Script to Screen and Nga Aho Whakaari present special events

Script to Screen and Nga Aho Whakaari present two special events with internationally acclaimed Palawanon-Filipino director Auraeus Solito

WELLINGTON: WED 5 JUNE; AUCKLAND: THURS 6 JUNE

Solito's first feature film The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros screened at A-list festivals all over the world and won 15 international awards including 4 awards at the Berlinale in 2005 (The Teddy, The Grand Jury Prize at the Kinderfest, a Special Mention from the Jury Prize at the Kinderfest, a Special Mention from the Children's Jury at the Kinderfest).

His latest film Busong (Palawan Fate) screened at Cannes' Directors' Fortnight in 2011. It went on to win the Merata Mita Award - the grand prize at National Geographic All Roads Film Festival in Washington D.C in 2012. It is the first film in what will be the Palawan Trilogy.

WELLINGTON

Join us for a NZ Film Archive hosted discussion with Auraeus Solito including clips from his latest feature film, Busong. Stay afterwards for a slice of pizza on us, and a drink.

Wednesday 5 June 2013, 5:30-6:50pm, The Film Archive, 84 Taranaki Street, Wellington, $5 koha appreciated.

AUCKLAND

Join us for an evening with Auraeus Solito including a screening of his latest feature film, Busong, and a filmmaker discussion.

Stay afterwards for a drink and a slice of pizza on us.

Thursday 6 June 2013, 6-8.30pm, AUT: level four, Te Ara Poutama Building, 75 Wellesley St, Auckland, $5 koha appreciated.

See more about Busong on facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/busong

Thank you to the Warioa Maori Film Festival who has brought Auraeus Solito to Aotearoa, and to AUT's Te Ara Poutama and the NZ Film Archive for hosting these events.

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