Three more feature films have been confirmed for this year’s upcoming NZ Film Festival, and they’re pretty awesome. Let’s start with:
You’re Next
Home-invasion horror, the big winner at Fantastic Fest 2011 (including Best Horror Film). When a gang of masked, axe-wielding murderers descend upon the Davison family reunion, the hapless victims seem trapped until an unlikely guest of the family proves to be the most talented killer of all.
The Crash Reel
Director Lucy Walker documents the meteoric rise, calamitous crash and remarkable endurance of US champion snowboarder Kevin Pearce are related with nerve-wracking immediacy. Pearce will attend the Auckland screenings of this film.
Sheen of Gold
Director Simon Ogston continues his excavations of underground Kiwi rock, with a tribute to one of Flying Nun’s most disturbing acts – The Skeptics, also one of New Zealand’s most influential and eclectic rock bands of the 80s.
Here’s one great example (watch at your own risk):
In addition, six short films have been selected as finalists for the New Zealand International Film Festival’s New Zealand’s Best Short Film Competition. Competing for cash money prizes are the following:
Tom’s Dairy
Director: Oscar Kightley | 13 minutes
A poignant and humorous short film about a young boy growing up in West Auckland in 1981.
Blind Mice
Director: Walter Lawry | 15 minutes
In the small Auckland drug scene, a young woman, Jules, finds her life complicated by an unwanted pregnancy.
I’m Going to Mum’s
Director: Lauren Jackson | 13 minutes
Jacob is eight years old and his parents dress him funny. Stuck in the middle of a fresh divorce he takes drastic fashion action to make himself heard.
Interim
Director: Dan Kircher | 15 minutes
A young and green police officer is implicated in the assault of an arrestee.
Friday Tigers (Nga Taika o Te Ramere)
Director: Aidee Walker | 16 minutes
When an unexpected friendship threatens Ana’s secret world, can she find the courage to deal with her past for the sake of her future?
Here Now
Director: Chelsie Preston-Crayford | 14 minutes
Inspired by Lena Dunham’s Girls, Here Now explores the dilemma of the modern day 20-something. Tess and her friends have no problems, but are they really living?
