NEW ZEALAND SHORT FILMS

Spring Jam

Directed by: Ned Wenlock, 2016, 6 min

A young stag, lacking impressive antlers, knows he needs to improvise sweet music if he’s to have any chance during the mating season.

Judgment Tavern

Directed by: Dean Hewison, 2016, 11 min

Judgment Tavern tells the story of Lucia, a young girl carrying her father’s living head as they search for his fleeing body. On a cold dark night, they take shelter in a small village tavern – where a mysterious stranger with unfinished business is waiting.

Moving

Directed by: Eli Kent, Leon Wadham, 2016, 12 min

In the wake of a painful break up, a group of friends band together to help the former couple move out of their old room.

The Couple

Directed by: David White, 2016, 8 min

Following his cancer diagnosis, Patrick withdraws from his wife, Stephanie. Will their relationship survive or is it too late?

Abandon ship

Directed by: Katherine McRae, 2015, 11 min

A mother having a hellish day with her toddlers takes them on a journey around the rugged coastline to the site of an old shipwreck, where a vision from the past reunites the fractured family.

Shout at the Ground

Directed by: Joe Lonie, 2016, 11 min

Trapped in a speeding van, a Kiwi rock band succumb to travel sickness while deconstructing the heist that robbed them of an entire weekend’s door takings.

Stick to Your Gun

Directed by: Joe Hitchcock, 2016, 9 min

A gun-loving woman aspires to cook breakfast for the man handcuffed to her bed, but first she has to stop a wild chicken from destroying everything.

Pelorus

Directed by: Alex Sutherland, 2015, 12 min

In 1979 a little-known pioneer makes the first modern bungee jump off the Pelorus Bridge in Marlborough. A true story of Kiwi innovation and mateship.