Kotahi kapua ki te rangi he marangai ki te whenua *
one cloud from the heavens brings rain and nourishment to the parched land
nā tauira o Te Ataarangi
Script to Screen, in collaboration with Compton School, is excited to announce the participants for our new innovative mentorship programme, Rainmakers Aotearoa.
We received 100 applications for Rainmakers Aotearoa, it is clear this is a programme that the industry wants.
Thank you to everyone who applied. Due to the quantity and high quality of applicants, the selectors struggled to narrow down the shortlist.
The second part of the selection process involved brief interviews with the 12 shortlisted applicants. This was an opportunity to further clarify what they wanted to get out of the programme, the type of person or qualities and skills they were looking for in a potential mentor, and where they saw this mentorship taking them on their own personal and professional journey.
The final six chosen to be a part of this first year of Rainmakers Aotearoa are now ready to begin this journey with Script to Screen and Compton School in designing their mentorship for the year ahead.
Candidates come from across the landscape of screen storytelling.
The participants selected for Rainmakers Aotearoa:
(pictured left to right)
- Pulkit Arora
- Armagan Ballantyne & Jackie Van Beek – WONDERLA*
- Rosie Hole – Hinterland
- Shoshana McCallum – Luminous Beast/The Heartbeaters
- Jude McLaren
- Daniel Pickstone – Fluro Black
Once mentors have been selected and matched, Script to Screen will publish them alongside the mentees.
Rainmakers Aotearoa will harness the knowledge of a generation of exceptional individuals, and through a co-designed approach, support the transfer of knowledge.
Script to Screen is committed to continuing to develop and deliver development programmes that meet the needs of the screen sector of Aotearoa.
* This whakatauī is from a waiata composed by early members of Te Ataarangi in honour of Dame Kāterina Mataira and the kaupapa of Te Ataarangi in Te Reo language revitalisation – which continues today. It describes how a single person or kaupapa (kotahi kapua) can have great impact, just like one lifegiving rain shower on the parched land.
Rainmakers Aotearoa is a Script to Screen initiative run in partnership with Compton School.
Rainmakers Aotearoa is possible thanks to generous support from Te Tumu Whakaata Taonga New Zealand Film Commission.
