Day One Shorts 2024 Posters are Here!
We're excited to present the eight posters for our Day One Shorts 2024 (formerly Someday Stories) cohort, releasing online Wednesday 4th of September!
The eight commissioned Day One Shorts films consist of documentary and scripted shorts, straight from the brilliant minds of emerging young filmmakers from Aotearoa New Zealand.
This is the first year we've had the opportunity to fund eight teams courtesy of NZ on Air and and Te Māngai Pāho, in collaboration with our two screen partners; RNZ & Whakaata Māori.
All films will be available online via RNZ, Whakaata Māori, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube and TikTok. Follow us on all social channels to see the films when they go live.
Buy your tickets to the in-person premiere event here.
HOLY GHOST | Scripted drama/horror short film.
A queer relationship falls out of sync as one woman loses touch with what is real and what may or may not be coming to her from the divine.
Writer/Director: Hannah Lynch
Producer: Esaú Allemora
BEHIND THE WHITE WALL | Scripted drama
A Korean immigrant dad, working as a construction painter, mentors a new young worker while simultaneously battling melancholia and guilt as he awaits the arrival of his family.
Writer/Director: Seunghoon Sung
Producer: Joshua Nicholas Siu
WILBERT WIRE | Scripted Sci-fi/family
A robot art student who is othered by his human teacher and classmates is tasked with creating a painting about love.
Writer/Director: Ricky Townsend Producer:
Ella Waswo
Co-Producer: Joseph Chamsay
TAUREWAREWA | Documentary
A short documentary on bipolar disorder, Taurewarewa explores the highs and lows of tides and emotions in a sequence of insightful kōrero framed against a backdrop of Aotearoa's turbulent oceans.
Director: Libby Witheford-Smith
Producer: Lily Groenhart
LEMONS | Scripted indie/dramedy
A young Māori woman is given her estranged birth mother's ashes and has to figure out what to do with them.
Director: India Fremaux
Writer/Producer: Caitlin Fremaux
Consulting Producer: Angela Cudd
SUA: PORTRAIT OF A RETIRED BUS DRIVER | Documentary
A day in the life of a retired bus driver as he reflects on his journey as a Samoan immigrant traversing the streets of Auckland and the work he does in the church and the community.
Director: Robert Norman
Producer: Pilisita Mateni
Consulting Producer: Elizabeth Laupepa
DETANGLING THE STIGMA | Documentary
Through her work in film, 28-year-old driven creative, Jzayla Hughey, is detangling the stigma of afro-textured hair, demonstrating that being natural plays a significant role in Aotearoa's film industry.
Director: Jzayla Hughey
Producer: Jennifer Onyeiwu
YEAH PARE | Scripted comedy/adventure
Lost at the night markets, Janjan tries to find his parents. While searching, he befriends Kiuga, a child of a family working the stalls who takes him on a fantastical journey to find his loved ones.
Writer/Director: Sean Dioneda Rivera
Writer/Director: Albert Latailakepa
Producer: Danny Aumua
