SHOW ME SHORTS NEW ZEALAND INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL —— 2017 Motel Below: Window Your in World the Image: Cover 2 , Worlds Collide , Worlds

SHOW ME SHORTS NEW ZEALAND INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL —— 2017 Motel Below: Window Your in World The image: Cover 2 , Worlds Collide , Worlds

, The Sampler , The SHOW ME SHORTS Dark in the Light Different to be Daring Generation My Focus Québec Worlds Collide to Move Made films short of sessions Themed messages Welcome SEASON 2017 SEASON Cinema venues and ticket information Talks Film Short Lab Film Short Aotearoa Masterclass and Screening Movie: 9 The Night Opening Wellington Ceremony Awards and Night Opening Auckland 20 Events Sampler The Auckland Island Stewart Christchurch Shorts is here for a good time, not a long time. along not time, agood for here is Shorts Me Show now. cinema local your at tickets Book along! others bring and screenings, to festival tickets to buy is Shorts Me Show for support your to show way best The community. filmmaking the of goodwill and businesses oflocal support the tickets, to buy audience our on strongly rely we trust, acharitable As showmeshorts.co.nz [email protected] Grey Lynn, Auckland Rd, Trades 26, 147 Hall, Room North Great Auckland St, Wellesley 6685, Box PO Show Me Shorts Acknowledgements screenings regional Other Wellington 26 27 26

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3 CONTENTS Motel Below: Window Your in World The image: Cover 2 , Worlds Collide , Worlds

, The Sampler , The SHOW ME SHORTS Dark in the Light Different to be Daring Generation My Focus Québec Worlds Collide to Move Made films short of sessions Themed messages Welcome SEASON 2017 SEASON Cinema venues and ticket information Talks Film Short Lab Film Short Aotearoa Masterclass and Screening Movie: 9 The Night Opening Wellington Ceremony Awards and Night Opening Auckland 20 Events Sampler The Auckland Christchurch Island Stewart Shorts is here for a good time, not a long time. along not time, agood for here is Shorts Me Show now. cinema local your at tickets Book along! others bring and screenings, to festival tickets to buy is Shorts Me Show for support your to show way best The community. filmmaking the of goodwill and businesses oflocal support the tickets, to buy audience our on strongly rely we trust, acharitable As showmeshorts.co.nz [email protected] Grey Lynn, Auckland Rd, Trades 26, 147 Hall, Room North Great Auckland St, Wellesley 6685, Box PO Show Me Shorts Acknowledgements screenings regional Other Wellington 26 27 26

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3 CONTENTS 4 WELCOME SHOW ME SHORTS Mayor of Auckland of Mayor Goff Phil festival. year’s this for city beautiful our across cinemas out packing old, and young Aucklanders, to seeing forward I look world. the around and here made films short best the with to engage opportunity the have again once people our that to ensure helping festival, year’s this supported has Council Auckland that proud I’m and Shorts, Me Show of home the is Auckland in Auckland. of these We’re industry. toscreen have both lucky really thriving a for makes sector film short A healthy Taika Jackson. Peter and Campion, Waititi Jane own our including films, short making careers their begin filmmakers successful Most world. the around regarded highly is cinema our and film industry its for renowned is Zealand New Auckland. in here right born festival, film short premier Zealand’s New Festival: Film Shorts Me Show 12th the to Welcome the a

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5 And…action! The camera rolls MADE TO MOVE for this fast-paced collection SESSION TIMES of short films. The stories centre around movement of Auckland people, a piano, and a stolen Rialto Cinemas Newmarket purse. High-energy action Wed 1 Nov / 6:30 pm* sequences are contrasted with Thu 2 Nov / 8:30 pm the concentrated expression of Sat 4 Nov / 8:30 pm sporting prowess. These films will keep you on your toes. Christchurch Alice Cinematheque Fri 17 Nov / 8:30 pm

Stewart Island Bunkhouse Theatre Sat 13 Jan / 7:30 pm

Wellington The Embassy Mon 13 Nov / 6:30 pm 1 铁手 (Iron Hands) 3 Do No Harm 5 Ostoja Will Move Your Piano 7 Renters – Lake South Thu 16 Nov / 4:30 pm Drama, 11 min, USA/China Action, 12 min, New Zealand Drama, 15 min, Serbia / Montenegro Music video, 4 min, New Zealand Sat 18 Nov / 8:30 pm nz premiere nz premiere 3am. 1980s Hongjing. In an The Lake South song 'Renters' Tue 21 Nov / 4:30 pm A 12-year-old girl tries out ageing private hospital, a single- Ostoja is a legendary piano mover is an introspective tune about * World premiere screening for the traditionally all-boys minded surgeon is forced to from Belgrade. Today his work the New Zealand housing crisis. with filmmaker intro. Chinese Youth Olympic break her physician’s oath when becomes a series of increasingly This music video features the weightlifting team, making an violent gangsters storm in to complex and comical moves. Straight Outta Roskill Crew rolling Estimated total run time: unlikely connection with the stop a crucial operation. on pimped-out BMX bikes. 85 minutes. Dir: Sandra Mitrovic gym's reclusive groundskeeper. Dir/Writ: Roseanne Liang Writ: Sandra Mitrovic, Masa Clark Dir: Linsell Richards Censorship rating to be Dir/Writ: Johnson Cheng Prod: Hamish Mortland, Tim White Prod: Sandra Mitrovic, Dir/Writ: Lake McKenna advised. Please contact your Prod: Tianqi Zhuo, Felicity Wang, Vesna Boskovic Prod: Poor Sailors Arts Collective cinema for details. Xixi Wang 4 Girl at the Door Drama, 12 min, South Korea 6 Through the Supermarket 8 Just Go! 2 Zinzan nz premiere in Five Easy Pieces Action, 11 min, Latvia Drama, 11 min, New Zealand Dance, 9 min, Finland nz premiere Hye-ri is learning kick-boxing. world premiere nz premiere She practises the armbar Just is a young man who lost A rugby-mad father fears his manoeuvre to fend off her drunk A delightful dance film about his legs in an accident, but this son might not be recruited into father's abusive behaviour. a family trying to navigate doesn't stop him from giving the national Under 20s team their weekly grocery shopping chase when his crush Leva has Dir/Writ/Prod: Joo-sung Song when he insists on bringing his trip without disintegrating or her bag stolen. A fast-paced boyfriend to practice. losing anyone. action film inspired by a true story.

