[Discuss MovieFest] The Finalists are...

[Jo Booth]

Well, the results are in...

After an initial selection based on length and other guidelines  
dropped our 109 registered teams down to 43 (or so) movies ranked out  
of 5 points in 5 areas, we selected the regional finalists - and two  
wild cards.  A total of 29 great movies were screened in regional  
finals over the weekend, and our regional judges picked one in each  
category, in each final to be the top 9 movies.

So here are the nine finalists.  We wish you all the best, now it's  
up to our team of 5 judges <http://MovieFest.org.nz/06/judges> to  
pick which 3 movies take out the honours...

Northern Region

Primary School - Teachers Code by Point View School
Secondary School - Opening Night by Castlelake Studios
Hobbyist - The Room by Bradley Franklin

Central Region

Primary School - Extracurricular by Sts Peter & Paul School
Secondary School - Horror Movie 101 by Gissy Boys
Hobbyist - The Consequence by 101 Productions

Southern Region

Primary School - The Bush Boy by Outram School
Secondary School - Overslept by AmateurCKY
Hobbyist - With Mighty Power by Jenni's Angels
Panavision (New Zealand) Ltd are our major sponsor this year and they  
will be providing a prize package of video equipment valued at $1000  
for each of the three categories. The two runners up in each category  
will also receive prizes courtesy of the Apple Division of  
Renaissance Ltd and Imaging Technology.

There will be a Grand Prize for the best overall movie, taking regard  
to the age and experience of the creators. This prize will entail a  
day trip to Miramar in Wellington for a tour of a number of the  
facilities owned by the organisations that made the Lord of the Rings  
and King Kong movies. Free air tickets for two people to Wellington  
and return will be provided, sadly not by Origin Pacific.

If you missed seeing the movies on a big screen near you, then there  
are still a few more chances.  Nelson and Napier will be holding  
screenings shortly, and then there is the grand national finals to be  
held in Wellington on Saturday 30 September.  All the movies entered  
will be screened there, and we'll have a full entertaining afternoon  
of awards and ceremony - so book your tickets through Ticketec, and  
make sure you are there, with your friends, to see it all.

A huge thanks to you all for making my life so great - I love seeing  
your movies, so make sure you keep making them! Thanks also to the  
MovieFest team: both the other trustees and the org team for making  
MovieFest 2006 a great time so far!

Next month we will have most of the regional finalists up for online  
viewing, and you can then vote for your favourite - for the overall  
viewers choice award.

Thanks again!


Jo Booth - MovieFest Trustee
http://moviefest.org.nz/06
NZs best hobbyist digital short movie
competition and festival.

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