Festival Intern 26/08/24 Festival Intern 26/08/24

Who Do We Have Here?

Thriller, 15 mins, New Zealand

Dir/Writ: Jasper Sutcliffe
Prod: Anika Stonnell

A children's TV show character is awoken into human form from a soft-toy and struggles to adapt to the unfamiliar world around him.

Festival Intern 26/08/24 Festival Intern 26/08/24

Search for Hawaiki

Drama, 19 mins, New Zealand

Dir/Writ: Fredrick Pokai
Prod: Richard Turner

After being released into the care of his younger brother, Fable embarks on a journey to find inner peace by embracing his past.

Festival Intern 21/08/24 Festival Intern 21/08/24

Cold Feet

World Premiere
Drama, 6 mins, New Zealand

Dir/Writ: Isla Macleod
Prod: Miryam Jacobi

A continuous take following a bride-to-be who is having doubts just before she walks down the aisle.

Festival Intern 21/08/24 Festival Intern 21/08/24

What'll It Be Today?

Comedy, 2 mins, New Zealand

Dir/Writ/Prod: Pulkit Arora

Two men meet, but struggle to greet.

Festival Intern 21/08/24 Festival Intern 21/08/24

Honey Kaha

Comedy, 19 mins, New Zealand

Dir/Writ: Te Waiarangi Ratana
Prod: Ben Bamford, Mike Minogue

When dinner with her son is ruined by seafood poachers, Honey Kaha must hunt down the colonisers who are responsible and bring them to justice.

Festival Intern 21/08/24 Festival Intern 21/08/24

Payback

Drama, 12 mins, New Zealand

Dir/Writ: Mia Blake
Prod: Miryam Jacobi, Jack Barry

When a welfare department's insidious prejudice can no longer be tolerated, a group of unlikely heroes must decide whether to stand up for what is right.

Phil Houghton 19/08/24 Phil Houghton 19/08/24

PleasureDora

Science Fiction, 9 mins, New Zealand

Dir/Writ/Prod: Mark Prebble
Writ/Prod: Marion Prebble
Prod: Rina Patel

A glitchy AI love companion from the 'semi-mature' range and her lonely final customer confront mortality, second chances, and life on the scrap heap.