August 16 2010
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Kaitangata Twitch has been nominated for 8 Qantas awards:
March 29, 2010
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Kaitangata Twitch broadcast Sunday 2nd May, 7PM on Maori TV
March 18, 2010
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We are proud to announce that Kaitangata Twitch has won a prize at Worldfest-Houston and is a finalist in Prix Jeunese 2010.
October 8, 2009
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Kaitangata Twitch Sells To ABC TV Australia
September 16, 2009
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Kaitangata Twitch official site now online.
August 28, 2009
August 23, 2009
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Mip COM and Mip JUNIOR
Yvonne Mackay will be attending both Mip COM and Mip JUNIOR 2009.
Besides Kaitangata Twitch, Production Shed will be selling a Tall Long Face Tail which is a seventy minute innovative documentary on Margret Mahy, as interviewed by her animated book characters and Elizabeth Knox.
POST PRODUCTION
Kaitangata Twitch
Synopsis
In pre-European New Zealand, the tiny Island of Kaitangata was the scene of awful happenings. After that, the Island seemed to have a life of its own. It dreamt terrible dreams. The local tribe knew it was best to leave it alone.
And so the Island slept again. But now Kaitangata is twitching. It’s moving. It’s waking up!
The last time it moved was over fifty years ago. It twitched. And a girl disappeared without a trace, apparently swallowed up by the Island.
Now it’s moving again. Dreaming again. Only 12 year old Meredith can stop it. If she can discover what it wants before it’s too late. Before it claims another victim.
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Background
A thrilling, contemporary story for mainstream family audiences, with live action, drama, CGI, myth and magic, Kaitangata Twitch is another amazing tale from the fertile imagination of internationally renowned author Margaret Mahy.
This remarkable series has been adapted for television by top New Zealand writers Gavin Strawhan; Michael Bennett and Laureate 2000 Briar Grace-Smith. It is directed by Yvonne Mackay, episodic director of some of New Zealand’s most popular drama including Duggan; The Insiders Guide to Happiness and the family feature The Silent One.
Twelve year old Te Waimarie Kessell takes the lead role of Meredith in what will prove to be another great New Zealand acting discovery. She is alongside acclaimed stage actor George Henare and Charles Mesure (Bones, Without a Trace, Crossing Jordan).
Filmed in High Definition on location in Mahy’s territory - Governor’s Bay outside Christchurch, New Zealand, Kaitangata Twitch completed thirteen weeks of production in May 2009. David Paul is Director of Photography; Gary Mackay Production Designer Paul Sutorius Editor and Gareth Farr Composer. The special effects are in the hands of Ian Taylor’s Animation Research Ltd (ARL).
Kaitangata Twitch is commissioned by Maori Television and supported by Te Mangai Paho (TMP) and NZOnAir. It will be released internationally by Canadian-based Lenz Entertainment at the 2009 MIPCOM market in Cannes. It is produced by veterans of many New Zealand dramas: Chris Hampson producer and Executive Producers Dorothee Pinfold and Yvonne Mackay.
BROADCAST
The Silence is Over
Synopsis
The traditional Maori instruments Taonga Pùoro were smashed/buried/burned at the time of the missionaries and have been returned through the efforts of Hirini Melbourne, Richard Nunns, Adrian Flintoff and newcomer Horomona Horo.
This documentary, The Silence is Over, for TVNZ's "ArtVille" asks what is their place in Western orchestral music? Will their traditional value be lost when they are played in the future in dance, rock bands and film music? Who will care for them in the future?
BROADCAST
New Migration
Synopsis
The second series of the New Migration is currently being broadcast on Maori Television.
The geneses for Maori to return to iwi rohe are many. More and more young, talented Maori are questioning and redefining the definition of success. They are heading home to reclaim their identity - their reo, tikanga, values, their health, whanau connection, their maunga above, their whenua beneath them, their awa and moana at their doorstep.
Few have the mission of saving their communities. If anything, it is home who is saving them.
They are ... THE NEW MIGRATION
BROADCAST SCHEDULE
EPISODE 6 Kiley Nepia 22/11/2009
EPISODE 7 Nathan Tuuta 29/11/2009
EPISODE 8 Korey Atama 06/12/2009
EPISODE 9 Iaean Cranwell 13/12/2009
EPISODE 10 Adrian Wagner 20/12/2009
EPISODE 11 Dion Tuuta 27/12/2009
EPISODE 12 Laverne King 03/01/2010
PRE-PRODUCTION
Brian Brake – Shot by a Friend
Synopsis
In Brian Brake – Shot by a Friend we follow Brake, exploring him with the people who knew him best, his three families: his biological family, his adopted family and the family he formed in his adult life with Raymond Lau and the friends he surrounded himself with.
From beginnings shrouded in mystery, we take you on a journey through the life of Brian Brake - through enchanting regions of the world and exotic regions of the soul. And on this journey we see how Brian transformed, from the forsaken child he was to the extraordinary man we knew... or thought we knew.
Brian Brake – Shot by a Friend has been funded by Television New Zealand and we are currently in pre-production to shoot 2010. The researcher is keen to find any photographs that Brian may have taken as a child.