MADE MOVE TO Dir/Writ: Ben Walton Dir/Writ: Anna Maria Dir/Writ/Prod: Pavel Gumennikov Prod: Arielle Sullivan Joakimsdottir-Hutri Writ: Laura Lapina Prod: Petteri Lehtinen

6 SHOW ME SHORTS SEASON 2017 7 And…action! The camera rolls MADE TO MOVE for this fast-paced collection SESSION TIMES of short films. The stories centre around movement of Auckland people, a piano, and a stolen Rialto Cinemas Newmarket purse. High-energy action Wed 1 Nov / 6:30 pm* sequences are contrasted with Thu 2 Nov / 8:30 pm the concentrated expression of Sat 4 Nov / 8:30 pm sporting prowess. These films will keep you on your toes. Christchurch Alice Cinematheque Fri 17 Nov / 8:30 pm

Stewart Island Bunkhouse Theatre Sat 13 Jan / 7:30 pm

MADE MOVE TO Dir/Writ: Ben Walton Dir/Writ: Anna Maria Dir/Writ/Prod: Pavel Gumennikov Prod: Arielle Sullivan Joakimsdottir-Hutri Writ: Laura Lapina Prod: Petteri Lehtinen

6 SHOW ME SHORTS SEASON 2017 7 We live in a time of WORLDS COLLIDE unprecedented mobility. SESSION TIMES Misunderstandings are bound to happen as we explore other Auckland lands, cultures and ideas. What Rialto Cinemas Newmarket happens when east meets Sun 29 Oct / 5:30 pm* west? When different world Tue 31 Oct / 2:30 pm views clash? The moments Fri 3 Nov / 6:30 pm explored in these short films are funny, scary, sad and Christchurch sometimes all three at once. Alice Cinematheque Mon 20 Nov / 6:30 pm

Stewart Island Bunkhouse Theatre Wed 17 Jan / 7:30 pm

Wellington The Embassy Sun 12 Nov / 4:30 pm 1 Big City 3 Not Yet 5 A Drowning Man 7 La Madre Buena Thu 16 Nov / 6:30 pm Drama, 9 min, Australia Drama, 15 min, Islamic Drama, 15 min, Denmark (The Good Mother) Sun 19 Nov / 6:30 pm nz premiere Republic of Iran nz premiere Comedy, 6 min, Mexico nz premiere nz premiere * World premiere screening Lonely Vijay picks up a stray drunk, Alone and far from home, with filmmaker intro. Chris, in a Melbourne taxi. During Two parents Skype their daughter, a Palestinian refugee in Greece With her only child’s birthday the ride they become friends as who is studying abroad, on her looks for the means to get looming, a Mexican mother Estimated total run time: Chris experiences some of Vijay's 21st birthday. Their unity is through his day. He is forced to embarks upon an epic journey 105 minutes. nightly troubles, and Vijay learns a sham, a fact the filmmaker make compromises to survive. across land and through politics Censorship rating to be to see the city in a new light. exposes to us via clever use of to find the right piñata for her son. Dir/Writ/Prod: Mahdi Fleifel advised. Please contact your split-screen cinematography. Dir/Writ: Jordan Bond Prod: Patrick Campbell, Dir/Writ/Prod: Sarah Clift cinema for details. Dir: Lachlan Ryan Dir/Writ: Arian Vazirdaftari Signe Byrge Sørensen Prod: Madrefoca Prod: Jarrod Theodore Writ: Shadi Karamroudi Prod: Majid Barzegar 6 Motel 8 Wave 2 A New Home Drama, 15 min, New Zealand Drama, 14 min, Ireland Thriller, 14 min, Slovenia 4 Import world premiere nz premiere nz premiere Comedy, 17 min, Netherlands A lonely rural motelier befriends A man wakes from a coma A woman moves into an empty A Bosnian refugee family ends one of her guests. For one night, speaking a fully formed but new apartment block. Each up in a small village in the the lives of someone who can't unrecognisable language, day she passes a refugee tent Netherlands in 1994. Absurd move, and another who can't baffling linguistic experts city. Creeping fear and paranoia situations arise as they try to stop, intersect. from around the globe. threaten to overwhelm her. make this new world their home. Dir/Writ/Prod: Lauren Porteous Dir/Writ: Benjamin Cleary Dir/Writ: Žiga Virc Dir/Writ: Ena Sendijarevic Dir: TJ O'Grady Peyton

WORLDS COLLIDE WORLDS Writ/Prod: Boštjan Virc Prod: Iris Otten, Sander van Prod: Rebecca Bourke Meurs, Pieter Kuijpers

8 SHOW ME SHORTS SEASON 2017 9 We live in a time of WORLDS COLLIDE unprecedented mobility. SESSION TIMES Misunderstandings are bound to happen as we explore other Auckland lands, cultures and ideas. What Rialto Cinemas Newmarket happens when east meets Sun 29 Oct / 5:30 pm* west? When different world Tue 31 Oct / 2:30 pm views clash? The moments Fri 3 Nov / 6:30 pm explored in these short films are funny, scary, sad and Christchurch sometimes all three at once. Alice Cinematheque Mon 20 Nov / 6:30 pm

Stewart Island Bunkhouse Theatre Wed 17 Jan / 7:30 pm

WORLDS COLLIDE WORLDS Writ/Prod: Boštjan Virc Prod: Iris Otten, Sander van Prod: Rebecca Bourke Meurs, Pieter Kuijpers

8 SHOW ME SHORTS SEASON 2017 9 Discover what we have in QUÉBEC FOCUS common with people from SESSION TIMES Canada’s French-speaking province of Québec. The films Auckland in this collection explore the Rialto Cinemas Newmarket lives of Québécois living in Thu 2 Nov / 6:30 pm modern Montreal, taking up Sun 5 Nov / 3:30 pm native dance, experiencing an endless suburban summer, The Vic (Devonport) languishing in a sawmill town Wed 1 Nov / 7:30 pm* with a vast snowy backdrop, Christchurch and caught in imaginary Alice Cinematheque dream-worlds. Sun 19 Nov / 6:30 pm

Stewart Island Bunkhouse Theatre Wed 10 Jan / 7:30 pm

Wellington 1 La Peau Sauvage (Wild Skin) 3 Mutants 5 Mon Dernier Été 7 Vaysha, L’Aveugle The Embassy Fantasy, 19 min, Canada Coming of age, 17 min, Canada (My Last Summer) (Blind Vaysha) Fri 10 Nov / 8:30 pm nz premiere nz premiere Coming of age, 15 min, Canada Animation, 9 min, Canada Tue 14 Nov / 6:30 pm nz premiere nz premiere Sat 18 Nov / 4:30 pm The quiet life of a solitary woman In the summer of 1996, life is disturbed when she discovers throws a curveball in the face During a summer heat wave in This award-winning animation * Filmmaker Q&A to follow. a baby python in her apartment. of Keven Guénette…and it Montreal, two 11-year-olds meet tells the story of little Vaysha, Estimated total run time: This unleashes her deepest strikes. Guided by his paraplegic and become close friends. When who has a left eye that sees the 100 minutes. urges and will let her express, for baseball coach, Keven discovers a terrible secret is discovered, past and a right eye that sees the the first time, who she truly is. the mutation: sex and love. innocence is shattered. future, preventing her from living Censorship rating to be in the present. advised. Please contact your Dir/Writ: Ariane Louis-Seize Dir/Writ: Alexandre Dostie Dir/Writ: Paul-Claude Demers cinema for details. Prod: Jeanne-Marie Poulain, Prod: Hany Ouichou, Prod: Étienne Hansez Dir/Writ: Théodore Ushev Hany Ouichou Gabrielle Tougas-Fréchette Prod: Marc Bertrand 6 Sonny Side Up 2 No Wave 4 Bleu Tonnerre Documentary, 7 min, Canada Thriller, 12 min, Canada (Blue Thunder) nz premiere nz premiere Musical, 21 min, Canada An inspiring documentary nz premiere Henry listens to the sounds of about how a young man ocean waves on a relaxation radio Bruno, a sawmill worker, breaks up changes his life when he gives station to soothe his anxiety and with his girlfriend. He breaks into up drugs and alcohol to become help him sleep. But did he just song while trying to sort out his life, a traditional dancer. hear the screams of a drowning and rekindle his previous glory as a Dir/Writ/Prod: Sonny Papatie man in his calming sea? wrestler named Blue Thunder. QUÉBEC FOCUS

