About.
Company
New Zealand International Film Festival
Duration
78 minutes
Advisory
M Offensive language, nudity & sexual themes
Give the year’s best New Zealand short films the homegrown recognition they deserve by voting for your favourite.
For this year’s New Zealand’s Best short film competition, Festival Director Marten Rabarts, Head of Programming Michael McDonnell, and Paris-based Programmer Sandra Reid viewed 78 submissions to make a shortlist of 12, from which director Tusi Tamasese selected these six finalists. A jury of three will select the winner of the $4,000 Creative New Zealand Best Short Film Prize and the $2,000 Madman Entertainment Emerging Talent Award, while the winner of an audience vote takes away the Audience Choice Award, consisting of 25 percent of the box office from this year’s online screenings.
“Overall, these films illustrate and reveal a range of human experiences and emotions. They all had characters and stories I felt were different, unique and entrancing, and that I connected with because they explored aspects of humanity from interesting perspectives. From trapped minds and bodies to how people choose to live with the consequences of their choices, they deal with defining moments that weren’t always predictable.” — Tusi Tamasese
Daddy's Girl
Cian Elyse White
Director/Screenplay
Tweedie Waititi
Producer
Te Rāhui August
Co-producer
Fred Renata
Photography
Annie Collins
Editor
William Davis
Ngapaki Moetara
Safety Net
Anthea Williams
Director
Naomi Just
Producer
Julian Larnach
Screenplay
Tania Lambert
Photography
Chris Plummer
Editor
Nikki Shiels
Steve Rodgers
William Best
Daniel
Claire van Beek
Director/Screenplay
Alix Whittaker
Producer
Simon Baumfield
Photography
John Gilbert, Conan Mornard-Stott
Editors
Edith Poor
Matt Whelan
Elizabeth Hawthorne
Nancy Brunning
Love Is Real!
Calvin Sang
Director/Editor
Briar Collard
Producer
Natasha Lay, Calvin Sang
Screenplay
Stefan Coetzee
Photography
Sarah Nessia
Tyler Wilson Kokiri
Oranges & Lemons
Robyn Grace
Director/Screenplay
Rory MacGillycuddy, Robyn Grace, Jarl Devine
Producers
John Cavill
Photography
Kerri Roggio
Editor
Skyler Sylvester
Saskia Shand
Olivia Mueller
Pain
Anna Duckworth
Director/Screenplay
Ilai Amar
Producer
Nina Wells
Photography
Brendon Chan
Editor
Eva Gardner
Wesley Dowdell
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Adult $18.50
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Senior $12.50
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Daddy's Girl (Kōtiro)
NZ 2019
12 minutes
Te Puhi shares kai with her father when the harsh reality of his dementia forces her to face a painful truth.
Safety Net
Australia 2020
12 minutes
Cheeky 12-year-old Terry is taken into emergency care when his mother is arrested and finds an unlikely connection with one of his guardians.
Daniel
NZ 2019
19 minutes
A young novice at an isolated convent is confronted with the sudden desire to explore her sexuality when she meets the mysterious Daniel.
Love Is Real!
NZ 2020
13 minutes
Feuding couple Jamie and Millie are brought back together with the help of their AI home-assistant Ada and a musical extravaganza.
Oranges & Lemons
NZ 2019
13 minutes
Bullied at school and ignored at home, a young girl finds her voice in the strangest place in this evocative and atmospheric film set in a balmy 70s summer in rural New Zealand.
Pain
NZ 2019
9 minutes
A young girl’s adoration of her father is dented when an indoor cricket mishap exposes his vulnerability.
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