MIC Toi Rerehiko presents the best new NZ short films selected by a panel of industry experts. This eclectic short film programme brings together the cream of Kiwi animators and innovators.
Screened as part of NZIFF 2009
Homegrown: Animation and Experimental on Video
This eclectic programme brings together the cream of Kiwi animators and innovators. Prepare yourself for ugliness and horror, for beauty and love, for laughter and tears. This is a must see collection of shorts that reflects the diversity and exuberance of its creators.
Day Drive 2009
Day Drive is a Screen Innovation Production Funded companion piece to Night Drive, which was selected for the Homegrown Programme of the 2008 International Film Festival. Paul Wedel is a Canadian director, editor and producer who resides in Wellington, New Zealand.
Day Drive is a visually and aurally stunning journey through the heart of urban and rural New Zealand.
Round 2008
Kirk Hendry is a New Zealand born, London based film maker. He works in both live-action and animation.
Round is a tale of death and rebirth in a jungle world of shadowy hands. Shot entirely using hand shadow performance, Round highlights man's position as a footnote in the Earth's very long story.
Pleasant Concrete 2008
Michael Reihana is a Dutch European Maori/Pacific Island filmmaker. He has directed music videos, television shows and commercials. Pleasant Concrete is his second short film.
Pleasant Concrete is a visually impressive piece which investigates the relationship between man and machine.
Soaring, Roaring, Diving 2008
Miriam Harris is an artist and animator from New Zealand. She is a senior lecturer in Graphics and Animation at the Unitec School of Design in Auckland. Juliet Palmer is a Toronto-based composer who grew up in New Zealand.
Soaring, Roaring, Diving is a beautifully crafted film incorporating animation, drawing and Super 8 film.
Better Military Modelling 2008
Jill Kennedy, an artist trained in painting and animation, has had her work featured in several international screenings and film festivals.
Set in a shifting and illusory aquarium, Better Military Modeling re-imagines childhood knowledge and games through a playful pastiche of images, movement and sound.
The Void 2009
Gary Davies and Mike Hohaia have been collaboraters since establishing Fonetic Films in 1999. They have completed a number of short films, as well as features and documentaries.
A late night car ride on a quiet country road becomes a living nightmare for a young couple when their car inexplicably plunges off the edge of physical reality into a never-ending pitch black void.
The Void will have you perched on the edge of your seat....
In the Name of Art 2008
Mardo El-Noor settled in New Zealand in 2003. Although a qualified dentist and musician his passion is for film. In the Name of Art is his first release.
In the Name of Art is a visually inventive story of two artists who will go to the ultimate extreme to win the coveted prize. Things are not always what they seem!
Grace 2008
Director Niki Hiini is an animator who hails from Auckland. She is a film and television editor.
Grace is a beloved and respected family matriarch, with a long kept secret
Humanchine 2008
Gina Kindred is an Auckland based film maker.
Humanchine explores a human plus machine hybrid. Where are we going and how did we get here?
X.O. Genesis 2009
A collaboration between artist James Robinson and filmmaker Rowan Wernham, X.O.Genesis uses a mixture of stop motion animation, time-lapse photography and digital post production.
The story unfolds as a glorious apocalypse and lo-fi reclamation of the space opera genre. A Spaz Opera..........?