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What is MovieFest?
The aim of MovieFest is to encourage the movie makers of New Zealand
and to promote and showcase the talent New Zealand has to offer. We
aim to stimulate the use of digital video editing tools and to foster
the use of computers for digital video editing. We screen the entrants’
work nationwide in an effort to encourage and inspire moviemakers and
to give them the feedback from their peers and the general public, as
well as from our professional judges.
We aim to promote excellence in artistic expression by rewarding creativity,
technical achievement and innovation.
By focusing the competition towards Primary
Schools, Secondary Schools and Hobbyists, we try to
encourage the development of NZ movie making talent by providing resources
and facilitating help and advice from professionals experienced in their
field. We're all about assisting in the development of New Zealand's
creative movie-makers and exposing them to the nation at large. If you're
a seasoned Movie-maker, then we'd encourage you to 'give back' and get involved - either by entering yourself - or by helping the team, pop
over to the Discussions
email List or the Forums
MovieFest
2007 has now wrapped up and
MovieFest 2008 is about to begin!
Watch this space!!
The
top four movies in each of the three categories were appraised
by a panel of judges, all seasoned professionals in the film
and video industries. An overall best movie was selected and
as their prize, the team making the movie toured a number of
the film making facilities responsible for making the Lord of
the Rings and King Kong films.
The public screenings and Awards
Ceremony for the competition was held in Upper Hutt’s
Genesis Theatre in Fergusson Drive on Saturday 27th October,
2007. The screenings of the movies commenced at 10:00am, 11:40am
and 1:30pm and the Awards Ceremony commenced at 3:30pm and ran
until 5pm.
Phill Simmonds of the Simmonds Brothers Animation Studio, who
have just completed a short animated movie that has been entered
for selection in the prestigious Sundance Film Festival in the
United States, gave a presentation during the Awards Ceremony of
the process involved in the making of their movies.
Additionally, Carol Bean, a well known and popular musician
resident in Wellington, talked about and performed two of her
own songs, 'Freeze Frame' and 'Eastbourne Jetty' that have recently
been picked for the sound track of a Hollywood movie called
‘Player 5150’.
MovieFest Charitable
Trust
PO Box 40-732
Upper Hutt, Wellington
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