Local filmmakers and actors still have time to enter the 2016 Raglan Arts Film Festival Awards. Nominations can be for movies of any length and genre, provided they have a link with the Raglan Whaingaroa region.
Eight nominations have already been received for this year’s awards, covering a diverse array of topics and genres.
Welcome to Raglan is a documentary about our town by videographer Sara Guix Ortigosa, while Raglan surfer and 2015 Ultimate Waterman Daniel Kereopa shares his views on the environment and parenting in Daniel Kereopa.
Raglan director Aaron Mooar is a regular on the RAFFA red carpet. This year he’s nominated for his documentary Inside Out, about the Whaingaroa Youth Movement. Another local director in the running for an award is Ariana Livingstone, with her short film Being An Equestrian.
Plus, the story of two children saving the Maui dolphin in Maui Dolphins – The Resurrection, sci-fi thriller Dr Who – The Weeping Angels and high drama in The Chase.
Extracts from selected RAFFA films will be screened before main feature films throughout the Raglan Film Festival, which runs from 16 -24 September at the Raglan Old School, and at the Red Carpet Awards night on Saturday 24 September.
To make a nomination, download an application form at www.raglanartscentre.co.nz/rff, phone 07 825 0023 or email info@raglanartscentre.co.nz. There’s a cash prize pool on offer! Deadline for nominations is Wednesday 18 August.