Award-Nominated New Local Webseries Goes Live

AWARD-NOMINATED NEW LOCAL WEBSERIES GOES LIVE ON TVNZ ON DEMAND

THE VIDEO STORE
A dark comedy web series following the death throes
of the last video store in New Zealand.

Adventure Pictures in association with Greenstone TV are proud to announce the release of New Zealand’s newest Dark-Comedy Webseries, ‘The Video Store’, available on TVNZ on Demand on Monday, 3rd April from 12pm NZST. The entire series will be a released as a box-set.

The online series features an eclectic cast of New Zealand creatives, and star-studded cameos including Keisha Castle-Hughes, David Farrier, Fleur Saville, Daniel Rutledge, Yvette Parsons, Natalie Medlock, Nic Sampson, Chris Parker and many more.

New Zealand’s newest dark comedy web series is up for five nominations at this year’s LA Webfest; one of the most prestigious web festivals in the world. Nominations include Outstanding Cinematography (Nick Burridge, Jonathan Guest, Department of Post), Outstanding Director (Thomas Sainsbury), Outstanding Sound Design (Native Audio, Kermath, Thomas Asche) Outstanding Leading Actress (Yvette Parsons) and Outstanding Support Actress (Imogen Peek-Swaney).

“This series was made in memory of Video Ezy Ponsonby, Auckland, which closed in 2014.  That place was Mecca for any film nerd,” says creator, Kermath.

“We wanted to celebrate video stores before they are gone forever", adds writer/director Thomas Sainsbury (‘Pork Pie’). “But it is also a location ripe for office politics, small business satire and slacker comedy.”

The Video Store is a 7-part Dark Comedy Webseries, following the inner workings of suburban video store, MEGAFLICKS. The internet has taken over and people just aren’t hiring DVD's any more. Despite this, Manager Stacey (Yvette Parsons ‘What We Do in the Shadows’) isn’t going down without a fight. She's going to get her ragtag team of employees pumped and charged, she’s going to crunch some numbers, she is going to upsell twinkies, all in the name of keeping her outdated business afloat.

“We’re really excited to get the series out on such a supportive digital platform for locally made content, and even more thrilled that we were nominated for so many awards on an international scale. I’m also very thankful for the time and effort that was gifted to this project by both cast and crew, combined with the generous support from our friends at Greenstone TV who involved us with Department of Post and Native Audio. Without them, this webseries could never have been made as we had no external funding”, adds Kermath.

Shot by Halcyon Digital on the same Red Dragon camera system used to film the aerial shots of ‘Hunt for the Wilderpeople’, The Video Store is also New Zealand’s first 4K webseries that will later be available on YouTube and Vimeo.

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Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRC40xyxdys
Website: https://www.tvnz.co.nz/ondemand/the-video-store

Director: Thomas Sainsbury
Executive Producer: Kermath
Written By: Thomas Sainsbury, Kermath
Screenplay by: Thomas Sainsbury
Supporting production houses: Adventure Pictures, Greenstone TV, Department of Post, Native Audio
Starring: Kermath, Yvette Parsons, Imogen Peek-Swaney, Kieran Madden, Josh Lawrence, Rory Hunter, Jane Etheridge, Keisha Castle-Hughes, David Farrier, Natalie Medlock, Fleur Saville, Nic Sampson, Perlina Lau, Ash Jones, Chris Parker, Ruby Lyon, Lana Walters, Lara Liew, Karamia Muller, Charlotte Red, Esther MacIntyre, Sylvia Burgess, Amelia Lloyd and Ian Lee

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/videostorewebseries
Twitter: https://twitter.com/VideoStoreTwit
Our IMDb page can be found here: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5358880

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