DOCNZ Focus. Check out the NEW Docs Rock website!
The DOCNZ Team
In this issue
1. DOCNZ 2009 – Docs Rock!
A total of 52 films will take part at the 4th edition of DOCNZ Festival commencing 26 February at Rialto Newmarket, Auckland. Check out the new Festival Website.
Tickets are now on sale at Rialto Newmarket. Save money by taking advantage of the Multiple Tickets Discount, which allows you to view 5 or more screenings in any combination of sessions at the same venue for just NZ$ 12.00 per ticket. Consession and group discounts are also available.
Watch out for the talking rocks. This year’s innovative TV commercial was created by Nick McHugh and Brandon Hornell from Wellington. The ad will play on Maori Television, The Documentary Channel, National Geographic Channel and in Auckland, on the Link Bus TV screen. You are also able to watch the ad on the festival home page. Your feedback is welcome.
Programmes are already available at Rialto Newmarket and around town. You are also able to download a PDF programme from our website. A BIG thank you goes out to the students of Raffles College of Commerce & Design, the design team for the programme, as well as Nick McHugh for the programme’s cover and poster.
We are pleased to announce this year’s finalists for the DOCNZ Awards. Three new categories will be introduced: Best Director, Best Editor and Best Cinematographer. A total of 9 Awards will be given on 25 February (by ticket).
International Competition - Short Documentary
Don Roberto's Shadow, Juan Diego Spoerer, Hakan Engstrom, Chile/Sweden
Standing Start, Finlay Pretsell, Adrian McDowall, Scotland
Goleshevo, Ilian Metev, Bulgaria/UK
International Competition – Feature Documentary
At the Death House Door, Steve James, Peter Gilbert, USA
The Wild Horse Redemption, John Zaritsky, Canada
The Love of Mr An, Yang Lina, China
The Perfect Cappuccino, Amy Ferraris, USA
The Heart of Jenin, Leon Geller, Marcus Vetter, Germany/Israel
New Zealand Competition – Short Documentary
An Ordinary Person, Susan Potter
Chance of a Lifetime, Sandy Crichton
Rev Therapy, Luke Wheeler
New Zealand Competition– Feature Documentary
Assume Nothing, Kirsty MacDonald
Toki Does New York, Dan Salmon
The Last Western Heretic, Monique Oomen
Shustak, Stuart Page
Architect of Dreams, Geoffrey Cawthorn
Best Emerging NZ Filmmaker
Sandy Crichton, Chance of a Lifetime
Stuart Page, Shustak
Susan Potter, An Ordinary Person
Screenrights Best Educational Documentary
The Last Western Heretic, Monique Oomen
Architect of Dreams, Geoffrey Cawthorn
An Ordinary Person, Susan Potter
Best Editor
Niels Pagh Andersen, Recipes for Disaster
Francois Verster, Sea Point Days
Danniel Danniel and Jessica de Koning, Oblivion
Best Cinematographer
Francois Verster and Peter Liechti, Sea Point Days
John Collins and Ian Kerr, The Wild Horse Redemption
Tibor Mathé H.S.C., Another Planet
Best Director
Heddy Honigmann, Oblivion
Gustav Hofer and Luca Ragazzi, Suddenly, Last Winter
Yang Lina, The Love on Mr. An
Phil Donahue and Ellen Spiro, Body of War
2. DOCNZ Summit – Registration is now open
What is the future of our documentary film industry? How do we create a sustainable and successful future? Our documentary industry needs proper support and funding.
The Documentary NZ Trust advocates and promotes documentary opportunities. Through our various activities, we are laying a solid foundation for documentary in New Zealand. The DOCNZ Summit programme is devised around this theme. A solid rock forming the cornerstone of our industry requires that we look at all its various parts:
Vision – Where do we see our industry?
Ownership – Who are the stakeholders? Who has the power to affect our industry? Who looks after our industry? Who advocates for our industry?
Identity – Who comprise the industry? What are documentaries?
