The 9th annual Show Me Shorts Film Festival November 2014 – January 2015 programme showmeshorts.co.nz Kia ora movie buffs! Contents

Welcome to Show Me Shorts 2014. This festival Powhiri Welcome 1 belongs to New Zealand, where I am proud to say, we are world leaders in making short films. Show Themed Sessions of Short Films: Me Shorts celebrates this by showcasing a selection Art Will Save the World 2 of the very best local and international shorts for Bromance 4 you. Claim your seat in one of 20 cinemas around the In the Neighbourhood 6 Listen Up 8 country screening our shorts this November. Time Travellers 10 The festival launches on 6 November at Auckland’s My Generation 12 majestic picture palace, The Civic. My team and I Highlights 14 think it’s an appropriate place for New Zealand’s only Academy Awards®-accredited film festival. Events: Join the short film community at a variety of events Rialto Channel Opening Night & 16 and networking opportunities throughout the Awards Ceremony Auckland month. I encourage aspiring filmmakers to attend Rialto Channel 16 our Yoobee Short Film Talks to hear about the Opening Night Wellington journey of successful shorts. I invite parents and Yoobee Short Film Talks 17 teachers to introduce their children and young Short Film Lab 18 people to the wonder of shorts, by attending the My Awards 18 Generation themed session in our programme. Survey 19 With 41 short films and six music videos in the programme this year, there is truly something for everyone. The films are divided into six sessions, Cinema Venues: so you will get to see about eight together, grouped Alexandra 20 around a common theme. The themes this year Auckland: are: Art Will Save the World, Bromance, In the • Capitol Cinema 20 • Waiheke Island 20 Neighbourhood, Listen Up, Time Travellers and • The Vic 20 My Generation. • Pukekohe 20 An impressive cast has put their acting pants on Christchurch 20 Dunedin 20 for short film this year, including Hollywood star Hamilton 20 Amanda Seyfried (Les Misérables, Mamma Mia!) in Havelock North 20 the romantic thriller Dog Food. Oscar®-nominated Matakana 21 British actress Sally Hawkins (Happy-Go-Lucky, New Plymouth 21 Blue Jasmine) is unforgettable in The Phone Call she Oamaru 21 shares with Jim Broadbent (Harry Potter, Moulin Palmerston North 21 Rouge). Closer to home Kiwi actress Loren Taylor Paraparaumu 21 (Eagle vs Shark) features in two of our short films, Stewart Island 21 Tauranga 21 Leo Woodhead’s award winning Cold Snap, and Timaru 21 the post-apocalyptic world of The Light Harvester Wellington 21 alongside Craig Hall (A Place to Call Home, The Whitianga 21 Hobbit). Greg Johnson and John Leigh (both ex-Shortland Street) join forces in the bromantic Acknowledgements comedy Snowmen, and Charlie Bleakley (Scarfies) (Outside back cover) equally keeps us in stitches in the road trip comedy Coconut. This year we received almost 1,000 entries from over 50 countries. The final selection is outstanding in so many ways. We’re only sad we didn’t have room for more shorts in our programme. Don’t miss your opportunity to catch Show Me Shorts on the big screen. And take part by voting for your favourite film to win the People’s Choice Award. We’re here for a good time, not a long time. So get amongst it! Gina Dellabarca Festival Director 1 ART WILL SAVE THE WORLD

Screening details Estimated total run time: 82 minutes. Censorship ratings to be advised. Please contact your cinema for details.

Another Day by Antix and Tim Richards Speed Dating

Queenie Helmut Makes a Quilt The Road to Whakarae Load

Arts and crafts are so hot right now. Helmut Makes a Quilt Mystery, 16 min, NZ Knitting is back, and somehow When pen pals Marion and Helmut decide they even quilting is hip. What drives us can’t be apart a moment longer, they use their passion for quilting to break him out of prison. to create? The characters in these Dir: Greg Wood Writ: Greg Wood, Levi Slaven films are dancing with their own Prod: Declan Cahill shadows in one way or another. Art Queenie Animation, 11 mins, NZ helps to lift them up into the light. An animated film following Danny, a university geography tutor in his 30s, as he embarks on a Dive Rhino Full Throttle (Nashorn Im Galopp) cutting edge academic project, which has nothing Another Day by Antix and Tim to do with his ex-wife. Dive Load Richards Dir: Paul Neason Writ: Jeremy Liss, Sam Burt Prod: Drama, 13 mins, NZ Animation, 9 mins, Israel Music Video, 4 mins, NZ Melissa Donald, Michelle Savill George has hit rock bottom. He’s fallen so low that A man is sinking under the weight of his own A siren sings two trans-dimensional lovers out into even his reflection has turned its back on him. memories. To survive, he must confront the night-time Auckland to reunite. The Road to Whakarae When it disappears altogether, George sets off on a question: What would we give up in order to keep Music, 3 mins, NZ quest to haul himself back from the abyss. on going? Dir/Writ/Prod: James Barr Deep in the Urewera Ranges, kaumatua Beam Titoko puts on his best hat, digs out his old guitar Dir/Writer: Matthew Saville Prod: Julia Parnell, Dir: Niv Shpigel, Robert Moreno and sings a song of home. This affectionate Alexander Gandar, Brad Haami Writ/Prod: Niv Shpigel portrait of a community pays tribute to the Speed Dating Rhino Full Throttle (Nashorn im strength of whanau. Romance, 11 mins, USA Galopp) Dir/Writ/Prod: Tim Worrall Dir/Prod: Aaron Smart In this Amélie-style romance, Ava encounters an Romantic Comedy, 15 mins, Germany absurd range of characters as she makes a last In this playful romance, Bruno roams the streets of ditch effort to meet someone and begins to wonder Berlin with his head full of questions about the soul AUCKLAND PUKEKOHE CINEMA 3 OAMARU WELLINGTON if being single is not so bad after all. of the city and unexpectedly meets a kindred spirit. CAPITOL CINEMA Mon 10 Nov 11.30am LIMELIGHT CINEMA PARAMOUNT Dir/Writ/Prod: Meghann Artes Dir/Writ: Erik Schmitt Writ: Stephan Müller Sat 8 Nov 4.00pm Thu 13 Nov 7.30pm Sun 16 Nov 1.15pm CHRISTCHURCH Prod: Joseph Lyons, Nick Schmidt Prod: Henning Kamm Tue 11 Nov 8.30pm Wed 19 Nov 1.15pm ALICE CINEMATHEQUE PALMERSTON NORTH Thu 13 Nov 4.00pm Thu 20 Nov 8.00pm Thu 13 Nov 8.30pm CINEMA GOLD Sun 16 Nov 4.00pm Thu 13 Nov 8.15pm WHITIANGA THE MONKEY HOUSE Mon 5 Jan 2015 7.00 pm

