October 17 2006
New Zealand's Young film Makers Exposed
New Zealand's short film competition for secondary schools has produced ten great finalists for the Waikato Institute
of Technology (Wintec) annual CUT! competition. (See all finalists' details below)
"Great films, high quality and a lot of fun! It's a fantastic result and the judges are going to be hard pushed to
arrived at an ultimate winner," according to Head of Wintec's School of Media Arts, Margi Moore.
"Cut!" is an annual competition open to NCEA level two and three students nationwide. Run by Wintec's School of Media
Arts for the third time, the competition has produced some stunning work," she said.
The "Cut'06" overall winners will be judged by Angela Littlejohn who has spent 15 years as a producer in the United
Kingdom in the film and television industries, Peter Salmon, a former director for Weta Workshop, Wellington, is
currently a writer for the Gibson Group, and Paula Allen is Head of Media Studies at Hamilton's Hillcrest High School
and works alongside NZQA and the Ministry of Education as a Media Studies consultant.
The finalists will be screened at Rialto Cinema in central Hamilton on Sunday 29 October at 11.00am.
School
Title
Teacher
Student(s)
Hillcrest High
NCEA -Not Achieved
Paula Allen
Director Daniel Cunningham
Taieri College, Dunedin
I'm Gunna Getcha
Jared Cone
Co-Director: Rebbecca Barnes
St Cuthbert's College Remeura, Auckland
Sheep
Sandra Chesterman
Director: Olivia West
Palmerston North Girls High School
Victim: Don't Be A Bystander
Sandra Mohekey
Director Nathalie Rosenbrook
Pakuranga College, Auckland
Opening Night
Mr Lawrence
Director/Producer Josh Young and Lorrain Edmonds
Pakuranga College Howick, Auckland
Imagine
Mr Lawrence
Producer: Kirsty Herbert
St Pauls Collegiate
We are Here
Kelly Stephens
Director
David Chan
Rudolf Steiner School, Christchurch
Lucky Strike
Richard Bullock
Producer Nellie Riley
Mt Maunganui College
Mauao Mystery
Sharon Harper
Director, Writer: Tom Furniss
Gisborne Boys High
Gisborne Nga Tangata o Turanga
Phyllis Callaghan
Director: Kelvin Smith
ENDS