Dir/Writ/Prod: Stephane Lapointe Dir/Writ: Philippe David Gagné, Jean Marc E. Roy Prod: Gabrielle Tougas-Fréchette, Ménaic Raoul

10 SHOW ME SHORTS SEASON 2017 11 Discover what we have in QUÉBEC FOCUS common with people from SESSION TIMES Canada’s French-speaking province of Québec. The films Auckland in this collection explore the Rialto Cinemas Newmarket lives of Québécois living in Thu 2 Nov / 6:30 pm modern Montreal, taking up Sun 5 Nov / 3:30 pm native dance, experiencing an endless suburban summer, The Vic (Devonport) languishing in a sawmill town Wed 1 Nov / 7:30 pm* with a vast snowy backdrop, Christchurch and caught in imaginary Alice Cinematheque dream-worlds. Sun 19 Nov / 6:30 pm

Stewart Island Bunkhouse Theatre Wed 10 Jan / 7:30 pm

Dir/Writ/Prod: Stephane Lapointe Dir/Writ: Philippe David Gagné, Jean Marc E. Roy Prod: Gabrielle Tougas-Fréchette, Ménaic Raoul

10 SHOW ME SHORTS SEASON 2017 11 Embrace your inner child with MY GENERATION this family-friendly selection SESSION TIMES of short films. Let us take you on an adventure into space, Auckland across a Jurassic world, Rialto Cinemas Newmarket through the New Zealand bush, Sun 29 Oct / 3:30 pm* and inside a 2D poster. We’ll Mon 30 Oct / 2:30 pm attend a children’s birthday Sat 4 Nov / 2:30 pm party gone feral, and escape from a city made of cardboard. Christchurch Suitable for adults and children Alice Cinematheque of all ages. Sat 18 Nov / 1:00 pm Stewart Island Bunkhouse Theatre Wed 3 Jan / 7:30 pm

Wellington The Embassy Sat 11 Nov / 4:30 pm 1 Fire in Cardboard City 3 In a Heartbeat 5 Citipati 7 Post No Bills Wed 15 Nov / 4:30 pm Animation, 9 min, New Zealand Animation, 4 min, USA Science fiction, 7 min, Germany Animation, 5 min, Canada Sun 19 Nov / 4:30 pm nz premiere nz premiere nz premiere When a city made entirely from * NZ premiere screening with cardboard catches fire, it is A young gay boy runs the risk A dinosaur tries to survive a On a wall plastered with posters, filmmaker intro. up to the local fire chief and of being outed by his own cataclysmic meteorite strike on Noodle Boy must make his way his brave deputies to save heart after it pops out of his his planet. A beautifully realised through a series of obstacles and Estimated total run time: Cardboard City and its citizens chest to chase down the boy and emotional story about the challenges in order to save his 64 minutes. from impending doom. of his dreams. fragility of life in our universe. crush, Miss Fortune, from the Censorship rating to be city's clean-up crew. Dir/Writ: Phil Brough Dir/Writ/Prod: Beth David Dir/Writ: Andreas Feix advised. Please contact your Writ/Prod: Matt Heath Dir/Writ/Prod: Esteban Bravo Prod: Francesco Faranna Dir/Writ/Prod: Robin Hays cinema for details. Prod: Orlando Stewart Dir: Andy Poon 4 Little Things – Miller Yule 6 Little Big Bang 2 All the Marbles Music video, 4 min, New Zealand Animation, 3 min, New Zealand 8 Possum Fantasy, 18 min, USA nz premiere Adventure, 16 min, New Zealand The music video for Miller nz premiere Yule's song 'Little Things' is as A scared young alien crash- Two young brothers accompany A little boy challenges a charming and full of warmth as lands on a desolate and their lumberjack father to a forest villainous bully to a game the song. A couple of children's unfamiliar planet. It has to campsite. Together they hatch a of marbles in a bizarre and party entertainers are mocked survive the night and overcome plan to go hunting for a notorious fantastical world where marbles and ignored by their audience. its fear to make a new friend in possum named Scar. are as precious as gold. a most unexpected way. Dir/Writ: Craig Murray Dir/Writ: Dave Whitehead Dir/Writ: Michael Swingler Writ: Lee Stapleton Dir/Writ: Jack Niederer Prod: Paul Murphy, Sadie Wilson Writ/Prod: Carl Petersen Prod: Lauren Watling, Jess Rose Prod: Aaron Wright MY GENERATION

12 SHOW ME SHORTS SEASON 2017 13 Embrace your inner child with MY GENERATION this family-friendly selection SESSION TIMES of short films. Let us take you on an adventure into space, Auckland across a Jurassic world, Rialto Cinemas Newmarket through the New Zealand bush, Sun 29 Oct / 3:30 pm* and inside a 2D poster. We’ll Mon 30 Oct / 2:30 pm attend a children’s birthday Sat 4 Nov / 2:30 pm party gone feral, and escape from a city made of cardboard. Christchurch Suitable for adults and children Alice Cinematheque of all ages. Sat 18 Nov / 1:00 pm Stewart Island Bunkhouse Theatre Wed 3 Jan / 7:30 pm

12 SHOW ME SHORTS SEASON 2017 13 It takes a lot of courage to DARING TO BE DIFFERENT be your own weird self. This SESSION TIMES goes double if you’re facing extra challenges: like missing Auckland limbs, being deaf, or other Rialto Cinemas Newmarket people judging your sexual Tue 31 Oct / 6:30 pm* preferences. The characters Thu 2 Nov / 2:30 pm we meet in this collection of Fri 3 Nov / 8:30 pm short films are boldly taking on life, challenging us to question Christchurch our tolerance and inspiring a Alice Cinematheque generosity of spirit. Sat 18 Nov / 8:30 pm Stewart Island Bunkhouse Theatre Sat 20 Jan / 7:30 pm