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Screening details Estimated total run time: 92 minutes. Censorship ratings to be advised. Please contact your cinema for details.

Robotronic by Dead Beat Boys Ghost Train Killing Phillip

Snowmen Petit Frère Damien

Snowmen Bars and Tone Comedy, 15 mins, NZ Spoof, 11 mins, NZ After a night out drinking, Barry and Bryan wake WARNING: Contains mild violence and a up in a vast world of ice. Where are they and how psychotic television. did they get there? A comedy about friendship and Dir: Yarden Elyashiv Writ: Tim Waring finding your way home. Damien Dir: Jonathan Brough Writ: Greg Johnson, John Comedy, 9 mins, NZ Leigh Prod: Desray Armstrong In this inane comedy, a man’s mundane middle class Little Brother (Petit frère) life is injected with awkwardness when an old friend Comedy, 14 mins, Canada (Tammy Davis) visits and behaves inappropriately. Coconut Bars and Tone This surprisingly warm male bonding film features Dir/Writ: Josh Frizzell Writ: Emily Perkins a brash Canadian teenager spending a final day Prod: James Hudson, Janine Frizzell, with his older tutor/friend, before the latter’s In an homage to friendship, this collection of short films Robotronic by Lucy Pilkington, Nanette Miles Dead Beat Boys departure overseas. Coconut explores the ties of platonic love. Will they break when Music Video, 4 mins, Dir/Prod: Rémi St-Michel Writ: Eric K. Boulianne Road Trip, 10 mins, NZ NZ Prod: Eric K. Boulianne, Jean-Sébastien B. Gagnon stretched or grow stronger, and how far will we go to Two squash players go Friendship is put to the test in this ‘bromantic’ prove our loyalty? head to head in a burst Killing Phillip comedy featuring two road tripping best friends of high energy, colour Coming of Age, 13 mins, NZ who will do anything for each other. Charlie needs to grow up ... and kill his best friend. and intensity. Dir/Writ: Charlie Bleakley Writ: Cohen Holloway Dir/Writ/Prod: Dir/Writ/Prod: Adam Gunser Prod: Alex Clark Paul Innes Ghost Train Horror, 16 mins, Finland/Ireland Michael and Peter’s friend Sam disappeared on the Ghost Train at an old fairground when they were boys and never returned. What really happened AUCKLAND CHRISTCHURCH PALMERSTON NORTH WHITIANGA that day? CAPITOL CINEMA ALICE CINEMATHEQUE CINEMA GOLD THE MONKEY HOUSE Fri 7 Nov 8.30pm Fri 14 Nov 6.00pm Fri 14 Nov 8.15pm Fri 9 Jan 2015 7.00 pm Dir/Writ: Lee Cronin Prod: John Keville, Ulla Simonen Wed 12 Nov 8.30pm OAMARU WELLINGTON Thu 13 Nov 8.30pm LIMELIGHT CINEMA PARAMOUNT Tue 18 Nov 8.30pm Fri 14 Nov 7.30pm Fri 14 Nov 8.00pm Mon 17 Nov 1.15pm Sat 22 Nov 8.00pm

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Screening details Estimated total run time: 88 minutes. Censorship ratings to be advised. Please contact your cinema for details.

