New Zealand’s annual Show Me Shorts film festival kicks off this weekend and is hitting over 20 cinemas around the country over the next four months - plus the festival will be screening at Scott Base in Antarctica over Christmas.
Whether you live in Scott Base, Te Awamutu or the Stewart Island, these are our picks for you:
DIE BADEWANNE (THE BATHTUB)
Comedy, 13 mins, Germany. Dir/Writ/Prod: Tim Ellrich. Writ: Dominik Huber
Three brothers try to dive back into their idealised past through an old family picture of them in a bathtub.
FABRICATED
Sci-fi, 20 mins, USA. Dir: Brett Foxwell
This ambitious stop-motion animated short film, 10 years in the making, is a journey through a darkly fantastic alien world which was once our own.
HA THE UNCLEAR – SECRET LIVES OF FURNITURE
Music video, 4 mins, NZ. Dir: Simon Oliver. Prod: Sadie Wilson
An entire lounge of furniture comes to life in this inventive music video about a coffee table infatuated with its owner.
SHOUT AT THE GROUND
Comedy, 11 mins, NZ. Dir/Writ: Joe Lonie. Prod: Leela Menon, Robin Scholes
Trapped in a speeding van, a Kiwi rock band succumb to travel sickness while deconstructing the heist that robbed them of an entire weekend’s door take.
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SPRING JAM
Animation, 6 mins, NZ. Dir/Writ: Ned Wenlock. Prod: Georgiana Plaister
A young stag, lacking impressive antlers, knows he needs to improvise sweet music if he’s to have any chance during the mating season.
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MIXTEIP – THE GREATEST TAPE EVER TOLD
Music, 7 mins, Finland (NZ premiere), Dir: Teemu Åke, Writ: Susanna Åke, Prod: Meri-Ellen Pystynen
Nothing stimulates memories like music. This is a story of heartbreak and nostalgia told through the eyes of a cassette tape trying to reunite two ex-lovers.
Note: Not all films are screening in all towns. Check out the full programme.