Fresh Shorts


Fresh Shorts


Fresh Shorts is a new low budget short film scheme run in-house by the NZ Film Commission. It aims to identify the next
generation of New Zealand feature filmmakers by nurturing and inspiring up-and-coming talent.

The 2011 funding round is now over, please check our website and facebook page for information regarding 2012 dates.
At this point we aim to have a similar deadline to last year (mid-July). We will be making 'applications open' announcements shortly - watch this space!

Fresh Shorts are:
  • Fresh, new directorial voices with distinctive, original styles.
  • Fresh ideas not seen before in short film, or new and original takes on familiar ideas.
  • Cinematic - ideas that deserve to be on the big screen.
  • Narrative films with impact. They could be emotional, humorous or political, or designed to scare an audience.The films should aim to reach audiences and move them.
  • Films that take risks, provoke and challenge audiences. Films that have something to say.
We're looking for the next generation of up-and-coming feature filmmaking talent, so your short film idea should be
a reflection of you; a film only you can make.

Fresh Shorts will support the following once a year:
  • Up to eight narrative short films at $10,000 per film
  • Up to eight narrative short films at $30,000 per film
The level of funding is based on the director's experience.


In 2011 we greenlit our second round of Fresh Shorts


The eight short films that have been green lit at the $30,000 budget level are:

Blankets - Director: Louise Leitch, Writer: Casey Whelan, Producer: Melissa Dodds

Queenie – Director: Paul Neason, Writers: Sam Burt and Jeremy Liss, Producer: Michelle Savill

Soldier Boy – Writer/Director: Jess Bluck, Producer: Sarah Cook

Taniwha – Writer/Director: Asuka Sylvie, Producers David White & Melissa Dodds

The Light Harvester – Writer/Director: Jason Lei Howden, Writer/Producer: Sarah Howden, Writer: Tamsyn Harker

The Hunting Party – Writer/Director: Andrew Beattie, Writer Nick Ward, Producer: Maile Daugherty

Two Eyes, Two Hands, Two Feet – Director: Kirsten Green, Producer: Stephen Lovatt

Wing Chun – Writer/Director: Ant Sang, Producer:  Fiona Copland

 

The eight short films that have been green lit at the $10,000 budget level are:

 Airmail - Writer/Director: Prue Cunningham

Eyes, Behind and Before – Writer/Director: Nic Gorman, Producer: Paul Glubb

Friday Tigers – Writer/Director: Aidee Walker, Producer: Julia Parnell

Fire in Cardboard City – Writer/Director: Phil Brough, Writer/Producer: Matt Heath

I Kill – Director: David White/Paul Wedel

I’m going to Mum’s – Writer/Director: Lauren Jackson, Producer: Jeremy Macey

Purerehua – Writer/Director: Renae Maihi

The God Painter in Kiwi Kingdom – Director: Pavel Kvatch, Writer: Joseph Ryan, Producer: Helmut Marko

 

For any other enquires, including media, please contact:

Lisa Chatfield – Short Film Manager – lisa@nzfilm.co.nz  – 04 382 7686 / 021 526 452


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