Strong cinematic voices in South Auckland develop their craft


On the weekend of 28/29th November, 25 emerging filmmakers gathered at MIT’s Faculty of Creative Arts for the South Auckland Short Film Workshop, a two-day workshop designed to give you all the basic tools you need to make your own short film. Participants heard from industry mentors who shared their insights into each part of the filmmaking process.

The aim of the weekend is to bring to life more stories from South Auckland, and the participants came from a diverse set of backgrounds including those working in TV and production, as well as students and graduates of various creative disciplines.

On the Sunday afternoon, participants were encouraged to pitch a short film idea. The judges were extremely impressed with the ideas pitched – many of which were developed during the weekend. The stories were rich and personal, and the passionate pitches made it very difficult for the judges to choose a winner.

The winners of the pitching competition were Vea Mafileo and Jeremiah Tauamiti with their documentary idea MALAGA. The judges also gave special mentions to three short drama ideas, Chris Molloy with WHITE SUNDAY AND THE MAORI BOY, Piata Gardiner-Hoskins with THE HANGING TREE, and Hanelle Harris with BASIC TRAINGING.

This workshop was presented by Script to Screen and Ngā Aho Whakaari.

2016 South Shorts Mentoring Programme

To follow on from the workshop, Script to Screen is running the 2016 South Shorts Mentorship Programme, where 6 aspiring writers and 3 aspiring producers will be matched with filmmaking mentors to help them develop their projects further. Participants of the workshop were all eligible to apply for a place on the mentorship programme to develop their projects. Those chosen were:

6 Writers

Jaemen Busby – LANCE

Hanelle Harris – BASIC TRAINING

Vea Mafileo (and co-director Jeremiah Tauamiti) – MALAGA

Chris Molloy – WHITE SUNDAY AND THE MAORI BOY

Skye Stirling (and writer Chris Molloy) – GANGSTA LOVE

Jeremiah Tauamiti – LILIU

3 Producers

Henry Cheng

Hans Masoe

Louisa Tipene Opetaia

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