Whisker Loser Cruiser

Cold Snap Loner Dog Food Uphill

Do you know your neighbours? Cold Snap Coming of Age, 11 mins, NZ Are they the lovely lend-you-sugar A boy in a forest, trapping animals for a living. The woman next door, planning a fresh start. As a kind, or the creepy funny-smell- desolate winter sets in, their lives begin from-the-basement sort? This to intertwine. collection of short films has both, Dir/Writ: Leo Woodhead Writ: Paul Stanley Ward Prod: Rebekah Kelly plus some other amusing characters Dog Food to meet or spy on, reminding us all Horror, 18 mins, USA When Declan loses his dog and best friend Home Make You Mine by Anna Coddington to be more neighbourly. Ralphie, his life starts to unravel. Dir/Writ/Prod: Brian Crano Prod: Brian Crano, Make You Mine by Anna Coddington Loser Cruiser David Joseph Craig, Jay Judah, Max Hurwitz, Music Video, 4 mins, NZ Drama, 4 mins, NZ Michael Klein Director Aidee Walker weaves a touching story of Ten-year-old Sammy is stopped by a stranger in a love and loss for elderly neighbours. van who insists her mum is sick and she must come Home with him. Sammy is about to learn a valuable lesson Dir/Writ/Prod: Aidee Walker Drama, 15 mins, China about the rules of the real world. What would you see if you could peep through Uphill Dir/Writ/Prod: Becca Barnes, Alwyn Dale a hole in the wall into someone else’s life? This Drama, 15 mins, NZ unique film records ten years of change in one small A woman craving solitude escapes to a tiny hut Whisker apartment, as families grow and the world changes. in the mountains, but her dreams of isolation are Comedy, 11 mins, NZ Dir/Writ/Prod: Han Yu Prod: Hao Tian thwarted by a couple that also turns up for the night. A homeless man and his dog discover judging night at a local beard-growing contest. Desperate Dir/Writ: Jackie van Beek Prod: Aaron Watson for the meat pack prize, but with no beard to speak Loner of, he enters the competition and takes the stage. Comedy, 10 mins, NZ AUCKLAND CHRISTCHURCH PALMERSTON NORTH WHITIANGA Dir: Steve Saussey Writ: Corey Chalmers A socially awkward man struggles to find a friend CAPITOL CINEMA ALICE CINEMATHEQUE CINEMA GOLD THE MONKEY HOUSE Prod: Yolande Dewey Sat 8 Nov 8.30pm Sun 16 Nov 8.30pm Sun 16 Nov 1.00pm Thu 8 Jan 2015 7.00 pm who is willing to support his application for a Mon 10 Nov 8.30pm gun licence. OAMARU WELLINGTON Fri 14 Nov 4.00pm LIMELIGHT CINEMA PARAMOUNT Dir/Writ: Wendell Cooke Writ: Mike Yule Sun 16 Nov 8.30pm Sun 16 Nov 1.30pm Sat 15 Nov 1.15pm Prod: Jeremy Macey Tue 18 Nov 8.00pm Fri 21 Nov 1.15pm

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Screening details Estimated total run time: 79 minutes. Censorship ratings to be advised. Please contact your cinema for details.

Cry If You Want To by Mulholland Box of Sound In the Rubbish Tin

Gather around the campfire. These short films have tales to tell from the margins of society. From the mouths of children, outcasts, misfits and criminals, come the most articulate, delightful and moving stories you will hear this year.

Cry If You Want To by Mulholland Box of Sound Music Video, 4 mins, NZ Music Documentary, 12 mins, USA Sounds Perfect Toilets A mysterious intergalactic traveller shares his Anything can be used to make music, as these music surrounded by visual soundscapes and circuit benders from Chicago prove with their psychedelic motion art. cigar boxes adapted into synthesizers that create truly unique music. Dir/Prod: Bradley Rogerson Writ: Jolyon Mulholland Dir/Writ: Chuck Przybyl Prod: Mark Salach The Last 40 Miles Toilets Animation, 14 mins, USA Romantic Comedy, 15 mins, UK The moving true story of a condemned man’s The lives of three characters comically connect in last journey, from a Texas cell to the execution different toilets, repeatedly over many years. They chamber, accompanied only by his memories, the grow and change, come to terms with who they are, unexpected warmth of the guard escorting him, but some things remain the same. and his ever-present hope. Dir/Writ: Gabriel Bisset-Smith Prod: Andy Hui, The Phone Call Condom Dir/Writ: Alex Hannaford Prod: Brent Schumacher, Josh Thomas, Ravi Amaratunga David Roth, Jeff Roth, Meg Mulloy, Peter Hannaford Sounds Perfect The Phone Call Mockumentary, 7 mins, NZ Drama, 19 mins, UK Dave is a highly dedicated ‘audio enhancement Heather (Sally Hawkins) is a shy lady who works in engineer’ (foley artist) in the film industry. The a helpline call centre. When she receives a phone adult film industry. call from a mystery man (Jim Broadbent), she has no Dir/Writ/Prod: Allan George, Greg Stubbings idea that the encounter will change her life forever. Prod: Ben Fowler Dir/Writ/Prod: Mat Kirkby Writ/Prod: James Lucas Condom Prod: Michelle Kirkman Animation, 4 mins, AUS In the Rubbish Tin A hilarious animation from the makers of Animation, 4 mins, NZ The Mudcrab. When six-year-old Spike finds a used The Last 40 Miles Abandoned on the morning of her birthday, Pippa condom in the park, Dadda has to explain what it escapes into an imaginary world with her best is for. friend Chubby. Dir/Writ: Sheldon Lieberman AUCKLAND CHRISTCHURCH PALMERSTON NORTH WHITIANGA Dir/Writ: Riwia Brown Prod: Catherine Fitzgerald Prod: Teagan Thisby Young CAPITOL CINEMA ALICE CINEMATHEQUE CINEMA GOLD THE MONKEY HOUSE Sun 9 Nov 4.00pm Thu 20 Nov 6.00pm Sun 16 Nov 6.30pm Wed 7 Jan 2015 7.00 pm Tue 11 Nov 4.00pm OAMARU WELLINGTON Sat 15 Nov 8.30pm LIMELIGHT CINEMA PARAMOUNT Tue 18 Nov 4.00pm Sun 16 Nov 6.30pm Sun 16 Nov 8.00pm Tue 18 Nov 1.15pm Sat 22 Nov 1.15pm 8 www.showmeshorts.co.nz 9 TIME TRAVELLERS

