DOCNZ: Documentary New Zealand Trust
#18-September 2008
Kia Ora from DOCNZ.
DOCNZ Focus is gaining momentum with the upcoming screening of Rock N Roll Nerd.
Guess who will be on the discussion panel to follow the screening? DOCNZ 2009 has a new
media partner and we are accepting advertising for the festival's programme. Here is the latest from the DOCNZ hub.
The DOCNZ Team
The next screening of DOCNZ Focus, a society for documentary films, will be held on 30th Sept at 6:30pm at the Academy Cinemas.
Rock N Roll Nerd is a rare record of the rise of unique Australian comedian and musician Tim Minchin. The film premiered at the recent Melbourne International Film Festival and was a huge success.
Attending the screening of Rock N Roll Nerd and participating in the panel discussion following the film are: Jaquie Brown (The Jaquie Brown Diaries), Gerard Johnstone (director, writer and co-creator of The Jaquie Brown Diaries), Te Radar (comedian and filmmaker), Caterina De Nave (head of drama and comedy production at TV3), and Kylie Aitchison (director of NZ International Comedy Festival).
You can win Rock N Roll Nerd tickets by telling The Hive your nerd-iest moment! (until 24th Sept)
Also, check out the competition in this week (14 Sept) Auckland City CityScene.
In addition to the annual membership (12 months from day of joining) we now offer a 3 Film Sampler so you could choose any 3 DOCNZ Focus films you wish to attend. For more information and to register online, click here.
We are excited to announce that the NZ Listener is going to be a Gold partner of DOCNZ 2009. The weekly current affairs and entertainment magazine will promote the festival nationwide, include the DOCNZ 2009's programme as an insert, provide an annual subscription to the national winners of the DOCNZ 2009 competition, and run a reader's ticket giveaway competition. We welcome the NZ Listener as a Gold partner of DOCNZ 2009!
If you or someone you know, may be interested in sponsoring DOCNZ events (DOCNZ Festival, DOCNZ Summit, or DOCNZ Focus), please click here.
Advertising in the DOCNZ 2009 programme is now available. Expose your brand to documentary lovers nationwide and show your support to DOCNZ. For more details click here.
The media campaign competition: DOCNZ 2009 Poster and TV Commercial is now closed. We are very impressed with the level of work submitted and thank everyone who entered the competition. Watch this space for competition results.
Increase your chance to secure funding to your next documentary project by pitching it to local and international commissioners at the DOCNZ Summit Pitching Forum. Others have done it, so could you. The deadline for submitting proposals is 4.00pm, 28 November 2008. For more information and entry form, click here.
The DOCNZ Summit section on the website has been expanded. You can now find information about previous summits, the pitching forum, DOCNZ Market, and later this year we will add details about masterclasses/seminars content for the next Summit.
If you are heading to Europe in November, don't miss Copenhagen where style and substance rule happily from a well-designed throne.
CPH:DOX, Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival, is the largest of its kind in Scandinavia. Each year the festival fills the Copenhagen cinemas with a selection of more than 150 documentary films from around the world. During the ten festival days, CPH:DOX also presents five whole days of professional seminars and provides an international forum and meeting place with the newly founded DOX:FORUM (12 - 14 Nov).
Congratulations to the Qantas Film and Television Awards 2008 winners in the documentary categories:
Annie Goldson, Best Documentary An Island Calling
Justin Pemberton, Achievement in Directing The Nuclear Comeback (winner best feature documentary at DOCNZ 2007)
Wayne Vinten, Achievement in Camerawork An Island Calling
Bryan Shaw, Achievement in Editing with
The Wahine Disaster
Documentary Makers Meeting
WIFT is organising a meeting to talk about changes in the documentary landscape.
8 October at 7-9pm, Trades Hall, 147 Great North Road.
Creative NZ will be in attendance to discuss their funding
programme. Gold coin donation to cover costs. Please RSVP to the WIFT office at 09 378 7271
or office@wiftauckland.org.nz
Sundance, Park City, Salt Lake City, Utah, 15-25 Jan 2009. The Sundance Film Festival is the premier showcase for U.S. and international independent film. Deadline: 22 Sept 2008. www.sundance.org
Guangzhou International Documentary Film Festival, China, 1-5 Dec 2008. Deadline: 30 Sept 2008. www.gzdoc.com
DOCNZ, International Documentary Film Festival New Zealand, 26 Feb - 5 April 2009. Extended deadline: 30 Sept 2008. www.docnz.org.nz
AIDC, Australia International Documentary Conference, Adelaide, 18-20 Feb 2009. Early-bird registrations from 1st October 2008 until late November. www.aidc.com.au
Dokma, International Documentary Film Festival, Maribor, Slovenia, 2-8 Nov 2008. Deadline: 15 Oct 2008. www.dokma.net
FIFO, the Pacific International Documentary Film Festival, Tahiti 29 Jan - 3 Feb 2009. Any documentary that talks about the Pacific can be registered and participate. Deadline: 1 Oct 2008. www.fifotahiti.org
Big Sky Documentary Film Festival, Missoula, Montana, 13-22 Feb. Deadline: 20 Oct 2008 www.bigskyfilmfest.org
From 22nd Sept our new address is:
Level 1, 114 - 116 Ponsonby Road
Ponsonby
Auckland 1011
Please note that there is no change to our postal address and phone numbers.
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