director: | Gregor Nicholas |
screenplay: | Gregor Nicholas, Jim Wilkins |
cinematography: | Ian Paul |
cast: | Damien Lay, Rhondda Findleton, Melinni Blake, Stephen Hall, Glynnis Paraha |
producer: | Stephanie Bauer |
production: | Gregor Nicholas, This Is It Productions |
source of print: | New Zealand Film Commission |
awards: | Dresden FF 1995 - najlepszy film krótkometrażowy / Best Short Film, Mannheim-Heidelberg IFF 1994 - Interfilm Award - honorowe wyróżnienie / Honorable Mention |
language: | English, Maori |
Avondale, 1965. A young boy grapples with something bigger than he realises: the love within himself.
director: | Peter Salmon |
screenplay: | Nick Mayow |
cinematography: | Ginny Loane |
music: | Hermione Johnson |
cast: | Tina Cook, Joe Dekkers-Reihana, Jim Moriarty, Chelsie Preston-Crayford |
producer: | Rachel Gardiner |
production: | Maxim Films |
source of print: | New Zealand Film Commission |
language: | English |
A teenage boy hindered by his father's expectations escapes into thick fog with a girl and emerges a young but mature man.
director: | Sima Urale |
screenplay: | Sima Urale |
cinematography: | Rewa Harré |
cast: | Charles Faamausili, Therese Fatu, Harry Wendt |
producer: | Kara Paewai |
production: | Paewai Productions, New Zealand Film Commission |
source of print: | New Zealand Film Commission |
awards: | Venice IFF 1996 - najlepszy film krótkometrażowy / Best Short Film Venice, Chicago IFF 1996 - Silver Plaque |
language: | Samoan |
O Tamaiti portrays the impressions of a young boy in a powerless adult dominated world. 11-year-old Tino must carry the weight of responsibilities, tending to the needs of his younger siblings with adult maturity.
director: | Niki Caro |
screenplay: | Niki Caro |
cinematography: | Simon Raby |
music: | Michael Lowry, Chris Mathews |
cast: | Hester Joyce, Joel Tobeck |
producer: | Owen Hughes |
production: | Frame Up Films |
source of print: | New Zealand Film Commission |
language: | English |
While beach combing, April discovers an injured man and claims him as her own. She must keep him secret, and alive.
director: | Dorthe Scheffmann |
screenplay: | Frances Edmond |
cinematography: | Stuart Dryburgh |
music: | Keith Ballantyne |
cast: | Elizabeth Hawthorn, Donogh Rees, Bruce Hopkins |
producer: | Dorthe Scheffmann |
production: | This Is It Productions, Council of New Zealand |
source of print: | New Zealand Film Commission |
language: | English |
The story of two families who spend a day at the beach. The women's friendship is confirmed by a revealing incident of domestic abuse.
director: | Michael Duignan |
screenplay: | Heather Menzies |
producer: | Rachel Gardner |
production: | Maxim Film, New Zealand Film Commission |
source of print: | New Zealand Film Commission |
language: | English |
Evan rides the bus all day instead of going to school. But when he gets off to follow Romy, she teaches him a lesson about life.
director: | Damon Fepulea'i |
screenplay: | Damon Fepulea'i, Savage |
cinematography: | Rhys Duncan |
music: | Alan Meharry, Jason Smith |
cast: | Branagh Dennison, Grant Hawke, Helena Ikitoelgi, Olivia Tennet |
producer: | Liz DiFiore |
production: | Godzone Pictures Ltd |
source of print: | New Zealand Film Commission |
language: | English |
Watermark tells the story of a young girl, and the sequence of events that occur when she goes fishing in a local mangrove swamp.