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#19-November 2008
Kia Ora from the Documentary New Zealand Trust with the latest from the DOCNZ hub.
Peter Jackson and Costa Botes' film, Forgotten Silver, is screening as part of DOCNZ Focus this month and we announce the winners for the DOCNZ 2009 TV commercial competition. November is also the month of IDFA, the largest documentary event in the world.
The DOCNZ Team
In this issue
1. DOCNZ Focus - Forgotten Silver on Wednesday 26 November
The next screening of DOCNZ Focus will be held on Wednesday 26 November at 6:30pm at the Academy Cinemas (44 Lorne Street, Auckland CBD).
Forgotten Silver (1995), directed by Peter Jackson and Costa Botes, deals with the career of a supposedly forgotten pioneer of international cinema, Colin McKenzie, who was allegedly born in rural New Zealand in 1888. Although a mockumentary, this film serves as an excellent example of how a documentary should be made.
Co-director Costa Botes will attend the screening and participate in a Q&A session following the film.
DOCNZ Focus screenings are open to the public. You may join as a member or attend single sessions. A group discount (10 or more) is available too. Bookings and tickets are available on our website. Click here.
2. DOCNZ 2009 - Docs Rock!
Docs Rock TV Commercial Competition Winners
Earlier this year we announced a unique competition for the concept and design of the DOCNZ 2009 commercial. It has been a great success.
As in any competition, only one entry can win. The winning team of the DOCNZ 2009 TV commercial rocked the judges and we are confident that it will also rock everyone else early next year. Congratulations to Brendon Hornell and Nick McHugh from Wellington - the winners of the DOCNZ 2009 TVC competition!
Now, we can't reveal much about the winning commercial yet, but we can say this: expect the unexpected!
We will make an announcement later about the poster contest.
Advertise in the DOCNZ 2009 Programme
Advertising in the DOCNZ 2009 programme is now available. Expose your brand to documentary lovers nationwide and show your support to DOCNZ 2009. For more details, click here.
3. DOCNZ Summit
Pitching Forum submission deadline on 28 November
Increase your chance to secure funding to your next documentary project by pitching it to local and international commissioners at the DOCNZ Summit Pitching Forum. Others have done it, so could you. The deadline for submitting proposals is 4.00pm, 28 November 2008. For more information and the entry form, click here.
DOCNZ Summit partners with the Expanding Documentary Conference - 22 February 2009
We are pleased to announce the partnership between Massey University [School of Fine Arts], the University of Auckland [Film Television and Media Studies], the Gus Fisher Gallery and DOCNZ Summit.
The seventh biennial documentary conference will kick off the DOCNZ Summit on 22 February 2009. The DOCNZ Summit will follow from 23-25 February 2009. The Conference and the Summit will be held at the Gus Fisher Gallery.
The conference will interweave selected documentary presentations by filmmakers, photographers and artists with academic papers.
The Conference is calling for submissions which are due no later than 15 December 2008. For details on the submission process, click here.
4. Festivals Highlight
IDFA, 20-30 November 2008
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If you had to choose only one documentary festival that is a must attend,
IDFA is the one. The International Documentary Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) is the biggest
documentary film festival in the world. |
In addition to the festival, IDFA organizes the Forum, Europe's biggest co-financing market for international documentary productions, as well as Docs for Sales, an international documentary market where buyers, sales agents and distributors can see a selection from the best creative documentaries of the past year. The 21st IDFA will be held 20-30 November in Amsterdam. It is a documentary heaven for professionals and doco lovers everywhere. Our co-director Dan Shanan will visit IDFA, supported by Creative New Zealand and Art Venture. |
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Sheffield Documentary Film Festival, 5-9 November 2008
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Sheffield Doc/Fest is the largest documentary film festival in the United Kingdom. Doc/Fest is a film festival, industry session programme and market place, offering pitching opportunities, controversial discussion panels and in-depth filmmaker master classes. In 2008, Sheffield Doc/Fest will continue to produce Crossover Labs, an international programme designed to explore the creative and the commercial challenges of developing content and services for digital media. |
At Doc/Fest, you will meet all the British documentary industry under one roof and it is the perfect place to launch your latest documentary, pitch new ideas, meet future co-production partners and get insider tips from some of the world's best documentary makers. |
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Guangzhou International Documentary Film Festival (GZDOC), 1-5 December 2008
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GZ DOC is China's premiere documentary film festival. It will be held from 1-5 December and include a Documentary Market, Screening, Seminars, and Competition. The Documentary Market includes Documart, presenting projects with high marketing potential, and Doc Shop and Producer Day. The GZ DOC 2008 Competition theme is "Earth, Our Home" and we are pleased that Claudia Babirat's film, Calici: A Rural Conspiracy (screened at DOCNZ 2007) is in competition. |
GZ DOC and DOCNZ will work more closely together in the future and will sign a memorandum of understanding shortly. We will expect to see more exchange of films, filmmakers and mutual visits by festival directors in the future. |
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5. Call for Submissions and More
AIDC, the Australian International Documentary Conference, Adelaide, 18-20 February 2009.
Early-bird registrations from 1 October 2008 until late November.
www.aidc.com.au
Cinema du Reel, Paris, France 6-16 March 2009. Deadline: 30 November 2008
www.cinereel.org
Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, Durham, United States, 2-5 April 2009. Deadline: 30 November 2008
www.fullframefest.org
Thessaloniki Documentary Festival, Thessaloniki, Greece, 13-22 March 2009. Deadline: 30 November 2008
www.filmfestival.gr
True/False Film Festival, Columbia, United States, 26 February - 1 March 2009. Deadline: 1 December 2008
www.truefalse.org
SXSW, Austin, United States, 13-22 March 2009. Deadline: 12 December 2008
www.sxsw.com
DOXA: Documentary Film + Video Festival, Vancouver, Canada, 22-31 May 2009.
Deadline: 15 December 2008
www.doxafestival.ca
Tribeca Film Festival, New York, United States, 22 April - 3 May 2009. Deadline: 15 December 2008
www.tribecafilmfestival.org
DOK.FEST - International Munich Documentary Film Festival, Munich, Germany, 06-13 May 2009.
Deadline: 16 December 2008
www.dokfest-muenchen.de
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