2009 Te Ao Marama Series
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 Read more
Rolf de Heer on making films you care about
I think to begin with I should establish where I am with regard to writing. Writing for me is filmmaking, directing is filmmaking, producing is filmmaking. I do all three and to me they are indistinguishable parts of the same process. The first half of making a film is writing it. Writing any sort of screenplay, particularly a good one, is very hard work and directing a film is very hard work, as is getting it financed. It is a year or perhaps two years of your life and it can end up being meaningless. Read more
Rolf de Heer: Conceiving and Crafting Cinema on a Modest Budget
One-day seminar for writers, directors and producers. Internationally acclaimed Australian filmmaker Rolf de Heer (Bad Boy Bubby, Tracker, Dance Me to My Song, Ten Canoes) will hold a one day seminar for screenwriters, directors, and producers. Using his own work for case studies Rolf will focus on the relationship between budget level and story ideas, and the crafting of low budget cinema for the international marketplace. Read more
Multi-platform Storytelling with Molly Reynolds
Award winning documentary maker and website creator Molly Reynolds will hold a full-day seminar on multi-platform storytelling. Using case studies and inviting participants to discuss their own work, Molly will explore the potential of different mediums, including narrative structure, audience reach, distribution, implications for writers and community storytelling. Read more


EVENT: 23 MARCH