Screening details Estimated total run time: 87 minutes. Censorship ratings to be advised. Please contact your cinema for details.

Crash Course The Grey Matter

Glare by Sheep, Dog & Wolf Jiminy Mis-Drop One-Minute Time Machine

We’re all time travellers of a sort. Crash Course Science Fiction, 4 mins, NZ Crossing bridges from one decade A jaded driving instructor of the future has his life put in danger by an errant pupil and an into another. Stepping between unexpected passenger. different realities that exist side by Dir/Writ/Prod: Simon Heath Writ: Luke Watkinson side in the same towns and cities. Prod: Quentin Whitwell The people in these stories are Jiminy Science Fiction, 20 mins, France really doing it though. Pushing the Nathanael is a ‘cricket’ repair man in a future world where most people get one implanted in their Logistics The Light Harvester boundaries to explore new worlds, brain. It allows them to switch to ‘automatic mode’ and bend the laws of physics. when doing boring or complicated tasks. The Light Harvester Mis-drop Dir/Writ: Arthur Molard Prod: Jeremy Rossi, Science Fiction, 18 mins, NZ Science Fiction, 13 mins, NZ Stéphane Pierrat In a post-apocalyptic world shrouded in darkness, Three hundred years in the future, a forensic Glare by Sheep, Dog & Wolf light is rare and valuable. To save his wife, Troy accountant reviews the video stream from one Logistics Music Video, 4 mins, NZ (Craig Hall) commits the ultimate sin of stealing mercenary’s drop-pod, which has been damaged Action, 4 mins, AUS Glare is a soulful hate ballad about the sun. light and the tools to harvest it so they can trade during the initial stages of a colonial invasion. In a small country town in outback Australia, a Featuring Sheep, Dog & Wolf’s Daniel McBride for supplies. cast of outlaws attempt to deliver a suitcase full of Dir/Writ/Prod: Ferand Peek running through the South Australian outback Dir/Prod: Jason Howden Writ: Anne Rene Brashier, money. But out here, nothing is ever as it seems... The Grey Matter desperately trying to escape the day-star. Debra Kelleher, Sarah Howden Dir/Writ: Chris Tomkins Horror, 18 mins, USA Dir/Writ: Jordan Dodson Dir: Sean Wallace Prod: Gavin McGibbon, Tamsyn Harker Prod: Fleur Murphy, Marissa Brown A man wakes up in an alleyway drenched in blood Prod: Alix Whittaker One-Minute Time Machine and can’t recall how he got there but seems to be Romantic Comedy, 6 mins, USA fine. Back at work he attracts the romantic attention James is all too eager to put his one-minute time of his highly coveted coworker. machine to use in winning the heart of Regina, AUCKLAND CHRISTCHURCH OAMARU WELLINGTON Dir/Writ: Peter McCoubrey Dir: Luke McCoubrey until he discovers the unexpected consequences CAPITOL CINEMA ALICE CINEMATHEQUE LIMELIGHT CINEMA PARAMOUNT Prod: Ashlea Hartz Sun 9 Nov 8.30pm Mon 17 Nov 8.30pm Sat 15 Nov 8.30pm Sat 15 Nov 8.00pm of his actions. Wed 12 Nov 4.00pm Wed 19 Nov 8.00pm MATAKANA PALMERSTON NORTH Dir: Devon Avery Writ: Sean Crouch Fri 14 Nov 8.30pm Fri 21 Nov 8.00pm MATAKANA CINEMAS CINEMA GOLD Mon 17 Nov 4.00pm Prod: Brian Dietzen, Carlos Foglia Sun 9 Nov 6.00 pm Sat 15 Nov 6.30pm WHITIANGA THE MONKEY HOUSE Sat 10 Jan 2015 7.00 pm

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Screening details Estimated total run time: 62 minutes. Most appropriate for children 8 years+. This session is also available for school group bookings.

Ross and Beth Eleven

Introduce your kids to the wonder of short film. From high diving giraffes to the conservation of bees, and farming to whanau, this collection of child-friendly stories offers something for everyone.

