[Discuss MovieFest] Details of Regional Finals - and submissions.

Thu Aug 10 02:27:35 CDT 2006

hey, I wouldnt mind going to the preliminary judging, let me know the
details and if you would need me. Cheers.

On 8/10/06, Jo Booth <jo at moviefest.org.nz> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> Generally in the past if you haven't made the deadline through some
> reason or another, and you've paid for entry then we give you a free
> entry next time.
>
> As mentioned in the email we are running an Auckland screening around
> the 26th August - so do go and check out the movies! I've secretly
> watched one early entry and it's looking good.  We'll also have a DVD
> of the entries out - and there is some discussions going on at the
> moment about allowing distribution of your movies (past and present)
> internationally in UK, Eupore and China on mobile phone networks.
>
> If you've got any feedback that you can give so that next time we can
> make it easier for you all to make movies, then let us know!  It's
> difficult to cater for such a wide range of ages and talents, from
> primary to 76 year olds.. and there was some discussion about
> staggering the three categories or something to give some of you
> slightly better chance - what with holidays and such like.
>
> I'll be coming up to the Hamilton Screening, and Graeme Moffat,
> another of our trustees will be at the Christchurch one.
>
> While it's not an official position, don't stress too much if you
> don't make Fridays post. If you've completed a movie - send it anyway
> - while it may not be eligible to win - we'll do our best to make
> sure it gets seen.
> Also if you desperately trying to cut your movie down to meet the 5
> minute limit, then send us a directors cut ass well -- if there is
> room on the screeners, we can include a few more seconds -- but make
> sure you do also supply an eligible 5 minute version as well, even if
> you have to cut the scene where the hero dies :)
>
> -Jo.
>
> On 10/08/2006, at 14:55 , CAgoston wrote:
>
> > We have decided that we will not enter this year but would love to
> > see the
> > others if this is possible and would like the opportunity to
> > participate
> > next year.
> > Thanks Carolyn and Team at St Thomas's
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: entrants-bounces at moviefest.org.nz
> > [mailto:entrants-bounces at moviefest.org.nz] On Behalf Of MovieFest
> > Entrants
> > Sent: 10 August 2006 11:25
> > To: entrants at moviefest.org.nz
> > Subject: [MovieFest Entrants] Details of Regional Finals - and
> > submissions.
> >
> > Hi
> >
> > Now that you have *finished* making your movies, it's time for you to
> > send them to us if you have not already. They must be sent to the
> > Moviefest Charitable Trust, PO Box 40-732, Upper Hutt 5140,
> > Wellington by 5pm Friday 11th August to ensure we receive them by the
> > following Monday. We'll be sorting then on Wednesday 16th - so don't
> > worry if you haven't heard from us before then.  Details of Movies
> > received will appear gradually on http://MovieFest.org.nz/06/movies
> > as we enter your Movie Details Forms - so check there if you're
> > wondering if we've got it.
> >
> > The time for the judging process to commence is now upon us and just
> > to remind you know how this will work, we will repeat the procedure
> > for you.
> >
> > The judging will be done in three levels. The first or preliminary
> > judging will check all movies for content and make sure they adhere
> > to the time criteria. This will be done over two days in Wellington
> > and will be a very time intensive activity. We are interested in
> > inviting suitable people to come along and assist and if you are
> > interested, please let us know soon. Entrants are welcome to offer
> > their services but there will only be space for a limited number and
> > they will not be able to vote for their own movie. At this stage we
> > will be reducing the number of movies down to nine in each category.
> >
> > The second level of judging will take place at the regional finals
> > where three movies from each category will be reduced down to one in
> > each category and these will be judged by local video/film
> > professionals.
> >
> > The best three movies from each of the three categories decided at
> > the regional level will be appraised by the five judges who have
> > already been announced. They are all experienced in the film and
> > video industry and two can boast five academy awards between them.
> > They are; Miranda Harcourt, a well known New Zealand actress,
> > Rosemary MacLeod, a well known script writer and columnist, Hugh
> > Macdonald, a director who learned his craft at the New Zealand
> > National Film Unit, Alex Funke, a cinematographer who is currently
> > head of the Miniatures Unit for Peter Jackson and Mike Hedges, a
> > sound re-recording mixer at Peter Jackson's Park Road Post. The last
> > two judges worked on both the Lord of the Rings Trilogy and King Kong
> > movie winning academy awards for both projects.
> >
> > MovieFest Regional Finals
> >
> > The Northern Regional Final will be held at the Berkley Normal Middle
> > School in Berkley Avenue, Hamilton on Saturday 26th August. There
> > will be one hour long screenings at 1:00pm and 2:00pm and there will
> > be a cost of $2.00 per person. Please make any enquiries about the
> > Northern Final to hamilton.screening at MovieFest.org.nz
> >
> > The Central Regional Final will be held at the Time Cinema in
> > Sutherland Road in Lyall Bay, Wellington on Sunday 27th August.
> > Screenings will commence at 10:00am and will run hourly until 2pm.
> > There is a cost of $4 per adult, $2 per child and $10 for a family of
> > five and registered teams to MovieFest will get a 50% discount off
> > this price. Tea and coffee will be available between screenings at no
> > charge. Please make any enquiries about the Central Final to
> > wellington.screening at MovieFest.org.nz
> >
> > The Southern Regional Final will be held at the St James School, 25
> > Rowan Ave, Aranui, Christchurch on Saturday 26th August. There will
> > be hourly screenings from 9:00am until 2:00pm. Please make any
> > enquiries about the Southern Finals to
> > christchurch.screening at MovieFest.org.nz
> >
> > There is also the possibility of a Northern Region finalists'
> > screening at a school in Auckland. We will confirm details of this
> > screening if and when they have been finalised.
> >
> > MovieFest National Final & Awards Ceremony
> >
> > The screenings for the national final will be held throughout the day
> > in the Ilott Theatre in Wellington's Town Hall on Saturday 30th
> > September. This will be followed by a ninety minute Awards Ceremony
> > during which the prizes will be awarded to the winners, intermingled
> > with an entertainment programme. Tickets to the screenings and Awards
> > Ceremony can be purchased from Ticketek at a cost of $10 per adult,
> > $5 per child and $25 per family of five. There will be a number of
> > tickets provided at no charge to the nine finalist teams.
> >
> > The national winner of each of the categories will receive a prize
> > package valued at $1000 courtesy of Panavision New Zealand Ltd. The
> > two runners up of each category will receive prizes of iPod Shuffles
> > from Renaissance Ltd, New Zealand's Apple distributors, and video
> > editing software from Imaging Technology, respectively.
> >
> >
> > Check the forums at http://MovieFest.org.nz/forums or the Discussions
> > email list for feedback and discussion.
>
>
>
> Jo Booth - MovieFest Trustee
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