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Here are our latest New Zealand Short Films!!!!

If you are a festival, distributor or broadcaster looking for more New Zealand shorts, please search our catalogue.

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Short Film Manager                    Lisa Chatfield            
lisa@nzfilm.co.nz
Premiere Shorts Assistant          Hayden Ellis             
shorts@nzfilm.co.nz  


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Monifa

Monifa
 A young African refugee, haunted by her past, struggles to adapt to her new life with adoptive parents in suburban New Zealand.


FESTIVALS

2011 New Zealand International Film Festival


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Brainy

Brainy
Brian an imaginative boy deals with the loss of his grandfather by constructing a series of rituals.

Festivals
2011 Locarno Film Festival, Switzerland
2011 Buster Copenhagen Film Festival, Denmark
2011 Odense Film Festival, Denmark
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Meniscus

Meniscus
Meniscus will take you on a journey into human nature where we learn what some would say our souls already know. The spirit is more powerful than the flesh.

 
FESTIVALS
 
2010 Interfilm Berlin International Short Film Festival
2011 CFC Worldwide Shorts, Toronto , Canada
2011 Annecy International Animation Festival, France
2011 New Zealand International Film Festival, NZ
2011 Expresion En Corto, Mexico
2011 Odense Film Festival, Denmark 
2011 Stockholm Film Festival, Sweden
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Eeling

Eeling
Freedom can be a force of nature.

Festivals
2011 New Zealand Film Festival, NZ
2011 Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival, Korea

 
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Blue

Blue
BLUE follows the anguished life of a washed up television character.

FESTIVALS
2011 Semaine de la Critique, Cannes - Winner of The Canal + Award for Best Short Film
2011 New Zealand International Film Festival, NZ
2011 Melbourne International Film Festival , In Competition Australia
2011 New York Film Festival, USA
2011 Hawaii Film Festival, USA
2011 Valladolid Film Festival, Spain
2011 Brisbane Film Festival, Australia
2011 Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival, Taiwan
 
 



 

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Koro's Medal

Koro's Medal
When Billy loses his grandfather’s precious war medal, getting it back is the least of his worries.

2011 Edinburgh Film Festival, Scotland
2011 New Zealand International Film Festival, New Zealand
2011 Wairoa Maori Film Festival, New Zealand
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Meathead

Meathead
It's matter over mind

2011 Cannes Film Festival 'Official Competition', France
2011 New Zealand International Film Festival, NZ
2011 Melbourne International Film Festival, Australia
2011 Montreal World Film Festival, Canada


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Hauraki

Hauraki
 Fogotten flowers bloom by the wayside.


2011 Tribeca Film Festival, USA
2011 New Zealand Film Festival, NZ
2011 Montreal World Film Festival, Canada
2011 Hofer Filtage, Germany
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Ebony Society

Ebony Society
One night out stealing, two boys learn a lesson.

2011 Sundance Film Festival, USA
2011 61st Berlin International Film Festival – Generation, Germany
2011 Aspen Shortsfest, USA
2011 Hamburg International Short Film Festival, Germany
2011 New Zealand International Film Festival, NZ
2011 Melbourne International Film Festival, Australia
2011 Hawaii Film Festival, USA
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Go the dogs

Go the dogs
 An accidental adventure

2011 Official Selection: Generation -Berlin International Film Festival
2011 Hamburg International Short Film Festival, Germany
2011 New Zealand International Film Fesitval, NZ
2011 Melbourne Film Festival, Australia
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