Skills and Training – We need to train, up-skill and keep our industry abreast of developments.
Technology/Future Proofing – We need to identify the challenges brought by new technology and we need to provide the training in these areas.
Audiences – We need to identify our audiences and how to reach them.
Networks – We need to identify and create opportunities for our industry to network with associated industries, officials and overseas parties.
Funding – We need to rationalize local funding for our documentaries as well as to create opportunities to develop new sources of funding (e.g. overseas co-productions, philanthropy and investments etc.).
Click here for the full programme and registration.
Look who is coming:
- Hon Chris Finlayson, Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage, NZ
- Pat Ferns, President, Ferns Productions Inc, USA
- Annie Goldson, President, Screen Directors Guild of NZ
- Christoph Muecher, Director, Goethe-Institut New Zealand
- Cynthia Kane, Programme Manager, ITVS, USA
- Deborah Lawler Dormer, Executive Director, MIC, NZ
- Dr Grit Lemke, Programmer, DOK Leipzig, Germany
- Hans Robert Eisenhauer, Commissioning Editor, ZDF/ARTE, Germany
- Julia Overton, Screen Australia
- Maha Ismail, International Rights Manager, Screenrights, Australia
- Sandi DuBowski, Filmmaker A Jihad for Love
, USA
- Te Radar, Comedian and Filmmaker, NZ
- Thomas Tielsch, Director, Filmtank, Producer The Mosquito Problem
- Wendy Levy, Director of Creative Programming, Producers Institute for New Media Technologies, Bay Area Video Coalition, USA
- Yishai Orian, Filmmaker The Beetle
, Israel
- Laurent Antonczak, Lecturer AUT, Director ATZ119, NZ
- Robin Kewell, Filmmaker, NZ
- Philippa Mossman, Commissioner Arts, Children's, Digital, TV NZ
- Jude Callen, Commissioning Editor of Documentaries & Special Interest Programmes, TV NZ
- John Barnett, Chief Executive, South Pacific Pictures, NZ
- Sue Woodfield, Commissioning Editor, TV3, NZ
- Haunui Royal, General Manager, Programmes, Maori Television Service, NZ
- Manutai Schuster, Head of Acquisitions & Commissioning, Maori Television Service, NZ
- New Zealand Film Commission representative
Expanding Documentary 2009
The seventh biennial Expanding Documentary Conference will be held in Auckland, at the Gus Fisher Gallery, 21-22 February 2009 (just before DOCNZ Summit).
Click here for more information and to register for the event!
Don’t miss the most exciting Documentary events of the year! Catch up with the “Who is Who” in the business and learn the latest trends!
3. DOCNZ Focus – Next screening on 24 Feb
The next DOCNZ Focus screening will be held on 24 February at 6:30pm at the Academy Cinemas (44 Lorne Street, Auckland CBD).
Shooting Women, by Writer/Director/Producer Alexis Krasilovsky, is a global documentary about camerawomen who survive the odds in Hollywood, Bollywood and beyond.
Director Alexis Krasilovsky will attend the screening and the panel discussion which will follow it. We encourage everyone in the industry to attend and support this event.
DOCNZ Focus screenings are open to the public. You may join as a member or attend single sessions. A group discount (10 or more) is available too. Bookings and tickets are available on our website.
4. DOCNZ Goethe-Institut Scholarship
It is not too late to apply for the DOCNZ Goethe-Institut Scholarship. We are accepting applications until 13 February.
The scholarship aimed at selecting a New Zealand documentary filmmaker to visit Germany and develop and premiere a documentary film project at both the DOCNZ International Documentary Film Festival and a major German film festival.
The DOCNZ Goethe-Institut Documentary Scholarship recipient will travel to Germany, undergo an intensive German language course and work on his or her project through a tailored programme put together by the Goethe-Institut and the German documentary industry.
The recipient will be announced at the DOCNZ Awards/Launch Night on 25 February.
Click here for more information (including Rules and Regulations).
Deadline for application: Friday, 13 February 2009 (received).
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