ScreenTalk

Director Sima Urale discusses being a South Pacific filmmaker with NZ On Screen’s Clare O’Leary: from the immigrant experience in Aotearoa (O Tamaiti, Apron Strings) to dusky maidens in velvet paintings (Velvet Dreams). Samoan-born, New Zealand-raised Urale is Samoa’s first female feature filmmaker.

Find out more about Sima Urale.

This interview is available on YouTube to distribute and share: Part One and Part Two.

Credits: Direction and Interview – Clare O’Leary, Camera and Editing – Leo Guerchmann

Liz Mitchell chats to Clare O’Leary about her designs for screen, from crafting shoulder pads, stilettos and gel-spiked hair on Gloss, through to Richard Taylor’s suit for wearing on the Oscars’ red carpet.

Liz Mitchell also did the costume design for Walkshort, a “slice of life” short film set amongst the pedestrians of Auckland’s Karangahape Road and shot in an increasingly hilarious baton relay-style narrative.

This interview is available on YouTube for distribution and sharing.

Credits: Direction and Interview – Clare O’Leary, Camera and Editing – Leo Guerchmann

Gibson Group Producer Dave Gibson reflects on his long career in the television and film industry, from early days filming student films on a borrowed Bolex camera to making shows for mobile phones and interactive walls for museums.

Find out more about Dave Gibson on NZ On Screen.

This interview is available on YouTube for distribution and sharing: Part One and Part Two.

Credits: Direction and Interview – Clare O’Leary, Camera and Editing – Leo Guerchmann