Ten top talents for 2021
Congratulations to the ten filmmakers selected for South Shorts 2021!
| RBA's Nora Aati and Nastassia Wolfgramm are in fine company |
| The South Shorts Mentorship programme returns in 2021 with ten emerging filmmakers selected to take part. Under the leadership and guidance of renowned screenwriter and director Briar Grace-Smith (Cousins, The Strength of Water), participants will develop their short film projects through a script-focused mentorship. Now in its sixth year, the programme guides emerging South Auckland affiliated talent to develop their short film scripts. Over a sixth-month period, the participants get individual script notes from Briar Grace-Smith, meet for workshops where they do group script read-throughs, and hear from guest filmmakers about their experience making short films. “Since its inception in 2015, South Shorts has seen numerous alumni gone on to make films. The programme provides a safe space for aspiring and emerging South Auckland filmmakers to gain confidence in themselves as writers while building a sense of community within the industry," says Eloise Veber, Script to Screen Programme Manager. "Ultimately we want to see more stories from South Auckland filmmakers produced and seen by audiences. We feel so privileged to continue to do this work thanks to support from our funders.” The search for South Shorts Mentorship participants begins with our annual two-day South Auckland Short Film Workshop held each year in October. |
| Congratulations to the filmmakers selected for South Shorts 2021: Neil Amituanai Nora Aati Bradley Busby and Jaemen Busby Kahu Kaiha Tui Matelau-Doherty Sapna Samant Jio Williams Nastassia Wolfgramm Dennis Zhang |