This year’s selection of homegrown short films finished on video covers a range of genres from comedy and computer animation through to drama and dance. Each display a unique take on the world – through current events, imagined histories or fable-like fantasies.
Screened as part of NZIFF 2005
Homegrown: Works on Video
This year’s video selection covers a range of genres from comedy and computer animation through to drama and dance. Each displays a unique take on the world – on current events, imagined histories or fable-like fantasies. No single theme dominates, but a strong mix of cultures emerges in what is truly a melting pot of contemporary moving image.
Fish Out of Water 2005
A sweet tale of one man's quest to simplify the commute to work, which backfires when fellow travellers start to jump on his bandwagon.
Code Orange in the Big Apple 2005
A funky, semi-subliminal bombardment of 666 images from a semiotic tourist's back pocket in NYC in the wake of another terrorist warning...
La Baumette/The Blue Dress 2005
Halfway between a computer game and a pop music video, La Baumette is a warm and weird digital fairytale about an innocent girl who slowly reveals somewhat monstrous qualities.
Pandora 2005
An aging hermit who discovers a magical girl washed up on a beach one stormy morning.
Composition No. 17 2005
An exercise that flirts with ideas of time, dance and burden.
Blue Willow 2005
An animated proverb that takes us into the heart of a porcelain plate, bringing the blue lines to life and weaving a haunting story of love and family betrayal.
An Indiscreet Journey 2005
"Anytime one leaves anywhere, something precious, which ought not to be killed, is left to die." Set between present day Berlin and an imagined past, a young writer remembers a wartime affair. Based on the life and writing of Katherine Mansfield.