Wellington The Embassy Tue 14 Nov / 4:30 pm 1 Turtles – LarzRanda 3 The Promise of Piha 5 Each To Their Own 7 Saatanan Kanit Fri 17 Nov / 8:30 pm Music video, 4 min, New Zealand Drama, 16 min, New Zealand Coming of age, 20 min, (Fucking Bunnies) Mon 20 Nov / 4:30 pm New Zealand Comedy, 17 min, Finland Transgender rapper LarzRanda A young Samoan man has been nz premiere * World premiere screening lays his body bare in this simple chosen as the next leader of his A grieving teenage girl attempts with filmmaker intro. but effective music video community, but first he must to escape her suburban family by Raimo's comfy middle-class by THUNDERLIPS. A fitting confess his true desire. allowing herself to be drawn into bubble is burst when a Satan- Estimated total run time: accompaniment to the lyrics, a charismatic church. worshipping sex cult moves in 102 minutes. Dir/Writ: Hanelle Harris which lay bare his soul and next door. Writ: Taofia Pelesasa Dir/Writ: Maria Ines Manchego Censorship rating to be his story. Prod: Jadin Leslie, Elspeth Grant Prod: Lani-rain Feltham Dir/Writ: Teemu Niukkanen advised. Please contact your Dir: THUNDERLIPS Writ: Antti Toivonen cinema for details. Prod: Al Wad, Alix Whittaker 4 Boi 6 Do You Like Me Like This? Prod: Kaisla Viitala, Daniel Drama, 15 min, Belgium Comedy, 7 min, New Zealand Kuitunen, Tero Tamminen 2 Tama nz premiere world premiere Coming of age, 9 min, 8 Downside Up Two young Bulgarian brothers A girl is waiting for her bus in New Zealand Fantasy, 15 min, Belgium have to work for their uncle, who suburbia when a boy comes nz premiere During a fraught car trip, Tama, collects scrap metal in Belgium. along. An unconventional a deaf Māori boy, must rise up Over the course of one day, their romance unfolds as the girl Imagine a world where everyone to confront his family. The story relationship is tested. tries to get his attention. has Down Syndrome. One day, culminates in an electrifying a boy is born who is different — DIFFERENT Dir/Writ/Prod: Anthony Nti Dir/Writ: Miryam Jacobi silent performance of the haka. but 'normal' from our outside Writ: Chingiz Karibekov Prod: Jack Barry perspective. DARING TO BE BE TO DARING Dir/Writ: Jared Flitcroft, Prod: RITCS (School of Arts) Jack O'Donnell Dir/Writ: Peter Ghesquiere

Writ: David Hansen Prod: Hendrik Verthé, Kobe Van Prod: Ashleigh Flynn Steenberghe, Frank Van Passel

14 SHOW ME SHORTS SEASON 2017 15 It takes a lot of courage to DARING TO BE DIFFERENT be your own weird self. This SESSION TIMES goes double if you’re facing extra challenges: like missing Auckland limbs, being deaf, or other Rialto Cinemas Newmarket people judging your sexual Tue 31 Oct / 6:30 pm* preferences. The characters Thu 2 Nov / 2:30 pm we meet in this collection of Fri 3 Nov / 8:30 pm short films are boldly taking on life, challenging us to question Christchurch our tolerance and inspiring a Alice Cinematheque generosity of spirit. Sat 18 Nov / 8:30 pm Stewart Island Bunkhouse Theatre Sat 20 Jan / 7:30 pm

Writ: David Hansen Prod: Hendrik Verthé, Kobe Van Prod: Ashleigh Flynn Steenberghe, Frank Van Passel

14 SHOW ME SHORTS SEASON 2017 15 Stories convey coded LIGHT IN THE DARK messages and knowledge SESSION TIMES that can help us to navigate our path. The short films in Auckland this section of the programme Rialto Cinemas Newmarket tell of new bonds forged Mon 30 Oct / 6:30 pm* within fractured whanau, Fri 3 Nov / 2:30 pm and the healing balm of Sat 4 Nov / 6:30 pm friendship prescribed for loss and loneliness. They give Christchurch survival tips for the impending Alice Cinematheque apocalypse. They offer a Thu 16 Nov / 6:30 pm glimpse of hope, whether Tue 21 Nov / 6:30 pm by torchlight, lamplight or Stewart Island exploding firework. Bunkhouse Theatre Sat 6 Jan / 7:30 pm

Wellington The Embassy 1 Tree 3 Baby? 5 Maria 7 Happy Birthday Sat 11 Nov / 8:30 pm Drama, 16 min, New Zealand Drama, 12 min, New Zealand Drama, 14 min, New Zealand Comedy, 6 min, New Zealand Mon 13 Nov / 4:30 pm world premiere nz premiere One evening Alisi climbs a huge An ailing Polynesian matriarch Wed 15 Nov / 6:30 pm tree and won’t come down. Isabelle is determined not to must find the strength to lead A trio of flatmates inadvertently Tue 21 Nov / 6:30 pm As night falls and we discover her spend her 65th birthday alone. her family one last time. kickstart the apocalypse by * World premiere screening secret, Alisi must choose whether She invites herself into the abusing a new Facebook feature. Dir: Jeremiah Tauamiti with filmmaker intro. to follow tradition or find a new home of her new neighbour, Writ: Taofia Pelesasa Dir/Prod: Eddy Fifield path — with or without her family. a struggling mum in the middle Estimated total run time: Prod: Karin Williams Writ/Prod: Dominic Hoey of a nervous breakdown. 100 minutes. Dir/Writ: Lauren Jackson Prod: Jeremy Macey, Dir/Writ/Prod: Mark Prebble 6 The Last One 8 Catherine Censorship rating to be Andrew Cochrane Writ/Prod: Marion Prebble Science fiction, 15 min, UK Animation, 12 min, Belgium advised. Please contact your Prod: Ruby Reihana-Wilson nz premiere nz premiere cinema for details. 2 Ambience Every living thing on the planet Catherine is a girl who loves Science fiction, 13 min, 4 Waiting has disappeared. No warning. pets! Maybe a little too much? South Korea/USA Coming of age, 12 min, No apparent reason. Every Most of all, she loves her cat. nz premiere New Zealand human and animal, gone. As Catherine grows up, her cat Junkyu works for HereForYou, Two best friends become Except Matthew. becomes her whole life, leaving

LIGHT IN an app-based service company. brothers as they wait for a life- little room for other humans.

