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Mahuru Special Pānui - More opportunities!
Kia ora!
We've had a couple of cool kaupapa come up in the last few days, so we're sending them out to the hāpori in a special update as they'll miss our monthly pānui.
We have to also whakamana our Aho Short 2023 alumni this year!
Chatterbox will be screening at the Hawaiian Indigenous Film Festival and Honey Kaha at Show Me Shorts Festival. 🥳🥳
Ake ake ake Te Reo Māori!
Aho Shorts Film Crewing Required
The Aho Shorts Teams are well into pre-prod and are even filming this week for Premieres at RIFF in November (15-17th, book your tickets soon!)
One of our teams (Puti Film) is after more crew for next week (26-29 Sept). If you fit the bill, please get in contact with the Producer, Louisa: putifilmnz@gmail.com
Here's their crew list of needs:
- Art Director
- Digi Assistant/Split Op Data Wrangler
- Data wrangler (also, the organisation for someone to process the rushes to view for DOPs).
- Sound recordist
- Sound assistant (boom operator)
- Best boy
- Key grip, preferably with own gear. Grip Assistant.
Please do remember that our Shorts teams are being produced at a "high efficiency" level and not able to pay the going rate, so opting in for this will be a "kaupapa booking".
If you're keen and able to tautoko, please make contact today!
If you're not on The Māori Media Directory- sign up now so you can access contacts faster 😉
Screen Accelarator Project 2024 UNSCRIPTED
with Jon Kroll
S.A.P. is back for the third year!
Registrations are now open, register below.
Participants from outside of Wellington will need to attend the 2 day in-person workshop in Pōneke but the rest of the project is free of charge and done online.
Workshop Dates: Friday 1st November and Saturday 2nd November, 2024
Time: 9.30am – 4.30pm
Workshop Venue: Yoobee College of Creative Innovation, Railway Station, 2 Bunny St, Te Whanganui-a-Tara
Cost: Totally free with lunch provided (participants will need to cover their own travel & accommodation costs)
Online Pitching: Wednesday 11th December, 2024
Who can apply: Screen producers, from emergent through to seasoned professionals from Wellington and across NZ
Registrations close: @ 11:59pm on Tuesday 1st October, 2024.
A Wave in the Ocean - Part Two
Jane Campion has successfully received funding from NZFC to manaaki film makers!
There are 6 Places in the 2025 AWITO 2 course.
- It is a fulltime commitment in Wellington for 15 weeks.
- Projected dates are April to June 2025.
- A living allowance will be provided for all students and there are no course fees.
Who, what when and where?
The selection process will focus particularly on one or two short film ideas from each applicant, each no longer than one A4 page. These synopses will be a key component of each successful application. (A.I. is not permitted to be used. They are using WITCHES, a unique A.I. detection system.)
The selection will be genre-neutral, as every genre demands intelligent agile filmmaking. They will lean towards personal stories with a distinctive voice and elevated genre. The organisers are looking for people who have something to say and a way of saying it, with strong original concepts that are entertaining and fresh.
At least 50% of the AWITO 2 cohort will be female-identifying, and they are committed to inclusive processes that support Māori and other minority ethnic writer/directors.
A final in-person interview process with up to 20 applicants will decide the 6 places. Applicants will be given up to three short stories to read and discuss at the interview.
The organisers are aiming at fairness and creating opportunity, yet they don't doubt that all of their applicants are talented, wonderful humans with infinite capacities.
Applications will include one or two short film ideas of max 1 page each.
The intention is that applicants will go on to develop, write, and make one of these ideas as a short film during the course.
DAY ONE Short Film Funding
You may know these guys as Someday Stories, but as of this year are newly rebranded as Day One Shorts.
This immersive talent development program offers workshops, mentoring and funding for filmmakers, and provides a pathway for young voices to break into the screen industry and forge sustainable careers.
Day One Shorts holds space for diverse creatives to get a foot in the door by restricting the initiative to new and emerging directors who haven’t received film or series production funding in the past.
Day one Shorts are looking to commission eight short films, two of which will ideally be te ao Māori lensed films / stories.
Drama's receive $20k and Doco's $15k.
Our call for applications is open until midnight, Friday 18th October.
Bring the Biggest Haka Home (and catch a concert)
Whakaata Māori has been named the official broadcaster for Aotearoa’s powerful attempt to reclaim the GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS™ title for the largest haka ever performed.
On 29 September, Eden Park— Aotearoa New Zealand’s most iconic stadium—will come alive as up to 10,000 people from all walks of life stand together to perform the world-renowned haka Ka Mate, composed by Te Rauparaha, chief of Ngāti Toa Rangatira. This historic occasion promises to be a moment of unity, pride, and cultural celebration that will echo across generations.
The current record is held by 4,028 men and women, performed 10 years ago in France. This new attempt will be officially adjudicated by Guinness World Records, with 10,000 tickets available to perform our best-known haka Ka Mate, composed by Te Rauparaha, chief of Ngāti Toa Rangatira.
The nation-building occasion is part of the 20th-anniversary celebrations of the Raukatauri Music Therapy Trust, co-founded by Dame Hinewehi and named after her daughter Hineraukatauri.
The funds raised will enable the Trust to continue delivering life-changing music therapy to those who need it most and the event is being staged with the support of multiple agencies and sponsors standing united to reclaim the record.
Tautokotia te kaupapa and join in!