// Academy Cinemas, 44 Lorne St, Auckland St, Lorne 44 Cinemas, Academy // 24 - 26 November 2006 November 26 - 24 PROUD TO BE Welcome to the fi rst Jameson Show Me Shorts Film Festival, New Zealand’s only trans-Tasman short SPONSORS OF fi lm festival.

From around 350 entries, we have assembled a selection of the best and most entertaining fi lms from New Zealand and Australia which we’re proud to be presenting for your viewing pleasure.

We’d like to say this festival is the product of extensive research and market analysis, but the truth is it was dreamed up over a few drinks in a central Auckland bar. The concept has been fl eshed out over a full year since, and remains true to the original vision. This vision was to provide everyday Kiwis with better access to some of the amazing and award-winning short fi lms that are produced here and across the Tasman every year. Most of the fi lms are being seen in New Zealand for the fi rst time.

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This event would not have been possible without the support of our sponsors and partners, selection and judging panel, and all the fi lmmakers who took the time to enter their fi lms. We thank you all for your part in helping bring this project to fruition and look forward to working with you in future to develop Jameson Show Me Shorts into an established and eagerly anticipated annual event.

If you love watching short fi lms you’re in for a treat, and we can’t wait to share them with you. So fl ip through this brochure, and book your tickets now.

Enjoy!

Gina Dellabarca - Communication Director Katrin Hagen - Programming Director Tamara Liebman - Business Director Kate Nicholson - Australian Liaison PERFECTLY BALANCED

26079 Jameson A5 Advert.indd 1 10/17/06 2:23:31 PM Venue Information: session 1 1) Changing Of The Guard Academy Cinemas 7pm Friday, opening night 2) Photograph City Library Building, 24 November PREMIERES 3) A Natural Talent 44 Lorne Street, Auckland 78min approx. 4) Still Life (Student) Phone: 09 373 2761 5) Heads Up 1) Fish Out Of Water www.academycinemas.co.nz session 2 12:30pm Saturday, 2) After Dolly Tickets can be booked in advance by phone. 25 November 3) Mail Order (Student) Disabled access is available - phone the cinema for details. 62min approx. 4) Bad Dates 5) Five Good Reasons Ticket Prices: 6) Last Stop General Admission $12 7) True Blue Hero Concession for three or more tickets session 3 1) Vend (to different sessions) $10 4pm Saturday, 2) The Mechanicals Opening Night $20 25 November 3) In Your Dreams // The Opening Night will feature World and 78min approx. 4) No Ordinary Sun New Zealand premieres at the Academy, followed by a 5) Crooked Mick Of The Speewah 6) Between Heaven And Earth party at the Auckland Art Gallery with complimentary 7) Egg And Bomb drinks and nibbles. Tickets to this event are limited and will 8) Dracenstein gain entry to both the screening and party. session 4 1) Ray 5:30pm Saturday, 2) Still Time 25 November 3) Wobbegong 79min approx 4) Splintered 5) The Speaker 24—26th november 6) Three Months At Sea PROGRAMME session 5 1) Break 9pm Saturday, 2) Matthew Heath 25 November 3) The Cow Thief 76min approx or loss 4) Sunday 5) Hunting The Phoenix CLOSING NIGHT CEREMONY: 6) Uso 7pm Sun 26 Nov session 6 1) Our Community Come and see all the best fi lms in one hit, as judged by our 12:30pm Sunday, 2) Postcard high profi le panel. This session will screen the two fi nalists 26 November 3) Mad Mac And The Fat Ugly Snail in each category, followed by a brief awards ceremony 65min approx 4) Out Of The Black where the winners will be announced. The categories 5) Morning Star are: Jameson Best Film, CityMix Best Student Film, Best session 7 1) Goggles Technical Contribution and the Panavision Special Jury 2pm Sunday, 2) Eating Sausage Prize. 26 November 3) The Bath Mermaid 79min approx 4) The Salesman 5) Stan Remotely Ratings: 6) Bombe Alaska Ratings for all fi lms will be available during the festival at 7) Aunty Joan’s Friendly Grotto the venue and in newspaper advertising. session 8 1) Thursday 5:30pm Sunday, 2) Guy In A Field Disclaimer: 26 November 3) Lucky For Some We reserve the right to change the schedule by amending 73min approx or flight 4) Boom dates and times or replacing fi lms. 5) Blue Willow 6) Chop Off Closing night, 7pm Sunday, 26 November CHANGING OF Roger has been a security guard for 29 years and has never FISH OUT OF A young man rows to work to escape the rush hour THE GUARD been robbed. Today is his last day… WATER mayhem, but where can he go when it follows him onto WORLD PREMIERE // Director: Lala Rolls // the water? // Festivals: Intl NZ Film Fest 2005. Director: Joseph Lee // Producer: Natalie Crane // Producer: Kristian Eek // New Zealand, 2005 // New Zealand, 2006 // Drama, 14min. Drama, 9min.

PHOTOGRAPH Photograph is the sensitive exploration of a daughter who AFTER DOLLY From approximately fi ve hours of unscripted dialogue came NZ PREMIERE // visits her dying mother in hospital. // Festivals: 2006 NZ PREMIERE // the award-winning After Dolly, a quirky claymation fi lm Director: Sarah Lambert // Animator & Producer: Producer: Veronica Sive // Mick Elliott // where characters discuss the pros and cons of cloning. Australia, 2006 // Australia, 2003 // // Festivals: Interfi lm 2004, Tropfest 2004, Flickerfest 2005, St. Kilda 2005. Drama, 15min. Animation, 4min.

A NATURAL TALENT Set in the wild Australian bush, a Natural Talent tells the MAIL ORDER A revealing documentary which investigates mail order NZ PREMIERE // extraordinary story of Judith, a pioneer from the 1860’s and WORLD PREMIERE (student) // brides in New Zealand and the men who marry them. Director: Louise Fox // Director: Zoe McIntosh // Producer: Tamara Popper // how she became a medical curiosity through a series of New Zealand, 2005 // Australia, 2005 // DOCO, 13min. Drama-black com, 25min. strange births. // Festivals: Flickerfest 2005

7pm Friday, 24 November, 78 min approx. 12:30pm Saturday, 25 November, 62 min approx OPENING night

PREMIERESOpening night tickets are $20 and can be purchased from the Academy Cinemas. These gain you entry to the screening of the fi lms at 7pm, followed by the Opening Night afterparty at the nearby Auckland Art BAD DATES Bad Dates is the hilarious comedy about a group of Director & Producer: mismatched singles who come together for a disastrous Gallery at 8:30pm. The party, co-hosted by Jameson Irish Whiskey, will include complimentary drinks Grant Lahood // New Zealand, 2005 // speed date evening. (thanks to Jameson Irish Whiskey) and nibbles (provided by fi lm industry caterer Flying Start), brief Com, 15min. welcome speeches and the sounds of one of George FM’s fi nest DJs. FIVE GOOD REASONS A man seeks validation from his doctor for his thoughts and WORLD PREMIERE // observations on society. STILL LIFE A middle-aged man fi nds himself embroiled in the affairs of Director: Eldon Booth // NZ PREMIERE (student) // an erratic life model after attending night classes. Producer: Kate Cresswell // Director: Tahnee McGuire // New Zealand, 2006 // Producer: Sally Madgwick // // Festivals: 2005, Leeds 2005, Hamburg 2006. Drama, 12min. Australia, 2005 // Drama, 17min. LAST STOP Even the simple act of taking public transport can be NZ PREMIERE // Director: Greg pretty scary these days… Williams // Producers: Tatiana Doroshenko, Jacob Oberman, // Festivals: St. Kilda 2006, Tropfest 2006. HEADS UP Between no man’s land and a mad man, the name of the Greg Williams // Australia, 2005 // NZ PREMIERE // game is survival. They’ve lived through four years of hell Drama, 5min. Director: Dean Ganter // Producer: Garrett Russell // in the Great War trenches, but can they survive their new Australia, 2005 // TRUE BLUE HERO What would Hollywood blockbusters look like without commanding offi cer? // Festivals: Tropfest, Brisbane 2006. Drama, 7min. NZ PREMIERE (student) // the CGI? This is the hilarious story of one hero and a Director: John Evagora // Producer: Victoria College of the blue-screen. // Festivals: St. Kilda 2006, Interfi lm Berlin 2006. Arts // Australia, 2005 // Com, 4min. VEND Coming straight from St. Kilda Film Fest where it was RAY A little kid is stranded, growing up in a country town he NZ PREMIERE // awarded Best Film, Vend is a whimsical, sci-fi -fantasy about NZ PREMIERE // hates. The locals reckon it’s a paradise, but as far as he can Director: James Findley // Director: Tony Mahony // Producer: Natasha Gray // freedom, opportunity and dispensing with reality, whilst Producer: Jannine Barnes // see, the only interesting stuff happens to a guy the whole Australia, 2006 // Australia, 2004 // Drama, 10 min. dispensing soft drink. // Festivals: St. Kilda 2006 Com, 9min. town dismisses as a f***wit… Ray. // Festivals: St. Kilda 2004, Flickerfest 2004. THE MECHANICALS A bold, intriguing and very entertaining look behind the NZ PREMIERE // walls of an everyday house. Director: Leon Ford // STILL TIME Lucy is struggling to fi nd a place in a new town where the Producer: Nicole O’Donohue // // Festivals: The only Australian fi lm chosen for any section of the prestigious 62nd NZ PREMIERE // only kid who wants to be her friend is Jack, a loner with a Australia, 2005 // Drama, 8 min. Director: Sonia Whiteman // Venice Film Festival 2005, Palm Springs 2005, St Kilda 2006 Producers: Karen Radzyner and bizarre obsession. // Festivals: St. Kilda 2006, Flickerfest 2006. Jason Harty // Australia, 2005 // IN YOUR DREAMS Did you really think your dreams are your own? Welcome Drama, 20min. Director: Greg Williams // to Dreamworx. When you go to sleep, they go to work... Producers: Melanie Coombs and Bridget Lloyd-Jones // // Festivals: Tropfest 2005 Australia, 2005 // WOBBEGONG A melodically told coming-of-age story about a boy and Drama/comedy, 7 min. NZ PREMIERE // his beloved beach. // Festivals: Cannes 2006 (pre-selected), Sydney 2006, Director: Owen Trevor // Producer: Lucas Jenner // Brisbane 2006. NO ORDINARY SUN In a remote Antarctic hut, a lone scientist makes a discovery Australia, 2005 // Director: Jonathan Brough // that will change his reality forever. With a breathtaking Drama, 15min. Producer: Keith Hill // New Zealand, 2004 // backdrop and stunning photography, No Ordinary Sun is an Drama, 14 min. unforgettable classic. // Festivals: Edinburgh 2004, Slamdance 2006

5:30 pm Saturday, 4pm Saturday, 25 November, 78 min approx. 25 November, 79 min approx.

CROOKED MICK Strong-Arm Sam and his promoter Gus are down on their luck. SPLINTERED A superbly acted, gritty drama, Splintered is about a Tired of hearing about how much stronger Crooked Mick of NZ PREMIERE (student) // robbery that goes wrong. // Festivals: Slamdance 2005. OF THE SPEEWAH Director: Peter Templeman // NZ PREMIERE (student) // Director: the Speewah is, they decide to fi nd the Speewah and challenge Producer: Stuart Parkyn // Phil Smith // Producer: Luke Eve // Australia, 2005 // Australia, 2005 // Ani, 10min. Crooked Mick. // Festivals: St. Kilda 2006, Sydney 2006 Drama, 8min. BETWEEN HEAVEN An epic story of youth pitted against wisdom. AND EARTH THE SPEAKER A political tagger’s midnight marauding gets his younger NZ PREMIERE (student) Director: Tearepa Kahi // brother caught by the cops. // Festivals: Intl Filmfestspiele Berlin 2006, Animator: Anthony Cheung // Producers: Quinton Hita, Tearepa Australia, 2005 // Ani, 8min. Kahi, Savage // 2006, Brisbane, 2006. New Zealand, 2005 // EGG AND BOMB A man, a woman, a chicken, a bombing… mayhem ensues. Drama, 14min. Director: George Port // // Festivals: NZ Intl fi lm fest 2005 Producer: Michael Bennett // New Zealand, 2005 // Ani, 13min. THREE MONTHS Three Months at Sea recounts the dying moments of a AT SEA couple’s relationship breakdown in the most uncomfortable WORLD PREMIERE // of situations. DRACENSTEIN A mad scientist’s life turns pear-shaped after he accidentally Director: Kylie Eddy // NZ PREMIERE installs a vampire brain in his monster creation. Producer: Vanessa Burt // Animators: Bill Flowers and Tom Australia, 2005 // Drama, 13min. Priestley // Australia, 2005 // // Festivals: Tropfest 2005 Ani, 7min. BREAK Through the eyes of a boy and the language of dance, OUR COMMUNITY Our Community takes us on an intimate journey through Director: Shona McCullagh // break portrays the complexities of a disintegrating family NZ PREMIERE // the townships of Walgett, Lightning Ridge and Sheepyard Producer: Ashley Stuart Coupland // Director & Producer: Sean New Zealand, 2005 // relationship. // Festivals: NZ Intl Film Fest 2006. Kennedy // Australia, 2005 // in the Walgett Shire of rural northwest NSW. Dance, 14min. Doco, 24min. // Festivals: SnowyFest 2006.

MATTHEW Matthew Heath shares the challenges of growing up in POSTCARD Using three different video treatments, Postcard is a a country town where all his peers know his father has a NZ PREMIERE // delicately told, mixed media poem in which a postcard of a HEATH Animator: Maggie Fooke // NZ PREMIERE // mental illness. Producer: Marianne Wallace- painting in the Tate Gallery is sent to a faraway friend. Director & Producer: Owen Elliott // Crabbe // Australia, 2006 // Australia, 2006 // Doco, 8min. Ani, 7min. // Festivals: St. Kilda 2006.

THE COW THIEF The story of a boy, his mother, their cows... and the man NZ PREMIERE // who came between them. // Festivals: St. Kilda 2006 Director: Charles Williams // Producers: Charles Williams, Joel Kohn // Australia, 2005 // 12:30pm Drama, 20min. Sunday, n approx. r 76mi 26 November turday, 25 Novembe 9pm, Sa 65min approx.

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SUNDAY A quiet Sunday becomes a physical and mental test as an MAD MAC AND THE Exploring one man’s obsession with paua, Mad Mac is an (student) estranged father and son meet. intriguing story about the rise and fall of New Zealand’s Director: Leo Woodhead // FAT UGLY SNAIL Producers: Kimberley Hikaka, (student) // Directors: Kate paua industry as seen through the eyes of one of its most Catherine Gjerde, Jeremy Freeman // Bradbury and Bill Morris // New Zealand, 2006 // New Zealand, 2005 // Drama, 10min. colourful characters. Doco, 25min.

HUNTING THE A young boy caught in a bitter divorce takes a bush-walk OUT OF THE If Targan didn’t paint, he reckons he might kill someone. PHOENIX with his father but fi nds that quality bonding time is not BLACK Out of the Black explores how he transforms his anger WORLD PREMIERE // what his father has in mind. WORLD PREMIERE (student) // into art. Director: Daniel Power // Director: Kylie Plunkett // Producer: DF Mamea // Producers: Steve Thomas, and New Zealand, 2006 // Marsha Emerman // Australia, 2006 // Drama, 9min. Doco, 4min.

USO Two boys in urban New Zealand, a telephone booth, MORNING STAR Based on ancient indigenous Australian traditions, Morning WORLD PREMIERE // waiting for a call. NZ PREMIERE // Star is a visually rich animation about the ceremony of Director: Miki Magasiva // Director & Animator: Suren Perera Producer: Tara Riddell // in partnership with Studio Moshi // birth, life and death. New Zealand, 2006 // Producer: Michael Wagner // Drama, 15min. Australia, 2005 // Ani, 5min. GOGGLES Six year old Billy encounters a couple of bullies on his way THURSDAY A moment in time is frozen after a life-changing event NZ PREMIERE // Director: Olivia to the swimming pool. // Festivals: Tropfest 2006, St. Kilda 2006. NZ PREMIERE // takes place. Thursday is an experimental drama shot entirely Peniston-Bird // Producer: Director & Producers: Matthew Rebecca Peniston-Bird // Fallon, Marisa Martin // backwards. Australia, 2006 // Australia, 2005 // Drama, 4min. Drama, 4min.