THE DARK Dir: Andrea Banjanin He travels around the city at changing phone call. This film Writ/Prod: Paul Bailey Dir/Writ: Britt Raes night on a scooter to help people won two awards at NZIFF 2017. Prod: Justine Priestley Prod: Karim Rhellam with a variety of tasks. Dir/Prod: Amberley Jo Aumua Dir/Writ: Ji Hyun Kim Writ: Samuel Kamu Writ: Julia Yu Prod: Nikolai Metin

16 SHOW ME SHORTS SEASON 2017 17 Stories convey coded LIGHT IN THE DARK messages and knowledge SESSION TIMES that can help us to navigate our path. The short films in Auckland this section of the programme Rialto Cinemas Newmarket tell of new bonds forged Mon 30 Oct / 6:30 pm* within fractured whanau, Fri 3 Nov / 2:30 pm and the healing balm of Sat 4 Nov / 6:30 pm friendship prescribed for loss and loneliness. They give Christchurch survival tips for the impending Alice Cinematheque apocalypse. They offer a Thu 16 Nov / 6:30 pm glimpse of hope, whether Tue 21 Nov / 6:30 pm by torchlight, lamplight or Stewart Island exploding firework. Bunkhouse Theatre Sat 6 Jan / 7:30 pm

LIGHT IN an app-based service company. brothers as they wait for a life- little room for other humans.

16 SHOW ME SHORTS SEASON 2017 17 Too hard to pick which films to THE SAMPLER see? We get it. This selection SESSION TIMES includes some of our most accessible, heart-warming, Auckland vibrant and fun shorts from Great Barrier Social Club New Zealand and around Mon 13 Nov / 7:15 pm** the world. It’s a great way to Matakana Cinemas sample what Show Me Shorts Sat 18 Nov / 6:30 pm** is all about. The films on offer Pukekohe Cinema 3 feature family ties, a misread Sat 4 Nov / 6:30pm** psychic prediction, a kosher Rialto Cinemas Newmarket butcher in disguise, a couple Wed 1 Nov / 2:30 pm of Game of Thrones stars, Sun 5 Nov / 5:30 pm and the unexpected thrill The Vic of eating avocado on toast. Fri 3 Nov / 8:00 pm** Waiheke Is Comm. Cinema Sun 29 Oct / 7:30 pm*

Christchurch 1 Sybil's Psychic Hotline 3 Adnyat 5 The World In Your Window 7 Roger Alice Cinematheque Comedy, 8 min, New Zealand Drama, 15 min, India Coming of age, 15 min, Comedy, 8 min, UK Sun 19 Nov / 1:00pm world premiere nz premiere New Zealand nz premiere Wed 22 Nov / 6:30 pm In this dark comedy, Con Adnyat is an eight-year-old Eight-year-old Jesse is stuck Stephen (Seann Walsh) arrives Stewart Island decides the perfect way to boy who sets out on a journey in a tiny caravan with his home after six months in Bunkhouse Theatre cheer up her depressed and that explores and borrows grief-stricken father, until his Mongolia to discover his best Wed 24 Jan / 7:30pm bedridden partner Bella is to from a variety of religious accidental friendship with a friend Roy (John Bradley) has call a clairvoyant phone line. customs, worshipping rituals, transsexual V8 driver unlocks replaced him with a ventriloquist's Wellington and traditions. the means for their liberation. dummy called Roger. Finns Paekakariki Dir/Writ/Prod: Grant Lahood Sun 12 Nov / 6:30 pm* Dir/Writ: Santosh Sopan Davakhar Dir/Writ: Zoe McIntosh Dir/Writ: Brendan Cleaves The Embassy Prod: Diksha Santosh Davakhar, Prod: Hamish Mortland Writ: Stuart Foreman 2 The Chop Sun 12 Nov / 6:30 pm Rajesh Sopan Davakhar Prod: Alasdair Mitchell Comedy, 17 min, UK Fri 17 Nov / 4:30 pm nz premiere 6 Edith Mon 20 Nov / 6:30 pm 4 The Wall Drama, 15 min, UK 8 Laundry A comedy about Yossi, a kosher Wed 22 Nov / 4:30 pm Animation, 7 min, Australia nz premiere Comedy, 10 min, New Zealand butcher who loses his job, nz premiere * World premiere screening cannot find work at other kosher Since his wife's death, Jake has A happily married woman (Aidee with filmmaker intro. butcheries, and decides to This poetic animated film fallen into a life of isolation. He Walker), with a busy family life, pretend to be Muslim in order to tells a tale of love and hope. meets Shelia, who helps him see struggles to find an intimate * * Festival director will get work at a halal butchery. A grandmother and her grandson the light again. A hopeful drama moment with her partner. She introduce this session flee their city, only to find a tall, starring Peter Mullan, Michelle discovers orgasmic pleasure in Dir/Writ: Lewis Rose Estimated total run time: endless wall blocking their path. Fairley and Robyn Malcolm. an unlikely place. THE SAMPLER Prod: Daphnée Hocquard 91 minutes. Dir/Writ/Prod: Nick Baker Dir: Christian Cooke Dir/Writ: Becs Arahanga Censorship rating to be Dir/Prod: Tristan Klein Writ: Ray Robinson Prod: Julian Arahanga advised. Please contact your Prod: April Kelley, Sara Huxley, cinema for details. Fiona Neilson

18 SHOW ME SHORTS SEASON 2017 19 Too hard to pick which films to THE SAMPLER see? We get it. This selection SESSION TIMES includes some of our most accessible, heart-warming, Auckland vibrant and fun shorts from Great Barrier Social Club New Zealand and around Mon 13 Nov / 7:15 pm** the world. It’s a great way to Matakana Cinemas sample what Show Me Shorts Sat 18 Nov / 6:30 pm** is all about. The films on offer Pukekohe Cinema 3 feature family ties, a misread Sat 4 Nov / 6:30pm** psychic prediction, a kosher Rialto Cinemas Newmarket butcher in disguise, a couple Wed 1 Nov / 2:30 pm of Game of Thrones stars, Sun 5 Nov / 5:30 pm and the unexpected thrill The Vic of eating avocado on toast. Fri 3 Nov / 8:00 pm** Waiheke Is Comm. Cinema Sun 29 Oct / 7:30 pm*

18 SHOW ME SHORTS SEASON 2017 19 2017 Awards Remember to vote for your favourite short film to win the Best Film WatchMe People's Choice Best International Film Award. Do this by completing the short survery on our website NZ On Air Best Music Video showmeshorts.co.nz. DEGNZ Best Director

DEGNZ Best Editor

Showtools Special Jury Prize

Toi Whakaari Best Actor

Panavision Best Cinematographer

Final Draft Best Screenplay

NZFC Best Student Film

WatchMe People’s Choice Award AUCKLAND OPENING NIGHT WELLINGTON & AWARDS CEREMONY OPENING NIGHT