Lookout (Vigia) Eleven Animation, 7 mins, Switzerland/France Coming of Age, 13 mins, NZ A grandfather tells a story that he invented: Emily is eleven, and belonging is important. When Because of pollution, pesticides, and other toxic her friend Rebecca doesn’t make the cool grade, The Hero Pose Little Cousteau (Maly Cousteau) substances, a bee decides to leave her hive, Emily has to choose between acting independently looking for a more comfortable place to live. or being led by the cool crowd. Dir/Writ: Marcel Barelli Prod: Nicolas Burlet Dir: Abigail Greenwood Writ/Prod: Kate Prior Prod: Judith Trye Return of the Worm by T54 Music Video, 2 mins, NZ Little Cousteau (Maly Cousteau) Directed by Samuel Galloway in his garage, Return Animated Adventure, 8 mins, Czech Republic of the Worm features a toddler, a giant worm Maly sets off on his own animated undersea costume and a city of cardboard boxes. adventure in a snowy city, inspired by the famous French explorer Jacques Cousteau. Dir/Writ/Prod: Samuel Galloway Dir/Writ: Jakub Kouril Prod: Bara Prikaska 5 Metres 80 (5 Mètres 80) Animation, 5 mins, France The Hero Pose 5 Metres 80 (5 Mètres 80) Return of the Worm by T54 A herd of giraffes embarks on a sequence of Drama, 12 mins, USA high-flying acrobatic dives! Mia is eight years old and wants to do anything but hang out at her dad’s house trying to sell an old Dir/Writ: Nicolas Deveaux Prod: Aurelia Sellier, beat-up car. A story about a father and daughter Bruno le Levier, Lionel Fages, Majid Loukil finding time to pause and connect. Ross & Beth Dir/Writ/Prod: Mischa Jakupcak Drama, 15 mins, NZ Prod: Robyn Miller Ross and Beth is the story of a humble New Zealand farming couple, a sudden upheaval and an unlikely saviour. Dir/Writ: Hamish Bennett Prod: Orlando Stewart

AUCKLAND CHRISTCHURCH PALMERSTON NORTH WHITIANGA CAPITOL CINEMA ALICE CINEMATHEQUE CINEMA GOLD THE MONKEY HOUSE Fri 7 Nov 4.00pm Sat 15 Nov 1.00pm Sat 15 Nov 1.00pm Tue 6 Jan 2015 7.00 pm Mon 10 Nov 4.00pm HAVELOCK NORTH WELLINGTON Sat 15 Nov 4.00pm CINEMA GOLD PARAMOUNT Mon 17 Nov 8.30pm Sun 23 Nov 2.30pm Fri 14 Nov 1.15pm Wed 19 Nov 4.00pm Mon 17 Nov 8.00pm OAMARU Thu 20 Nov 1.15pm LIMELIGHT CINEMA Sun 23 Nov 1.15pm 12 Sat 15 Nov 3.30pm Lookout (Vigia) www.showmeshorts.co.nz 13 This selection of all our most crowd pleasing short films has been put Highlights together for one-off screenings in some of our smaller locations. It’s highly entertaining, and great fun! Screening details Estimated total run time: 74 minutes. Censorship ratings to be advised. Please contact your cinema for details.

Robotronic by Dead Beat Boys Rhino Full Throttle (Nashorn im Galopp) Music Video, 4 mins, NZ Romantic Comedy, 15 mins, Germany 5 Metres 80 (5 Mètres 80) Two squash players go head to head in a burst of In this playful romance, Bruno roams the streets of high energy, colour and intensity. Berlin with his head full of questions about the soul of the city and unexpectedly meets a kindred spirit. Dir/Writ/Prod: Paul Innes 5 Metres 80 (5 Mètres 80) Dir/Writ: Erik Schmitt Writ: Stephan Müller Prod: Animation, 5 mins, France Henning Kamm A herd of giraffes embarks on a sequence of high- One-Minute Time Machine flying acrobatic dives! Romantic Comedy, 6 mins, USA James is all too eager to put his one-minute time Dir/Writ: Nicolas Deveaux Prod: Aurelia Sellier, machine to use in winning the heart of Regina, Bruno le Levier, Lionel Fages, Majid Loukil until he discovers the unexpected consequences Ross and Beth of his actions. Drama, 15 mins, NZ Ross and Beth is the story of a humble New Dir: Devon Avery Writ: Sean Crouch Robotronic by Dead Beat Boys Zealand farming couple, a sudden upheaval and an Prod: Brian Dietzen, Carlos Foglia unlikely saviour. Condom Animation, 4 mins, AUS Dir/Writ: Hamish Bennett Prod: Orlando Stewart A hilarious animation from the makers of Coconut The Mudcrab. When six-year-old Spike finds a Road Trip, 10 mins, NZ used condom in the park, Dadda has to explain Friendship is put to the test in this ‘bromantic’ what it is for. comedy featuring two road tripping best friends who will do anything for each other. Dir/Writ: Sheldon Lieberman Prod: Teagan Thisby Young Dir/Writ: Charlie Bleakley Writ: Cohen Holloway Snowmen Prod: Alex Clark Comedy, 15 mins, NZ After a night out drinking, Barry and Bryan wake Rhino Full Throttle (Nashorn Im Galopp Snowmen up in a vast world of ice. Where are they and how did they get there? A comedy about friendship and finding your way home. Dir: Jonathan Brough Writ: Greg Johnson, John Leigh Prod: Desray Armstrong

