The He Kauahi Catalyst supports New Zealand filmmakers keen to progress their talents to the next stage and create exceptional narrative short films. Through this initiative up to $90,000 is available for narrative drama and animation short films.
Live Action final selection
She Floats Over The Neighbour’s Fence Every Night, comedy/drama, Kyan Krumdieck, Thomas Coppell up to $90,000
While cleaning his dead grandmother's house, a grieving man confesses he's been seeing her angel. His besties assume he's losing it until they witness “it” themselves, sparking a passive-aggressive fight about death and reality itself.
SHIN & BONE, drama/sport/thriller, Pon Torthienchai, Sara Chen, Danny Aumua, up to $90,000
A young Muay Thai prospect veers into a collision course with his bullheaded father.
Kikokiko, drama, Matariki Bennett, Hariata Moriarty, Jane Holland, Angela Cudd, Matariki Bennett, Jorja Heta, up to $90,000
A deceased pōtiki (youngest child) reaches across the veil of mortality to help her grieving sisters heal
Animation final selection
Metramorphosis, animation, biography, hybrid fantasy, memoir, Daisy Lawless, Laura Yilmaz, up to $90,000
An animator’s surreal journey through the metaphysical wilds of pregnancy, motherhood, and her own metamorphosing body, where Self and Other exist in cosmic superimposition. When one being is becoming two, what is “me” and what is “you?”
Rhinoceros and Bird, animation/family, John Lewis, up to $90,000
A Rhinoceros's life is disrupted when a small bird perches on his head and refuses to leave