Join us for a very special night Sat 28 Oct 2017, 8:00pm Watch all the award-winning Thu 9 Nov 2017, 8:00pm out, celebrating short films and The Civic, cnr Queen and films and celebrate our local The Embassy, 10 Kent Tce, the people who make them! Wellesley St, Auckland filmmakers at the Wellington Mount Victoria, Wellington launch of Show Me Shorts in the Walk the red carpet. Watch all $29 from Ticketmaster (includes $25 from embassytheatre.co.nz gorgeous Embassy. the award-winning films. See entry to the official after-party). (includes a glass of Opawa wine). the winners receive their prizes Dress code: awards glam. Enjoy a complimentary glass of in a short ceremony hosted by Opawa wine as you arrive, and comedian Te Radar. The winners mingle with the filmmakers, of the coveted Best Film and festival organisers and industry Best International Film awards professionals. This is the only will become qualified for entry to night all winning films will the Academy Awards®. screen together in one session in Wellington. Join us afterwards at the Official After-Party in the Wintergarden. Mingle with filmmakers and industry professionals, plus enjoy a complimentary glass of Opawa

wine, snacks, and entertainment AND AWARDS from band Hush Money. OPENING NIGHTS

20 SHOW ME SHORTS SEASON 2017 21 2017 Awards Remember to vote for your favourite short film to win the Best Film WatchMe People's Choice Best International Film Award. Do this by completing the short survery on our website NZ On Air Best Music Video showmeshorts.co.nz. DEGNZ Best Director

DEGNZ Best Editor

Showtools Special Jury Prize

Toi Whakaari Best Actor

Panavision Best Cinematographer

Final Draft Best Screenplay

NZFC Best Student Film

WatchMe People’s Choice Award AUCKLAND OPENING NIGHT WELLINGTON & AWARDS CEREMONY OPENING NIGHT

wine, snacks, and entertainment AND AWARDS from band Hush Money. OPENING NIGHTS

20 SHOW ME SHORTS SEASON 2017 21 We are delighted to present Some of our other screenings a range of events for filmmakers, will also be introduced by the aspiring filmmakers and Festival Director or filmmakers. anyone interested in finding out Check pages 26 and 27 for those more about making short films. marked with an *.

9 THE MOVIE: AOTEAROA AUCKLAND WELLINGTON SCREENING AND SHORT FILM LAB SHORT FILM TALK SHORT FILM TALK MASTERCLASS

Join us for a screening of Aotearoa Short Film Lab is Interested in learning more Interested in learning more 9 The Movie, by Canadian New Zealand’s most prestigious about short film making? about short film making? hothouse mentoring scheme writer/director Stéphane E. Roy, Hear from three top filmmakers Hear from three top filmmakers for screenwriters and aspiring and stay for his Masterclass. as they each screen one of their as they each screen one of their screenwriters to workshop new films and discuss how they films and discuss how they In 9 The Movie, nine interlinked ideas for short film. short films are woven together to made it, in a facilitated Q&A. made it, in a facilitated Q&A. The Lab is jointly run by Show create an award-winning satirical Speakers: Stuart Foreman, Speakers: Becs Arahanga, comedy film about an alleged Me Shorts and Script to Screen.

writer of Roger; Alexandre Dostie, writer/director of Laundry; It offers six local and two communication guru. writer/director of Mutants; Dave Whitehead, writer/director international short film makers Lauren Jackson, writer/director of Possum; Ariane Louis-Seize, During the Masterclass, the opportunity to develop their of Tree. writer/director of La Peau Stéphane E. Roy will give a short film concepts and scripts Sauvage (Wild Skin). detailed presentation about with the guidance of experienced Tues 31 Oct, 7:00pm how he produced a coherent industry mentors. The Kingslander, collective film by combining 470 New North Rd, Find out more at Sun 12 Nov, 1:00pm short films from different Kingsland, Auckland directors. This candid showmeshorts.co.nz The Embassy, 10 Kent Tce, $10 cash at the door. Mount Victoria, Wellington presentation will include Applications close 14 Dec 2017 learnings and practical advice The Lab will take place in $12.50–$17.50 for aspiring filmmakers. Auckland on a weekend in March from embassytheatre.co.nz Sun 29 Oct 2017, 1:00pm 2018. It’s free to attend, but Rialto Cinemas Newmarket, applications cost $20. EVENTS 167–169 Broadway, Newmarket, Auckland

SHORT FILM $11–$17.50 from rialto.co.nz

22 SHOW ME SHORTS SEASON 2017 23 We are delighted to present Some of our other screenings a range of events for filmmakers, will also be introduced by the aspiring filmmakers and Festival Director or filmmakers. anyone interested in finding out Check pages 26 and 27 for those more about making short films. marked with an *.

9 THE MOVIE: AOTEAROA AUCKLAND WELLINGTON SCREENING AND SHORT FILM LAB SHORT FILM TALK SHORT FILM TALK MASTERCLASS

SHORT FILM $11–$17.50 from rialto.co.nz

22 SHOW ME SHORTS SEASON 2017 23 Below: 9 The Movie VOTE FOR YOUR FAVOURITE SHORT!

Share your thoughts on Show Me Shorts and vote for your favourite to win our WatchMe People’s Choice Award. Visit showmeshorts.co.nz to fill in the survey online, or pick up a copy from 2017 = 9 KIWI SHORT FILMS SUBMITTED the cinema. Just like our films, it's short 2018 = MUCH MORE KIWI SHORT FILMS! and sweet. You'll be in with a chance to win a prize pack of short films and other goodies too. Complete by Friday 1 December 2017 to go into the prize draw.

