DOCNZ E-Newsletter
#26 - April 2009
Kia Ora. DOCNZ 2009 is now officially over. Thanks for everyone who attended the festival and helped to make it a success. DOCNZ 2010 is now open for submissions. In this e-newsletter you will find the latest information about DOCNZ.
The DOCNZ Team.
In this issue
- DOCNZ Focus – The Boot Cake on Wed, 15 April at 6:30pm
- Back by popular demand – 6 DOCNZ 2009 films will screen at Rialto Newmarket on 18th and 19th April
- DOCNZ Festival – accepting submissions to DOCNZ 2010
- Directing Documentary – last call for the two day seminar with Leanne Pooley
- Calls for Submissions
1. DOCNZ Focus – The Boot Cake on Wed, 15 April at 6:30pm
Funny, poignant and thought provoking, The Boot Cake layers film clips, impersonators, interviews with behind the scenes footage of Charlie’s Adipur birthday party. It is a story of resilience, unorthodox spirituality and ultimately, the power of cinema.
The Boot Cake / Dir. Kathryn Millard / Australia (2008) 75min.
A small desert town on the edge of western India’s famous salt plains is the unlikely home of the world’s largest population of Charlie Chaplin impersonators. The Charlie Circle of Adipur embraces businessmen, shopkeepers, a doctor who prescribes Chaplin movies for medicinal purposes, teachers, engineers, students and a three-year-old pre-schooler. They all share a passion for the silent film star of the early 1900s, with his twirling cane, wobbly walk and agitated eyebrows.
The Boot Cake will screen on Wed, 15 April at 6:30pm at the Academy Cinemas (44 Lorne Street, Auckland CBD).
DOCNZ Focus screenings are open to the public. You may join as a member or attend single sessions. Tickets are $15 and can be purchased online or by cash only on the night at the DOCNZ Focus desk. A group discount (10 or more) is available too by calling 360 0329.
2. Back by popular demand – 6 DOCNZ 2009 films will screen at Rialto Newmarket on 18th and 19th April
If you’ve missed any of the following films at the recent DOCNZ 2009 festival, here is your opportunity to see the audience favourite 6 films at Rialto Newmarket:
Sat, 18 April
- 11:30am All Together Now (84mins)
- 2.00pm Cuban Song (63mins)
- 4.00pm Apology of an Economic Hit Man (90mins)
- 6.00pm The Wild Horse Redemption (90mins)
- 8.30pm Food Fight (84mins)
Sun, 19 April
- 11:30am The Wild Horse Redemption (90mins)
- 2.00pm Food Fight (84mins)
- 4.00pm Oblivion (93mins)
- 6.00pm All Together Now (84mins)
- 8:30pm Apology of an Economic Hit Man (90mins)
3. DOCNZ Festival – accepting submissions to DOCNZ 2010
DOCNZ 2009 ended on Sunday in Christchurch and Dunedin. Thanks for everyone who attended and supported the 4th edition of DOCNZ Festival.
A BIG thank you to DOCNZ 2009 Partners:
And DOCNZ 2009 Supporters:
A special thanks to this year’s city coordinators for their brilliant work: Brett Studholme in Wellington, Louise Moulin in Dunedin and Louise Clarke in Christchurch.
Also, a big thank you and congratulations to this year’s local filmmakers participating at DOCNZ 2009: Kirsty MacDonald, Dan Salmon, Monique Oomen, Stuart Page, Geoffrey Cawthorn, Susan Potter, Luke Wheeler, Sandy Crichton, Alastair Jamieson, and Kat Baulu.
Submissions for 2010
Preparations for DOCNZ 2010 are already underway and we are now accepting submissions. The official deadlines are:
- Official Deadline: 11 September 2009 (postmarked)
- Extended Deadline: 9 October 2009 (postmarked)
Download the Guidelines and Entry Form.
4. Directing Documentary – last call for the two day seminar with Leanne Pooley
There are a few spaces left for the upcoming seminar. Award winning documentary filmmaker Leanne Pooley in association with the Screen Directors Guild of New Zealand will be holding a two day Directing Documentary Seminar on the 18th and 19th of April at in Auckland. For more information and booking: info@spacific.co.nz.
5. Call for Submissions
NZFF Homegrown MIC Toi Rerehiko in collaboration with the 2009 New Zealand International Film Festivals is calling for submissions for Homegrown, New Zealand’s première showcase for local short films, video and animation. Deadline: 17 April 2009
ASTRA Film Festival International Documentary Film Festival, Sibiu, Romania, 26 October – 1 November 2009. Deadline: 1 May 2009
doclisboa Internacional Documentary Film Festival, Lisbon, Portugal, 15- 25 October 2009. Entry deadline: 15 June 2009
FIFO Pacific International Documentary Film Festival, Tahiti 26-31 January 2010. Deadline: 1 October 2009
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