ALEXANDRA DUNEDIN MATAKANA STEWART ISLAND One-Minute Time Machine Condom CENTRAL CINEMA RIALTO CINEMAS MATAKANA CINEMAS BUNKHOUSE THEATRE Sat 15 Nov 4.00pm Sun 16 Nov 6.30pm Fri 7 Nov 8.30 pm Sat 15 Nov 7.30pm Wed 19 Nov 7.30pm WAIHEKE ISLAND HAMILTON NEW PLYMOUTH COMMUNITY CINEMA LIDO CINEMA 4TH WALL THEATRE TAURANGA Sat 8 Nov 5.00pm Sun 23 Nov 1.00pm Sat 15 Nov 7.30pm BAY CITY CINEMAS Sun 16 Nov 4.00pm Sun 23 Nov 6.00 pm AUCKLAND HAVELOCK NORTH THE VIC (DEVONPORT) CINEMA GOLD PARAPARAUMU TIMARU Sun 9 Nov 5.30pm Sun 16 Nov 2.30pm CINEMA GOLD MOVIE MAX DIGITAL Wed 19 Nov 7.00pm COASTLANDS Sat 15 Nov 8.00pm PUKEKOHE CINEMA 3 Sun 16 Nov 1.30pm Mon 10 Nov 8.00 pm Ross and Beth www.showmeshorts.co.nz 15 Rialto Channel Rialto Channel Short Film Talks Interested in learning more about short film making? Join a select Opening Night Wellington presented by group of filmmakers from this & Awards Ceremony Opening Night Yoobee and Show Me Shorts year’s programme as they discuss the joys and challenges of getting Show Me Shorts warmly invites you to join us for a Come and join us for the opening night in their ideas onto the screen. very special night out, celebrating short films and Wellington, to launch the 9th annual Show Me the people who make them! Shorts Film Festival at Paramount. The launch party for Show Me Shorts 2014 is a There will be a short welcome from the glamorous night out for the short film industry, festival director, followed by screenings of hosted by celebrity MC Te Radar! This event all the award-winning films. The Short Film Talks in Auckland and Wellington Auckland Short Film Talk: brings together short film makers and enthusiasts feature screenings of some excellent short films, a 7.30pm, Thursday 13 November 2014 When: Tuesday 11 November 2014 to toast our community’s best and brightest. panel discussion, and a question and answer session Paramount Cinema, 25 Courtenay Place, Wellington 6.30-8.30pm Be there to watch as the winners of the Show Me with the audience. Each event ends with networking Festivities begin at 7.00pm. Location: Yoobee School of Design Shorts Awards are announced, prizes presented drinks and nibbles. Level 4, 3 City Road and the winning films played. The winner of the Tickets are $20 and include a glass of wine. This year’s panellists include: Auckland coveted Best Film Award will become qualified for Book at www.paramount.co.nz • Charlie Bleakley (Coconut) entry to the Academy Awards®! (For the full list of • Abigail Greenwood & Kate Prior (Eleven) Cost: Free! awards and prizes, see page 18.) • Wendell Cooke (Loner) Wellington Short Film Talk: 7.30pm, Thursday 6 November 2014 • Julia Parnell & Matthew Saville (Dive) When: Monday 17 November 2014 The Civic, Corner Queen Street & Wellesley Street, A range of topics will be covered in the Short Film 6:30-8:30pm Auckland Talks, including: finding collaborators, funding Tickets are $25 and budgeting, script development, challenges for Location: Yoobee School of Design directors, post production, and other tips for aspiring Level 2, 20 Kent Terrace Book through www.ticketmaster.co.nz filmmakers. Wellington All tickets are general admission, with unallocated Everyone is welcome, whether you’ve made heaps of Cost: Free! seating, so please arrive early. films already, or are just curious to learn more about More presenters will be announced soon. Details of Dress Code: Awards Glam what goes on behind the scenes of a short film. these events can be found on our website at Ticket holders are also invited to join us afterwards www.showmeshorts.co.nz/events/short-film-talks. For in the Wintergarden for the Official After Party. more information contact [email protected]. Come and celebrate with the winners; meet festival organisers and network with industry professionals.

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The Short Film Lab is a hothouse mentoring Best Student Film scheme for New Zealand writers to workshop Award fresh new ideas for short film. Panavision Wendy’s People’s Best Cinematographer Established in 2010 as a partnership between Choice Award Award Script to Screen and Show Me Shorts, each year the Short Film Lab provides six writers or creative teams the opportunity to develop new ideas for short films with guidance from experienced industry mentors. Competition is tight as we receive an impressive array of applications from New Zealand’s up-and-coming screenwriting talent. In addition to participating in an intensive day- long workshop at the University of Auckland’s Screen Production Department, selected Survey Show your participants will be offered follow-up mentoring sessions to help turn their script into a film. The thoughts and win! Short Film Lab 2014 mentors include award- winning short film maker Jackie van Beek, screenwriter and academic Shuchi Kothari, and Visit www.showmeshorts.co.nz to micro-budget filmmaker Jake Mahaffy. Previous Short Film Lab participants have fill in our survey online, or pick described the interactive workshop as “inspiring” up a copy from the cinema. Just and “invaluable” and several have since had films selected for Show Me Shorts Film Festival. like our films, it’s short and sweet. For more information about the Short Film Lab visit www.showmeshorts.co.nz/for-filmmakers/ Complete the survey by short-film-lab. 2014 7 December 2014 to go in the taking you further into film Bars and Tones draw for a pack of goodies from Mediaworks worth $300. You can also vote for your favourite film to win our People’s Choice Award!