2017 taking you further into film

Academy Cinemas Mondays at 6.30pm aucklandfilmsociety.org.nz

24 SHOW ME SHORTS SEASON 2017 25 Below: 9 The Movie VOTE FOR YOUR FAVOURITE SHORT!

2017 taking you further into film

Academy Cinemas Mondays at 6.30pm aucklandfilmsociety.org.nz

24 SHOW ME SHORTS SEASON 2017 25 AUCKLAND REGION – Sat 4 Nov AUCKLAND REGION – AUCKLAND REGION – STEWART ISLAND WELLINGTON REGION Mon 20 Nov Gisborne NEWMARKET 2:30 pm My Generation GREAT BARRIER ISLAND WAIHEKE ISLAND – CBD 4:30 pm Daring to be Dome Cinema 6:30 pm Light in the Dark Bunkhouse Theatre Different Sat 11 and Sun 12 Nov Rialto Cinemas Newmarket 8:30 pm Made to Move Barrier Social Club Community Cinema 10 Main Rd The Embassy 6:30 pm The Sampler 167–169 Broadway 21 Medland Rd, Tryphena Artworks, Oneroa Stewart Island 10 Kent Tce Kaitaia rialto.co.nz Sun 5 Nov 09 429 0421 waihekecinema.co.nz 027 867 9381 Mount Victoria Tue 21 Nov Te Ahu 3:30 pm Québec Focus embassytheatre.co.nz 4:30 pm Made to Move Sat 4 Nov ticket prices 5:30 pm The Sampler ticket prices ticket prices ticket prices 6:30 pm Light in the Dark $17.50 General Admission 7:30 pm Audience $10 General Admission $15 General Admission $15 General Admission ticket prices Martinborough $14.50 Student Picks**** $11 Student / Senior / $13 Senior / Student / $17.50 General Admission Wed 22 Nov Circus Cinema $12 Film Industry Member Mon 13 Nov Film Guild Film Guild $14.50 Student / Film 4:30 pm The Sampler Sat 11 Nov $11 Senior / Child 7:15 pm The Sampler* $8 Children $10 Child Society / Film Guild 6:30 pm Audience AUCKLAND OPENING $12.50 Senior / Child Picks**** Nelson Sun 29 Oct Sun 29 Oct Wed 3 Jan Suter Gallery NIGHT AND AWARDS AUCKLAND REGION – 1:00 pm 9 The Movie: CEREMONY 7:30 pm The Sampler*** 7:30 pm My Generation Fri 10 Nov Sat 18 and Sun 19 Nov Screening and MATAKANA 4:30 pm Daring to be WELLINGTON REGION – Masterclass The Civic Sat 6 Jan Different PAEKAKARIKI New Plymouth Matakana Cinemas CHRISTCHURCH 7:30 pm Light in the Dark 4th Wall Theatre 3:30 pm My Generation** Cnr Queen and Wellesley St 2 Matakana Valley Rd 8:30 pm Québec Focus 5:30 pm Worlds Collide** ticketmaster.co.nz Finns Paekakariki Fri 10 Nov matakanacinemas.co.nz Alice Cinematheque Wed 10 Jan Sat 11 Nov 2 Beach Rd Old High Street Post Office, 7:30 pm Québec Focus Pahiatua Mon 30 Oct ticket prices 4:30 pm My Generation 04 292 8081 ticket prices 209 Tuam St Regent Upstairs 2:30 pm My Generation $29 General Admission $16 General Admission Sat 13 Jan 8:30 pm Light in the Dark 6:30 pm Light in the $20 Concession cinematheque.alice ticket prices Sat 11 Nov $14 Student / Film Guild invideoland.co.nz 7:30 pm Made to Move Sun 12 Nov $13.50 General Admission Dark*** $20 Group of 6+ $13 Senior Tauranga $18 Group of 12+ Wed 17 Jan 1:00 pm Wellington Short $10.50 Student / Film Guild $11 Child ticket prices Rialto Cinemas Tue 31 Oct 7:30 pm Worlds Collide Film Talk $9 Senior 2:30 pm Worlds Collide $15 General Admission 4:30 pm Worlds Collide $8 Child Sun 19 Nov Sat 28 Oct Sat 18 Nov $11 Senior / Child / Student / 6:30 pm Daring to be 8:00 pm 6:30 pm The Sampler* Sat 20 Jan 6:30 pm The Sampler Thames Different*** Film Guild 7:30 pm Daring to be Sun 12 Nov Mon 13 Nov 6:30 pm The Sampler* Embassy Cinemas Thu 16 Nov Different Tue 28 Nov Wed 1 Nov AUCKLAND REGION – AUCKLAND REGION – 4:30 pm Light in the Dark 2:30 pm The Sampler 6:30 pm Light in the Dark Wed 24 Jan 6:30 pm Made to Move DEVONPORT PUKEKOHE OTHER REGIONAL Wanaka 6:30 pm Made to Move*** Fri 17 Nov 7:30 pm The Sampler Ruby's Cinema The Vic Cinema 3 Pukekohe Tue 14 Nov SCREENINGS Thu 2 Nov 8:30 pm Made to Move 4:30 pm Daring to be Sun 19 Nov 56 Victoria Rd 85 Edinburgh St Show Me Shorts is also 2:30 pm Daring to be thevic.co.nz pukekohecinemas.co.nz Sat 18 Nov WELLINGTON Different Whangarei Different OPENING NIGHT 6:30 pm Québec Focus bringing screenings of 1:00 pm My Generation The Sampler selection Capitaine Bougainville 6:30 pm Québec Focus ticket prices ticket prices 8:30 pm Daring to be The Embassy Wed 15 Nov of short films to the Theatre, Forum North 8:30 pm Made to Move $15.50 General Admission $17 General Admission Different Thurs 16 Nov $12 Student / Film Guild $15 Student / Film Guild 10 Kent Tce 4:30 pm My Generation following communities. Fri 3 Nov $11 Senior $11 Senior / Child Sun 19 Nov Mount Victoria 6:30 pm Light in the Dark 2:30 pm Light in the Dark embassytheatre.co.nz Visit showmeshorts.co.nz $10 Child 1:00 pm The Sampler Thu 16 Nov for more info. 6:30 pm Worlds Collide Sat 4 Nov 6:30 pm Québec Focus 8:30 pm Daring to be (prices include $1 donation 6:30 pm The Sampler* ticket prices 4:30 pm Made to Move $25 General Admission 6:30 pm Worlds Collide Antarctica Different to The Vic Trust) Mon 20 Nov Scott Base 6:30 pm Worlds Collide $20 Senior / Student / Wed 1 Nov Film Guild Fri 17 Nov Sun 19 Nov 4:30 pm The Sampler 7:30 pm Québec Focus** Tue 21 Nov Blenheim 6:30 pm Light in the Dark Thu 9 Nov 8:30 pm Daring to be Fri 3 Nov 8:00 pm Different Top Town Cinemas 8:00 pm The Sampler* Wed 22 Nov Sun 19 Nov 6:30 pm The Sampler Sat 18 Nov 4:30 pm Québec Focus Colville 8:30 pm Made to Move Colville Town Hall Sat 25 Nov Sun 19 Nov 4:30 pm My Generation Dargaville 6:30 pm Worlds Collide Anzac Theatre Sun 5 Nov

Dunedin * Festival Director will introduce this session Rialto Cinemas ** NZ premiere screening with filmmaker intro Sun 12 Nov *** World premiere screening with filmmaker intro **** As voted by audience members

