Unitec hosts PIFT Symposium

Unitec hosts PIFT Symposium

Unitec’s Department of Performing and Screen Arts in is proud to be supporting New Zealand's Screen sector by hosting the Pacific Islanders in Film and Television (PIFT) Symposium at the Red Lecture Theatre in Unitec’s Mt Albert campus in Auckland tomorrow, Friday 13th November.

The Symposium will see a gathering of a who's who of filmmaking and moving image from the Pacific community. The full day programme will see them hear about industry initiatives and opportunities, including a presentation by the New Zealand Film Commission, and go through some practical workshops.

You can still register for the symposium by emailing with your full name and contact details to piftnz@gmail.com. Best thing – it’s FREE.

PIFT Symposium 2015 PROGRAMME:

8:30am – Registrations
8:55am – Aloha Welcome by Kumu hula Aruna Po-Ching
9:00am – Opening Address

9:10am – Pacific Television and the Explosion of moving-image Online (Stephen Stehlin & Lisa Taouma)
9:50am – Rene Naufahu talks the making of The Last Saint
10:50am – NZFC Panel with Dale Corlett and Karin Williams
11:30am – Pollywood and Film Fest Opportunities (Craig Fasi and Leo Koziol)
11:40am – New Zealand Writers Guild presentation
11:50am – Lunch provided
12:50pm – NZFC funding workshop
2:20pm – Presentation by Script to Screen
2:30pm – Michael Bennett Writers workshop
4:00pm – PIFT, where to from here Networking

More info on the Symposium here: http://piftnz.blogspot.co.nz/2015/10/piftsymposium2015-on-way.html

More info on Unitec’s Department of Performing and Screen Arts here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkffngU9L90

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