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Academy Cinemas Crash Course Mis-Drop Just ask us Mondays at 6.30pm [email protected] aucklandfilmsociety.org.nz ALEXANDRA Tue 11 Nov AUCKLAND Thu 20 Nov MATAKANA Sun 16 Nov Sat 15 Nov Fri 14 Nov 15 NOV 4:00pm Listen Up 9 NOV 6:00pm Listen Up 7 & 9 NOV 6.30pm Listen Up 7.30pm Highlights 1:15pm My Generation 8:30pm Art Will Save Fri 21 Nov Mon 17 Nov Wed 19 Nov 8.00pm Bromance Central Cinema the World THE VIC, 6:00pm Audience Choice Matakana 7.30pm Audience Choice 7.30pm Highlights Sat 15 Nov 21 Centennial Ave Wed 12 Nov DEVONPORT Cinemas 1:15pm In the Alexandra 4:00pm Time Travellers 56 Victoria Rd DUNEDIN 2 Matakana Valley Road PALMERSTON TAURANGA Neighbourhood [email protected] 8:30pm Bromance Devonport, Auckland 16 NOV Matakana, Auckland NORTH 23 NOV 8:00pm Time Travellers www.centralcinema.co.nz Ph 09 446 0100 Ph 09 423 0218 Thu 13 Nov 13–22 NOV Sun 16 Nov Tickets Prices www.thevic.co.nz Rialto Cinemas matakanacinemas.co.nz Bay City Cinemas 4:00pm Art Will Save 1:15pm Art Will Save $10 general admission Ticket prices 11 Moray Place Ticket Prices Cinema Gold 45 Elizabeth Street the World Dunedin Tauranga the World Sat 15 Nov $14 general admission $15.50 general admission 70 Broadway Ave 8:30pm Bromance Ph 03 474 2200 Ph 07 577 0288 8:00pm Listen Up $11 student $13.50 student Palmerston North 4pm Highlights rialto.co.nz/cinema/dunedin www.baycitycinemas.co.nz Fri 14 Nov $10 senior $12.50 senior Ph 06 353 1902 Mon 17 Nov pn.cinemagold.co.nz AUCKLAND 4:00pm In the $9 child Ticket Prices $10 child Ticket Prices 1:15pm Bromance Neighbourhood $16 general admission Ticket Prices $14 general admission 8:00pm My Generation Thu 6 Nov Sun 9 Nov Fri 7 Nov 8:30pm Time Travellers $13 concession $16.40 general admission $10 concession (student, 5.30pm Highlights* 8:30 pm Highlights* Tue 18 Nov THE CIVIC, CBD Sat 15 Nov (student, child) $14.40 student senior, child) 1:15pm Listen Up (*Festival director, Gina Sun 9th Nov 7:30pm RIALTO 4:00pm My Generation $10 senior $12.40 senior Sun 23 Nov 8:00pm In the Dellabarca will introduce 6:00 pm Time Travellers CHANNEL OPENING 8:30pm Listen Up Sun 16 Nov $11.40 child 6:00 pm Highlights* Neighbourhood this session) (*Festival director, Gina NIGHT & AWARDS Sun 16 Nov 6.30pm Highlights Thu 13 Nov (*Festival director, Gina Wed 19 Nov Dellabarca will introduce CEREMONY 4:00pm Art Will Save 8.15pm Art Will Save Dellabarca will introduce 1:15pm Art Will Save Pukekohe this session) Join us in celebrating the World HAMILTON the World this session) the World shorts and the people that 10 NOV 8:30pm In the 23 NOV Fri 14 Nov 8:00pm Time Travellers make them, plus watch all CINEMA 3 NEW PLYMOUTH TIMARU Neighbourhood Lido Cinema 15 & 16 NOV 8.15pm Bromance Thu 20 Nov the award winning films. 85 Edinburgh Street 15 NOV Mon 17 Nov Sat 15 Nov 1:15pm My Generation Tickets include entry into Pukekohe The Balcony, Centre Place 4:00pm Time Travellers 4th Wall Theatre 8:00pm Art Will Save the official after-party in Ph 09 237 0216 501 Victoria Street 1.00pm My Generation Movie Max 11 Baring Terrace the Civic’s Wintergarden. 8:30pm My Generation pukekohecinemas.co.nz Hamilton 6.30pm Time Travellers DIGITAL the World Ph 07 838 9010 New Plymouth See more info on page 16. Tue 18 Nov Sun 16 Nov Fri 21 Nov Ticket Prices www.lidocinema.co.nz Ph 0800 484 925 The corner of Sophia and 4:00pm Listen Up Canon Streets 1:15pm In the The Civic $16 general admission www.4thwalltheatre.co.nz 1.00pm In the Ticket Prices Timaru Corner Queen Street & 8:30pm Bromance $14 student Neighbourhood Neighbourhood $15 general admission Ticket Prices Ph 03 684 6975 Wellesley Street Wed 19 Nov $10 senior/child 6.30pm Listen Up 8:00pm Time Travellers $15 general admission www.moviemaxdigital.co.nz Auckland $12 student 4:00pm My Generation Mon 10 Nov $12 concession Sat 22 Nov Sat 22 Nov www.ticketmaster.co.nz $ 9 senior/child Tickets 8:30pm Audience Choice 11:30am Art Will Save (senior/student) 6.30pm Audience Choice 1:15pm Listen Up Sun 23 Nov $16.00 general admission Ticket Prices (**World premiere of the World 8:00pm