26 SHOW ME SHORTS SEASON 2017 27 AUCKLAND REGION – Sat 4 Nov AUCKLAND REGION – AUCKLAND REGION – STEWART ISLAND WELLINGTON REGION Mon 20 Nov Gisborne NEWMARKET 2:30 pm My Generation GREAT BARRIER ISLAND WAIHEKE ISLAND – CBD 4:30 pm Daring to be Dome Cinema 6:30 pm Light in the Dark Bunkhouse Theatre Different Sat 11 and Sun 12 Nov Rialto Cinemas Newmarket 8:30 pm Made to Move Barrier Social Club Community Cinema 10 Main Rd The Embassy 6:30 pm The Sampler 167–169 Broadway 21 Medland Rd, Tryphena Artworks, Oneroa Stewart Island 10 Kent Tce Kaitaia rialto.co.nz Sun 5 Nov 09 429 0421 waihekecinema.co.nz 027 867 9381 Mount Victoria Tue 21 Nov Te Ahu 3:30 pm Québec Focus embassytheatre.co.nz 4:30 pm Made to Move Sat 4 Nov ticket prices 5:30 pm The Sampler ticket prices ticket prices ticket prices 6:30 pm Light in the Dark $17.50 General Admission 7:30 pm Audience $10 General Admission $15 General Admission $15 General Admission ticket prices Martinborough $14.50 Student Picks**** $11 Student / Senior / $13 Senior / Student / $17.50 General Admission Wed 22 Nov Circus Cinema $12 Film Industry Member Mon 13 Nov Film Guild Film Guild $14.50 Student / Film 4:30 pm The Sampler Sat 11 Nov $11 Senior / Child 7:15 pm The Sampler* $8 Children $10 Child Society / Film Guild 6:30 pm Audience AUCKLAND OPENING $12.50 Senior / Child Picks**** Nelson Sun 29 Oct Sun 29 Oct Wed 3 Jan Suter Gallery NIGHT AND AWARDS AUCKLAND REGION – 1:00 pm 9 The Movie: CEREMONY 7:30 pm The Sampler*** 7:30 pm My Generation Fri 10 Nov Sat 18 and Sun 19 Nov Screening and MATAKANA 4:30 pm Daring to be WELLINGTON REGION – Masterclass The Civic Sat 6 Jan Different PAEKAKARIKI New Plymouth Matakana Cinemas CHRISTCHURCH 7:30 pm Light in the Dark 4th Wall Theatre 3:30 pm My Generation** Cnr Queen and Wellesley St 2 Matakana Valley Rd 8:30 pm Québec Focus 5:30 pm Worlds Collide** ticketmaster.co.nz Finns Paekakariki Fri 10 Nov matakanacinemas.co.nz Alice Cinematheque Wed 10 Jan Sat 11 Nov 2 Beach Rd Old High Street Post Office, 7:30 pm Québec Focus Pahiatua Mon 30 Oct ticket prices 4:30 pm My Generation 04 292 8081 ticket prices 209 Tuam St Regent Upstairs 2:30 pm My Generation $29 General Admission $16 General Admission Sat 13 Jan 8:30 pm Light in the Dark 6:30 pm Light in the $20 Concession cinematheque.alice ticket prices Sat 11 Nov $14 Student / Film Guild invideoland.co.nz 7:30 pm Made to Move Sun 12 Nov $13.50 General Admission Dark*** $20 Group of 6+ $13 Senior Tauranga $18 Group of 12+ Wed 17 Jan 1:00 pm Wellington Short $10.50 Student / Film Guild $11 Child ticket prices Rialto Cinemas Tue 31 Oct 7:30 pm Worlds Collide Film Talk $9 Senior 2:30 pm Worlds Collide $15 General Admission 4:30 pm Worlds Collide $8 Child Sun 19 Nov Sat 28 Oct Sat 18 Nov $11 Senior / Child / Student / 6:30 pm Daring to be 8:00 pm 6:30 pm The Sampler* Sat 20 Jan 6:30 pm The Sampler Thames Different*** Film Guild 7:30 pm Daring to be Sun 12 Nov Mon 13 Nov 6:30 pm The Sampler* Embassy Cinemas Thu 16 Nov Different Tue 28 Nov Wed 1 Nov AUCKLAND REGION – AUCKLAND REGION – 4:30 pm Light in the Dark 2:30 pm The Sampler 6:30 pm Light in the Dark Wed 24 Jan 6:30 pm Made to Move DEVONPORT PUKEKOHE OTHER REGIONAL Wanaka 6:30 pm Made to Move*** Fri 17 Nov 7:30 pm The Sampler Ruby's Cinema The Vic Cinema 3 Pukekohe Tue 14 Nov SCREENINGS Thu 2 Nov 8:30 pm Made to Move 4:30 pm Daring to be Sun 19 Nov 56 Victoria Rd 85 Edinburgh St Show Me Shorts is also 2:30 pm Daring to be thevic.co.nz pukekohecinemas.co.nz Sat 18 Nov WELLINGTON Different Whangarei Different OPENING NIGHT 6:30 pm Québec Focus bringing screenings of 1:00 pm My Generation The Sampler selection Capitaine Bougainville 6:30 pm Québec Focus ticket prices ticket prices 8:30 pm Daring to be The Embassy Wed 15 Nov of short films to the Theatre, Forum North 8:30 pm Made to Move $15.50 General Admission $17 General Admission Different Thurs 16 Nov $12 Student / Film Guild $15 Student / Film Guild 10 Kent Tce 4:30 pm My Generation following communities. Fri 3 Nov $11 Senior $11 Senior / Child Sun 19 Nov Mount Victoria 6:30 pm Light in the Dark 2:30 pm Light in the Dark embassytheatre.co.nz Visit showmeshorts.co.nz $10 Child 1:00 pm The Sampler Thu 16 Nov for more info. 6:30 pm Worlds Collide Sat 4 Nov 6:30 pm Québec Focus 8:30 pm Daring to be (prices include $1 donation 6:30 pm The Sampler* ticket prices 4:30 pm Made to Move $25 General Admission 6:30 pm Worlds Collide Antarctica Different to The Vic Trust) Mon 20 Nov Scott Base 6:30 pm Worlds Collide $20 Senior / Student / Wed 1 Nov Film Guild Fri 17 Nov Sun 19 Nov 4:30 pm The Sampler 7:30 pm Québec Focus** Tue 21 Nov Blenheim 6:30 pm Light in the Dark Thu 9 Nov 8:30 pm Daring to be Fri 3 Nov 8:00 pm Different Top Town Cinemas 8:00 pm The Sampler* Wed 22 Nov Sun 19 Nov 6:30 pm The Sampler Sat 18 Nov 4:30 pm Québec Focus Colville 8:30 pm Made to Move Colville Town Hall Sat 25 Nov Sun 19 Nov 4:30 pm My Generation Dargaville 6:30 pm Worlds Collide Anzac Theatre Sun 5 Nov

26 SHOW ME SHORTS SEASON 2017 27 Show Me Shorts is proudly New Zealand’s leading international short film festival. We’re a team of mostly volunteers who are dedicated to connecting you with the best short films, celebrating excellence in short film making, and fostering the New Zealand short film community.

Ambassadors Web design and development Francesca Rudkin, Kate Rodger, David Ladd Miranda Harcourt, Nick Ward, Analyst Sir Richard Taylor, Te Radar Renée Burgers

Judges Communications and events support Ian McCarroll, Melissa Bouchard, Grace Maguire, Mandy Herrick, Miriama Kamo, Rachel House, Mary de Ruyter, Scarlett Lauren Yamin Tun Festival interns Festival Team Grace Hood-Edwards, Festival director Niniez Yasin Gina Dellabarca Brand and creative direction Festival coordinator Akin / studioakin.com Mark Prebble Programmers Publicity Alisa Moore, Clayton Barnett, Siobhan Waterhouse, Gina Dellabarca, Hanako Fujii, Mr Fahrenheit Kanna Yamasaki, Raymond Trust Board members Suen, Rebekah Ngatae, Zia Mandviwalla Andrew Cornwell (chair), Catherine Holland, Gina Opening nights and awards Dellabarca, Matthew Mudford, Laura Goldsmith, Grace Maguire Tamara Liebman ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS