Fresh Shorts selected
The NZ Film Commission is pleased to announce the 16 low budget short films selected in the inaugural Fresh Shorts scheme.
The NZFC has offered eight grants of $10,000 and eight grants of $30,000 to shoot and complete low budget short films with durations between 4-25 minutes.
The 16 films were selected by a panel of both industry and NZFC staff consisting of: Ainsley Gardiner, Katie Wolfe, Leo Woodhead, Paul Swadel (NZFC Development Executive) and Juliette Veber (NZFC Short Film Manager).
Fresh Shorts received 229 applications across both levels.
“The quality of the applications we received was extremely high and we were really impressed with the calibre of filmmakers applying to the fund,” said Juliette Veber, NZFC Short Film Manager.
The eight short films that have been green lit at the $30,000 budget level are:
A Bend in the Road – writer/director: Rollo Wenlock, producer: Gemma Freeman
Fadeaway - director: Robert George, producer: Amorangi Paitia, writer: Hone Kouka
Lambs – writer/director: Sam Kelly, producer: Nicci Lock
Pot Luck – director: Michelle Savill, producer: Desray Armstrong, writer: Martha Hardy-Ward
Pool – writer/director: Stephen Ballantyne, writer/producer: Carla Brereton
Runaways –writer/ director: Jordan Dodson, producer: Alix Whittaker
Ten Thousand Days – writer/director: Michael Duignan, producer: Nik Beachman
Uphill – writer/director: Jackie Van Beek, producer: Aaron Watson
The eight short films that have been green lit at the $10,000 budget level are:
Baby Steps – writer/director: Mark Ruka, producer: Catherine Fitzgerald
Hitchhike – writer/director: Matthew Saville
Slugs and Snails – writer/director: Luke Anastassiou
Sneak Out – writer/director: Ying Ly
The Dump – writer/director: Hamish Bennett, producer: Orlando Stewart
The Red Beret – writer/director: Glen Maw, producer: Nicholas Henwood & David White
The Tinny House – writer/director: Rhys Morgan, producer: Tom Kelly
Tuffy – writer/director: Matthew Sunderland, producer: Ira Heyder
