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4 A private view Onfilm columnist Doug Coutts and cartoonist Barry Linton are looking for screen production ideas.
Editorial page 5 The 2012 NZ International Film Festival cometh, says editor Steven Shaw; cartoonist Andy Conlan pokes fun at the ease of digital filmmaking.
Short cuts 6 Philip Wakefield rounds up NZ box office and television news from the NZ screen industry.
12 COVER: Photo: Meng Jia and Lee Stuart from Alyx Duncan’s debut feature The Red House, screening as part of the 2012 NZ International Film Festival. Photo: © Alyx Duncan.
Growing the industry 10 NZ Film Commission chief Graeme Mason reports back from Cannes and offers his perspective on the NZ film industry.
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Red House over yonder
I nspired by growing up on a small island as part of a cross-cultural family, filmmaker Alyx Duncan worked with her father and stepmother to make The Red House, which will screen at the 2012 New Zealand International Film Festival.
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Digital filmmaking feature
17 From here to Eternity Peter Parnham talks to filmmaker Alex Galvin about his latest project Eternity, a digital feature shot in Wellington, Hawke’s Bay and Hong Kong.
Publicity tips 20 Publicist Sian Clement offers advice on getting your electronic press kit ready, including filming behind-the-scenes digital footage. Tooling up 22 Peter Parnham takes a close-up look at a range of new digital cameras on the market that are capable of shooting in super slow motion.
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Short and sweet
elen Martin talks to digital filmmaker Campbell Cooley, who H brought together two very different painters –Yu Shin-ya from Taiwan and Fernando Pacheco from Brazil – in his short film The Colours Duet.
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16 Review: The Last Dogs of Winter Helen Martin reviews a new documentary screening at the NZ International Film Festival from prolific NZ filmmaker Costa Botes.
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A legal view 27 Legal experts David McLaughlin and Emily Jackson discuss the vital importance of Letters of Inducement for the screen industry.
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Across the ditch 26 James Bondi, our ex-pat spy based in Australia, rounds up industry news from the Lucky Country.
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