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A televised series show casing short films by New Zealanders.

  • 1Come With Us An experimental short with dance and masks made one morning on Super 8 film for a budget of $200.

    • Start 0 : 01 : 00
    • Finish 0 : 05 : 21
    • Duration 04 : 21
    Contributors
    • Simon Marler (Filmmaker)
    • Garth Maxwell (Filmmaker)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No
  • 2Inkster family portraits and picnics Archival home movie footage from the 1920s highlight a range of entertaining camera and editing tricks and effects.

    • Start 0 : 05 : 36
    • Finish 0 : 08 : 00
    • Duration 02 : 24
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No
  • 3Singing Seas Gay tribal life set on a mythic South Pacific Island. Waves have measured your arrival / From the mirrored hearts in the moon / Where the shores lap the skin Gods / And all heaven cries in tune / For blue Gods of mornings past / Shall tonight dance in waters of fire / Shattering veins of golden lust / Sustaining winds to cry desire.

    • Start 0 : 08 : 13
    • Finish 0 : 16 : 13
    • Duration 08 : 00
    Contributors
    • Mark Summerville (Director)
    • Wayne McKee (Actor)
    • Ross Black (Actor)
    • Martin Clark (Actor)
    • Matthew Quigley (Actor)
    • Sally Smith (Producer)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No
  • 4South Africa in Black and White A stills animation using 150 of Bruce Connew’s black and white photographs from South Africa accompanied by interviews by Vernon Wright. This film creeps frame by frame from the bleak South African townships and mines to climax with a grim and violent act of retribution at a township funeral.

    • Start 0 : 16 : 43
    • Finish 0 : 27 : 36
    • Duration 10 : 53
    Contributors
    • Terry O’Connor (Director)
    • Tom McWilliams (Director)
    • Vernon Wright (Interviewer)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No
Primary Title
  • Kiwi Shorts
Date Broadcast
  • Sunday 22 January 1989
Start Time
  • 22 : 05
Finish Time
  • 22 : 35
Duration
  • 30:00
Series
  • 1
Episode
  • 4
Channel
  • TV One
Broadcaster
  • Television New Zealand
Programme Description
  • A televised series show casing short films by New Zealanders.
Classification
  • Unknown
Owning Collection
  • Chapman Archive
Broadcast Platform
  • Television
Languages
  • English
Captions
Live Broadcast
  • No
Rights Statement
  • Made for the University of Auckland's educational use as permitted by the Screenrights Licensing Agreement.
Subjects
  • Short films--New Zealand
  • Television programs--New Zealand
Hosts
  • Hamish Keith (Host)
Contributors
  • Bruce Morrison (Producer)
  • Finola Dwyer (Producer)
  • Television New Zealand (Production Unit)
  • Short Film Fund (Funder)
  • New Zealand Film Commission (Funder)
Contributors
  • Garth Maxwell (Filmmaker)
  • Mark Summerville (Director)
  • Martin Clark (Actor)
  • Matthew Quigley (Actor)
  • Ross Black (Actor)
  • Sally Smith (Producer)
  • Simon Marler (Filmmaker)
  • Terry O’Connor (Director)
  • Tom McWilliams (Director)
  • Vernon Wright (Interviewer)
  • Wayne McKee (Actor)
Subjects
  • Short films--New Zealand
  • Television programs--New Zealand