Bromance 1:00pm Highlights* Sat 15 Nov $13.00 student $25 general admission Chinese short film Home, 8:00 pm Highlights* PARAPARAUMU Sun 23 Nov 7:30pm Highlights $11.00 senior $20 concession with filmmakers (*Festival director, Gina 16 NOV 1:15pm My Generation (*Festival director, Gina $10.00 child $20 group of 6+ Dellabarca will introduce Sun 16 Nov in attendance.) Dellabarca will introduce CINEMA GOLD 8:00pm Audience Choice $18 group of 12+ this session) 4:00pm Highlights Sat 15 Nov this session) COASTLANDS WAIHEKE ISLAND OAMARU 8:00pm Highlights WHITIANGA AUCKLAND 8 NOV CHRISTCHURCH HAVELOCK 150 Rimu Road 5–11 Jan 2015 7–19 NOV NORTH 13–17 NOV Paraparaumu WELLINGTON Waiheke Island 13–21 NOV Ph 04 298 6175 The Monkey CAPITOL CINEMA 16, 19 & 23 NOV Limelight 13–23 NOV Community Alice www.dtcoastlands.co.nz House BALMORAL Cinema Paramount Cinema Cinematheque Cinema Gold Ticket Prices 18 Coghill Street 610 Dominion Road 11 Joll Rd 239 Thames Street $16.40 general admission 25 Courtenay Place Whitianga Artworks, Oneroa Old High Street Post Office Balmoral, Auckland Havelock North Oamaru $14.40 student Wellington Ph 07 866 5115 Waiheke Island 209 Tuam Street Ph 09 623 2000 Ph 06 877 9016 Ph 03 434 1077 Ph 04 384 4080 Ph 09 372 4240 Christchurch $12.40 senior Ticket Prices www.capitolcinema.co.nz hn.cinemagold.co.nz www.limelightcinema.co.nz www.paramount.co.nz www.waihekecinema.net Ph 03 365 0615 $11.40 child $10 general admission Ticket Prices Ticket Prices Ticket Prices Ticket Prices www.cinematheque. Ticket Prices Sun 16 Nov $15 general admission $15 general admission $15.90 general admission Mon 5 Jan 2015 $14 general admission aliceinvideoland.co.nz $16.40 general admission 1.30pm Highlights* $12 student $10 senior $13.90 concession (student, 7:00pm Art Will Save $10 concession Ticket Prices $14.40 student $ 9 senior/child $12 student (*Festival director, Gina Film Society) the World (student & senior) $16 general admission $12.40 senior $9 child Dellabarca will introduce $11.50 senior Tue 6 Jan 2015 Fri 7 Nov $7 child $13 student $11.40 child $7.50 Schools Screening this session) $10.50 child 7:00pm My Generation 4:00pm My Generation $12 senior/child Sun 16 Nov Sat 8 Nov tickets 8:30pm Bromance $20 Rialto Channel Wed 7 Jan 2015 5:00pm Highlights* Thu 13 Nov 2:30pm Highlights STEWART ISLAND Thu 13 Nov Wellington Opening Night 7:00pm Listen Up Sat 8 Nov 8:30pm Art Will Save Wed 19 Nov 15 & 19 NOV (*Festival director, Gina 7.30pm Art Will Save Thu 13 Nov 4:00pm Art Will Save the World 7:00pm Highlights Thu 8 Jan 2015 Dellabarca will introduce the World the World Bunkhouse 7:30pm RIALTO 7:00pm In the this session) Fri 14 Nov Sun 23 Nov 8:30pm In the Fri 14th Nov Theatre CHANNEL WELLINGTON Neighbourhood 6:00pm Bromance 2:30pm My Generation OPENING NIGHT Neighbourhood** 7.30pm Bromance 10 Main Road Fri 9 Jan 2015 Sat 15 Nov Stewart Island Watch all the award Sat 15 Nov 7:00pm Bromance Sun 9 Nov 1:00pm My Generation Ph 03 219 1113 winning films, meet the 4:00pm Listen Up 3.30pm My Generation Sat 10 Jan 2015 Sun 16 Nov Ticket Prices filmmakers and celebrate 8.30pm Time Travellers 8.30pm Time Travellers 7:00pm Time Travellers 8:30pm In the $15 general admission short film. See page 16 for Sun 16th Nov Mon 10 Nov Neighbourhood $13 senior more info. Sun 11 Jan 2015 1.30pm In the 4:00pm My Generation $10 child 7:00pm Audience Choice 8:30pm In the Mon 17 Nov Neighbourhood Neighbourhood 8:30pm Time Travellers www.showmeshorts.co.nz 21 Acknowledgements Show Me Shorts is the filmmaking Show Me Shorts warmly dedicated to connecting community, support of thanks our sponsors you with the best short local businesses and and funders listed here films from here and enthusiasm of audience and in the pages of around the world. members. Show your this brochure. support for short film We love shorts and are by getting a group proud to play a part together and buying in sharing them with tickets to the festival you. As a charitable this year. trust, the festival is run You will love it! largely by volunteers, the goodwill of

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