Whānau Friendly 1 - Show Me Shorts Film Festival
Event description
Fast becoming one of the most popular sessions at Show Me Shorts, this annual collection of short films is for children and their families to enjoy together. Let us ignite a love of cinema in your tamariki. Join the Prime Minister’s daughter at parliament buildings. Discover a floating world in danger. Meet an eccentric boy with a love of crows, a space dog and a spider. Learn together to shoot for the moon
Total length: 71 min
Rating: PG
The Films are:
Swing to the Moon
Animation, 7 mins, France
Living in the forest, little spider Temi dreams of catching the Moon. For that, she will do anything.
Dir: Marie Bordessoule, Adriana Bouissie, Nadine De Boer, Elisa Drique, Chloé Lauzu, Vincent Levero, Solenne Moreau
Corvine
Animation, 10 mins, Canada
An eccentric boy has trouble fitting in at school due to his obsession with crows.
Dir/Writ: Sean McCarron
Fraiha
Animation, 6 mins, Qatar
Based on a true story about a 6-year-old girl who is helped to overcome her classroom literacy struggles by her loving mother.
Dir: Amal Al-Shammari, Hossein Heydar
Prod: Ben Robinson
Malapan
Animation, 13 mins, New Zealand
When two young children discover that their island is running out of the resource that keeps it afloat, they embark on a journey to collect more from the community.
Dir/Writ: Harrison Woodhead
Writ: Natalie Barrios
Prod: Nico Speziali, Antony Gusscott, Angelique Thorne
World Premiere
Harvey
Animation, 9 mins, Canada
A poetic, luminous look at bereavement and coping with the loss of a parent, told through the eyes of an imaginative child.
Dir/Writ: Janice Nadeau
Prod: Marc Bertrand, Christine Noël, Pierre Méloni, Reginald de Guillebon
The Polycees
Fantasy, 9 mins, New Zealand
After a run-in with his slimy deputy, the Prime Minister's young daughter is shocked to find a magical creature living in Parliament under her Dad’s desk!
Dir/Writ/Prod: Celia Jaspers
Apocalypse Dog
Animation, 7 mins, France
In a post-apocalyptic universe, Bob and his dog Pasha survive in a wasteland. They are hungry, thirsty and tired. When suddenly, they see a city in the distance!
Dir/Writ: Aziliz Le Clainche
Dir: Camille Nasarre, Jing Qian, Juliette Barraux, Emma Plumey, Lucile Arnaud, Solène Cauchie
Prod: Philippe Meis
你的快递是这么丢的 (The Lost Courier)
Animation, 3 mins, China
This film is inspired by the author's real experience of losing a courier parcel. Follow a package as it goes through some incredible things along its journey.
Dir: Ma ZiDong
World Premiere