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Gaylene Preston on Her Earthquake Experiences
In an hour the first of three ninety-minute episodes of Gaylene Preston's Hope and Wire will debut on New Zealand television. When I saw half of tonight's episode, a while back, I liked how it seemed...
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Anoushka Kraus, from 'Jake'
Anoushka Kraus (photo: Sacha Stejko)I'm fascinated by actors and how they shift into other roles in filmmaking, especially writing. Anoushka Klaus is a recent find. She's appeared in Shortland Street...
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#DirectedByWomen - A Global Celebration
As you know, globally, women make far fewer films than men do. And those that we do make often have inadequate marketing budgets and are not well distributed, so often our potential audiences don’t...
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Jennifer Kent &'The Babadook'
Jennifer KentAnother wonderful interview from Le Deuxième Regard's newsletter, with many thanks to them. Australian Jennifer Kent's The Babadookis touring New Zealand in the New Zealand International...
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Safety in Paradise?
Eleven photo: Jimena MurrayChildren play in safety on the beach beyond my window. Some aren't safe at home, but they do not die in rocket attacks. Along our promenade, this year’s most sustained sirens...
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Kano Life
Kano – outside Gidan Almajirai, the House of ScholarsI love quest movies. Why don't we have more movies about women's quests, beyond romance-quests? I love road movies, too. There aren't enough of them...
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Ally Acker's 'Reel Herstory'
I fell over Ally Acker’s work via this tweet. Not Ally’s tweet, you’ll notice, because she doesn’t engage with social media, which may be why I missed her before.I was immediately curious about Ally's...
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Women Wrote Half SWANZ 2014 Nominated Scripts!
The New Zealand Writers Guild has announced the Finalists for the Script Writer Awards NZ 2014. Fantastic to see so many women's names. Warm congratulations to you all!BEST FEATURE FILM SCRIPTMax...
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'The Patriarch'& Producer Matriarch Robin Scholes – Equity Crowdfunding...
Just over a month ago, Pledgeme and Snowball Effect became New Zealand’s first equity crowd funders, licensed to act as intermediaries between entrepreneurial companies wanting to sell shares and...
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The Fledgling Fund & Social Impact Assessment
The Fledgling Fund is a private foundation 'driven by the passionate belief that film can inspire a better world'. The list of films it's supported is truly impressive, lots by and about women. Here's...
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Directors & Editors Guild of New Zealand & WIFT Take Action
Every so often magic happens. Like this public meeting organised by Directors & Editors Guild of New Zealand (DEGNZ) and WIFTNZ. I was sad I couldn't go and look forward to seeing the video that...
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The BFI Greenlights Diversity
Kate Sheppard as green lightYesterday was the 121st anniversary of women's suffrage in New Zealand. Yes, we were the first country in the world to give women the vote. And this year the Wellington City...
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Thank You, Jane Campion
One day last week I got up early, to watch the stream of presentations at the Washington session of the 2d Global Symposium of the Geena Davis Institute of Gender in Media (LA session coming soon). It...
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The 'Women's Resolution' from World Conference of Screenwriters
Jill Golick, President Writers Guild Canada, at the Women's Resolution presentationHard data about women screenwriters and directors continues to flood in. And some amazing responses. This Women's...
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Melissa Dopp 1963-2014
Melissa DoppPeople come and go on Twitter. And Melissa Dopp, of Hanover, Virginia, had lots in her life beyond her energetic @reellives Twitter account and her Pinterest boards, many of them about...
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Rachel O'Neill & Pip Adam
All the Cunning Stunts (2010-11) Detail.A while back, in Courtenay Place Wellington, All the Cunning Stunts installed a series of frames that made me smile. Juxtaposed with the Reading Cinemas complex,...
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Aussie Emma Rozanski's Sarajevo film, 'Papagajka'
Emma Rozanski, writer/director PapagajkaI’m convinced that it’s essential to follow crowdfunding campaigns to learn what’s new and exciting about women in film, that women-directed and crowdfunded...
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Investing in Love: Jacqueline Kalimunda's 'Single Rwandan'
Jacqueline KalimundaJacqueline Kalimunda's Single Rwandan Seeks Serious Relationship asks ‘How do people love after genocide?’ It uses new technologies to explore the rebirth of love in a society...
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How Can 'Female Directors in European Films' Help?
So Mockingjay had a big opening. And here's @licoricehazel's immediate response–That' s all terrific. And as a New Zealander, I'm especially proud and delighted because 'our' Lorde curated the music....
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Sapna Samant &'Kimbap'
I feel very proud that a New Zealand film, Kimbap, written and produced by Sapna Samant and directed by Alex Kyo Won Lee, won Best in Show and the Audience Choice Award for the best film by a male...
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