[Discuss MovieFest] Details of Awards Ceremony..

[Jo Booth - MovieFest]

Hi!

I trust you all got notice of the finalists, and the details of the  
Awards Ceremony and Screenings on Saturday the 30th September.  I had  
a few queries while I was on holiday - so I thought i'd let you all  
know what is happening:

The Illot Theatre is at 111 Wakefield St, Access from Civic Square or  
Wakefield Street, on the ground floor of the Wellington Town Hall.
Wotzon has a profile of the venue:
<http://www.wotzon.com/profilepage.html?comp_id=1001757&CatID=2>

All the Movies will be screened from 10am.  We should have  
approximate times for the screening of your movie up shortly oince  
the screenings order is fianlised.  Entry is via gold coin donation -  
and viewers choice votes will be taken. We'd encourage you to attend  
- or find someone in Wellington to attend for you and vote for your  
movie on the day.  If the movies finish screening prior to the awards  
ceremony there may be time for an additional on demand screening of  
your movie - if you miss it during the morning.

The Awards ceremony kicks off at 4:30pm and should be about 90  
minutes long.  If you need accommodation for the night - there are a  
few events on in Wellington that weekend - so it might be a bit  
full.  If you are really stuck I can probably dig out a few beds from  
friends around town ;)

As of yet I don't have an ETA for the movies to go online for voting  
as well. I promise (again) to get more of the scores online tonight.   
Just been on a bit of a family holiday up in Taupo and Palmerston  
(Feilding) - and back again (got sick again!) and looking forward to  
the awards ceremony.

Thanks again to you all and to our Sponsors for this great MovieFest  
experience.  It's (being) been a blast!  Can't wait for 2007!

-Jo
MovieFest Trustee
021 JBOOTH (526684)

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On 11/09/2006, at 14:03 , MovieFest Announcements - 2006 wrote:

> MOVIEFEST NATIONAL FINALISTS ANNOUNCED
>
> WELLINGTON - September 7, 2006 - The MovieFest Trustees announced  
> today the nine National Finalists of the 2006 MovieFest Short Movie  
> Competition for schools and amateur filmmakers.
>
> This is the third time the MovieFest nation-wide short movie  
> competition has been held.  The event is designed to showcase the  
> creativity of New Zealand movie makers, in three entry categories  
> of primary schools, secondary schools and amateurs or home hobbyists.
>
> Following the holding of the Regional Finals held recently in  
> Hamilton, Wellington and Christchurch, the National Finalists have  
> been selected by panels of judges in the three regions.
>
> The National Finalists are:
>
> Northern Region
>
> Primary School - Teachers Code by Point View School
> Secondary School - Opening Night by Castlelake Studios
> Amateur - The Room by Bradley Franklin
>
> Central Region
>
> Primary School - Extracurricular by Sts Peter & Paul School
> Secondary School - Horror Movie 101 by Gissy Boys
> Amateur - The Consequence by 101 Productions
>
> Southern Region
>
> Primary School - The Bush Boy by Outram School
> Secondary School - Overslept by AmateurCKY
> Amateur - With Mighty Power by Jenni's Angels
>
> These movies are now being appraised by five judges who 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 Peter Jackson’s Miniatures  
> Unit and Mike Hedges, a sound re-recording mixer at 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.
>
> The screenings for the national final will be commence at 10:00am  
> in the Ilott Theatre in Wellington’s Town Hall on Saturday 30th  
> September. This will be followed at 4:30pm by a ninety minute  
> Awards Ceremony during which the prizes will be awarded to the  
> winners, intermingled with an entertainment programme. Admission to  
> the screenings and Awards Ceremony will be by a gold coin donation.
>
> 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.  
> Prizes donated by MagnumMac Wellington will also be awarded to the  
> winners in the Central Regional Final held on the 20th August at  
> the Time Cinema in Wellington.
>
> The best overall movie will be chosen from the winner of each of  
> the three categories, taking the age and experience of the entrants  
> into account. This prize will entail a day trip to Miramar in  
> Wellington to tour  a number of the facilities owned by the  
> organisations that made the Lord of the Rings and King Kong films.  
> Free air tickets to Wellington and return were to have been  
> provided by Origin Pacific Airways from anywhere on their network,  
> however owing to their cessation of passenger flights, a new travel  
> sponsor is being sought.
> _______________________________________________
> The MovieFest Charitable Trust
> MovieFest Announcements List
> http://moviefest.org.nz/lists
> MovieFest is here for 2006 - get into it!



Jo Booth - MovieFest Trustee
http://moviefest.org.nz/06
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