Six filmmaking teams have been offered funding in the
2019-20 Fresh Shorts round and will receive a grant of $15,000 to put toward the making of their short films.
Boyo and Bunny
Writer/director: Oscar Enberg
Producer: Tara Riddell
Anticipating the imminent arrival of houseguests, recently orphaned adult twins navigate the moral boundaries and physical limits of their new family unit.
Daughter of God
Writer/director: Maza White
Producer: Jen Huang
When an arranged marriage is sprung upon an Iranian-Kiwi daughter, she must either dishonour family tradition or lose the woman she loves.
Firsts
Writer/director: Jesse Ung
Producer: Elanor McKenzie
A closeted Chinese international student must confront the disparity between his parents’ expectations and his own desires after deciding to lose his virginity to a stranger he met online.
Only Those That Can Resist
Writer/director: Sarah Gronhert
Producer: Louise Spraggon
When a male stranger interrupts the deeply entwined rural lives of a mother and her young adult daughter, they are forced to break their intense bond and set each other free.
Perianayaki
Director:Bala Murali Shingade
Witer/producer: Shreya Gejji
Sri Lankan immigrant Perianayaki struggles to fit in as she goes about her day stacking supermarket shelves. Today, on her wedding anniversary, she is forced to reconcile with the bittersweet realities of her life.
Tupu'ana: Mother Tongue
Writer: Luciane Buchanan
Director: Vea Mafile'o
Producers: Eldon Booth, Alex Lovell
When a young speech therapist lies about her Tongan language skills for a job, she must find a way to communicate or risk her patient’s life.