FEATURE: 29 SEPTEMBER 2009
"Getting consent from the community usually involves the community reading the script and giving feedback on it. I’m all for that. Why? Because when I’ve done that it has enriched my story, it has made it more powerful, and it has won the kind of community support that makes New Zealand filmmaking unique - which it is by the way - no-one else makes films like we do here..." - Merata Mita with Briar Grace-Smith, Kirk Torrance and MC Kath Akuhata-Brown.
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EVENT: 23 FEBRUARY, AUCKLAND
A conversation between CEO of the NZFC and former Head of Media Projects for Channel Four UK, Graeme Mason; veteran exhibitor Joe Moodabe; indie distributor John Davies and MC Vanessa Alexander (writer/director Magik and Rose; producer Being Eve). Discussion will focus on the importance of writers, directors and producers identifying an audience when developing a film, and factors throughout the process which can lead to success or failure at the box office.
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EVENT: 17 MARCH, WELLINGTON
March sees the launch of a Wellington monthly discussion series in association with the New Zealand Film Archive, Nga Aho Whakaari, and the New Zealand Writer’s Guild.
Happening every third Wednesday of the month at the New Zealand Film Archive auditorium at 7pm, the series kicks off with a Script to Screen Writer’s Room on March 17.
Thank you to the Quality Comfort Hotel Cuba St, Film Wellington and Stella Artois for…
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NEWS: 7 FEBRUARY 2010
Following a year of record attendances for the Writer’s Room series in 2009, and the launch of our Te Ao Marama creative development programme with the visit of inspirational Australian film-maker Rolf de Heer, Script to Screen is gearing up for a busy 2010 calendar of events.
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FEATURE: 26 OCTOBER 2009
August 2009 saw Script to Screen run a series of events as part of its new Te Ao Marama Creative Development Programme.
Australian writer/director/producer Rolf de Heer and his partner, documentary maker and website creator Molly Reynolds, were in New Zealand for a week in late August. Rolf was the focus of several events including Writer's Rooms in Auckland and Wellington, a seminar about his filmmaking philosophy, and a masterclass for…
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EVENT: 27 OCTOBER, AUCKLAND
AUCKLAND: Creating stories for the mobile phone and other emerging technologies: a 40-minute seminar followed by an audience Q & A. Internationally renowned Brand Strategist & Creative Director, new-media practitioner and AUT lecturer Laurent Antonczak will explore the opportunities for storytelling in the rapidly emerging digital landscape.
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EVENT: 29 SEPTEMBER
Telling Maori Stories, Writing Maori Characters in association with Nga Aho Whakaari...Esteemed activist, filmmaker and mentor Merata Mita (Bastion Point Day 507, Patu, Mauri, Hotere, Sundance mentor), playwright and screenwriter Briar Grace-Smith (Haruru Mai, Fish Skin Suit, The Strength of Water) & actor and playwright Kirk Torrance of Outrageous Fortune fame (Strata, Flintlock Musket) speak about the dream with writer Kath Akuhata-Brown.
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