Who made the Cut!?
Posted On: Wednesday, 28 September 2011
The top ten finalists have been announced for the 2011 Cut! National Secondary Schools Short Film Competition.
Cut! Coordinator Rochelle Jones says that this competition attracts a vast variety of talent and skill, showcasing New Zealand’s up-and-coming filmmakers.
“It’s very exciting receiving all of the entries and watching the short films unfold. You can see the ideas that these secondary school students have generated, the amount of time they have put into their projects; not to mention the level of technology capability, which just improves immensely every year.”
The Cut! 2011 finalists are:
The Boundary, Director: Conor Bowden, St Thomas of Canterbury College
Before Midnight, Director: Jakob Twidle, Waihi College
Bliss, Director: Latham Arnott, James Hargest College
The Decision, Director: Lucas Sachs, Saint Kentigern College
The Dinosaur Kid, Director: Hamish Balderston, Hauraki Plains College
Deprivation, Director: Connor Ingle, Hauraki Plains College
Unknown Flower, Director: Quade Biddle, Hauraki Plains College
The Un-Social Network, Director: Sabine Pollak, St Cuthbert’s College
Remember, Director: Laura Beverley, St Cuthbert’s College
Out of Time, Director: Dallas Delaney, Long Bay College
These films will be screened at a public Finalists Awards Screening on October 9 at Wintec’s Gallagher Hub, where three judges will announce the winners of the top awards.
Best Overall Film, Best Director and Best Performance are among the awards that will be decided by these judges and prizes up for grabs include an Apple iMac computer, a one year Bachelor of Media Arts (Moving Image) scholarship and a Ricoh digital camera.
This is the eighth year of Cut! which is organised within the School of Media Arts and sponsored by Lapshop, Ricoh Hamilton, and Avid.