EATING SAUSAGE When Su Jung makes a kiwi friend in her new country, GUY IN A FIELD Guy is in limbo as he wakes up in a landscape as barren as Director: Zia Mandviwalla // she begins to assimilate in ways her husband does not NZ PREMIERE (student) // his memory. // Festivals: St. Kilda 2006. Producer: Annelise Coulam // Director: Johnie Stanley // New Zealand, 2004 // approve of. // Festivals: Brisbane 2005. Producer: Miranda Edmonds // Drama, 14min. Australia, 2005 // Drama, 15min.

THE BATH As aquatic dreams and an earthbound relationship LUCKY FOR SOME A clay-mation about a mysterious watch, a murder and a collide, Penny realises her power to experience life on her NZ PREMIERE // casino. // Festivals: . MERMAID Animator: Robert Stephenson // NZ PREMIERE (student) // own terms. Australia, 2004 // Director & Producer: Emma Ani, 11min. Papaconstantinou // New Zealand, 2005 // Drama, 10min. n approx. 5:30pm Sunday, 26 November 73mi 2pm Sunday, 26 November, 79min approx.

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THE SALESMAN In a world where death is a marketable commodity and BOOM Like many other poor Thai boys, Boom fi ghts to earn a WORLD PREMIERE // the outside world is delivered by way of technology, the NZ PREMIERE // living. By combining naturalistic documentary techniques Director: David Rusanow // Director & Producer: Mitchell Producer: Kelly Chapman // salesman charms his way into more than he bargained for. Kanashkevich // Australia, 2005 // with the storytelling elements typical of a scripted fi lm, Australia, 2006 // Doco, 24min. Thriller, 11min. Mitchell Kanashkevich creates an unforgettable account of one boy’s struggle in poverty. STAN REMOTELY Stan Remotely is a bold story of a man trapped in a world (student) distorted and perverted by his darkest thoughts and desires. Director & Producer: BLUE WILLOW An animated fable that takes you deep into the heart of a Stephen Ballantyne // To escape the nightmare creation of his mind he must Director & Producer: porcelain plate, Blue Willow is the story of a daughter who New Zealand, 2005 // Veialu Aila-Unsworth // Experimental Drama, 19min. conquer his subconscious and be reborn. // Festivals: Belladonna 2006. New Zealand, 2005 // is about to be married off to a man she doesn’t love. Ani, 14min. // Festivals: NZ Intl fi lm fest 2005, Berlin 2006, Brisbane 2006. BOMBE ALASKA Margie lives with her horrible husband Gordon, a mad WORLD PREMIERE // football supporter who hates her and her cooking. When Director & Producer: Stephen Sherrard-Griffi th // Margie receives a magical cookbook, she decides to get Grant Lahood has made several feature fi lms and shorts, Australia, 2006 // revenge on Gordon. CHOP OFF Fantasy, 13min. Director & Producer: including Lemming Aid and The Singing Trophy, which Grant Lahood // New Zealand, 2006 // both screened in Competition at Cannes. Chop Off is a AUNTY JOAN’S When a young guy spots a $100 bill stuck under the tyre of Com, 5min. FRIENDLY GROTTO a car, he decides to wait for the car to move in what seems tense comedy about three axemen, three tall wooden posts WORLD PREMIERE // to be the only café in town… and an epic battle between young and old. Director & Producer: Irena Dangov // // Festivals: NZ Intl Film Fest 2006. Australia, 2006 // Com, 8min. Communications Director: Gina Dellabarca Programming Director: Katrin Hagen Business Director: Tamara Liebman Australian Liaison: Kate Nicholson SPONSORS CREDITS: Principal Sponsor: Jameson Irish Whiskey Publicity: Star Publicity Ltd Publication Design: pHd3 Website: Timothy Farland Printers: Wyatt & Wilson Print Ltd Venue: Academy Cinemas, Auckland.

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