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2008
76/52/44 mins
Producer/director/writer: Annie Goldson
Writer/presenter: Owen Scott
DOP: Wayne Vinten
Sound: david Madigan
Editors: Eric de Beus/Bill Toepfer
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An Island Calling
On July 1, 2001, John Scott and his partner Greg Scrivener were killed in their home in Suva Fiji. John, from an old European-Fiji family and educated in New Zealand, was the Director-General of the Fiji Red Cross and worked as a go-between in the hostage crisis during the coup of 2000. This feature documentary is based on the book “Deep Beyond the Reef” by John’s brother Owen, and traces the extraordinary and colourful story of the Scott family, the political crises that have marked Fiji’s recent history right up to the present day, the killings and their aftermath, and the complex mix of tribal authority and democracy that exists in the Pacific. The project was funded by New Zealand on Air, TV3, SBS-TV and the Sundance Institute.
TELEVISION SALES:
SBS-TV Australia: Strand, The Cutting Edge
TV3, New Zealand
Israel
France
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AWARDS
South Pacific Pictures Award for Achievement in Film 2008 (Women in Film and Television);
Winner, Best Documentary, Qantas Film and Television Awards 2008;
Winner, Achievement in Camera, Qantas Film and Television Awards 2008;
Finalist, Achievement in Directing, Qantas Film and Television Awards 2008;
Winner, Grand Prix, FIFO, Festival International du Film Documentaire Oceanien 2009
Best Documentary, Out Takes International Film Festival, Dallas, Texas 2009
FESTIVALS
Premiere: World Cinema Showcase, Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin;
In Competition, Hotdocs 2008, Toronto;
Official Selection, Sydney International Film Festival 2008
Official Selection, Melbourne International Film Festival 2008
Newfest Film Festival, New York
FIPA, France
In competition, FIFO, Festival International du Film Documentaire Oceanien 2009
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2006
DigiBeta 52.30/45
Producer/director: Annie Goldson, co-producer: Peter Walls.
NOW AVAILABLE: ELGAR'S CELLO CONCERTO IN ITS ENTIRETY! (30 MINS, 2008)
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Elgar's Enigma
This documentary follows the theory that the English composer, Edward Elgar, was moved to write his Cello Concerto in Em by the WW1 death of a young New Zealand soldier, the son of Elgar’s first great love, Helen Weaver. The Concerto is one of in the classical reportoire and is known as a powerful war requiem, grieving for a world changed forever by the Great War
The film interweaves the personal narrative with a superb performance of the Concerto by internationally renowned cellist, Lynn Harrell with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra conducted by Matthias Bamert.
DUE TO POPULAR DEMAND! We have recently edited a concert documentary of the full performance of Edward Elgar's Cello Concerto. The two works -- concert and documentary -- are available together for a special price (see PDF attached)
Television Sales:
TVNZ (TV One)
ABC (Aust)
SVT (Sweden)
CCTV (China)
Classica (Europe)
EBS (Korea)
DVD distributors:
EMI Classics DVD (USA)
nbdtv.com (Europe/UK)
Occasional Productions (NZ)
Dist: nbdtv.com, UK |
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AWARDS
Awards
Finalist, Best Festival Documentary, Qantas Television Awards 2006
Finalist, Best Camera, Qantas Television Awards 2006
FESTIVALS
Official Selection: World Cinema Showcase, Auckland.
Invited screening, Film and History Association Conference, Melbourne.
Invited Screening, EIDC Documentary Festival, Seoul, Korea.
44th International Television Festival, Golden Prague, Prague.
International Film Festival on Water, Bangalore, India.
Finger Lakes Environmental Film Festival, Ithaca, New York.
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2005
50 minutes, DVCAM
Director: James Frankham www.splice.cc Producer: Annie Goldson.
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Pacific Solution
This documentary looks at the daily lives of a number of Afghan boys from the MV Tampa, now living in Mangere, Auckland. Shot in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iran, Nauru and New Zealand, it traces the circumstances that led to their arrival in New Zealand, the reunion process they have been undergoing as their family members are resettled in New Zealand. Through the prism of their experience, examines the refugee crisis that is facing the world.
Television Sales: TVNZ (TV One)
EIDF (South Korean Public Television)
RFO (French Television Group)
NRK (Norway)
Distributor:
Smiley Documentary Film Distribution Ltd ewa@smileyfilmdistribution.com
Ronin Films, Australia orders@roninfilms.com.au |
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AWARDS
Finalist, Best Director, Aor New Zealand Screen Awards, 2007
Honourable Mention, Media Peace Awards, New Zealand, 2006
Special Judge's Mention DocNZ International Documentary Film Festival, 2005
Finalist, four awards -- Grand Prix, Spirit, Special Jury, and Audience Awards- EIDF International Film Festival, Korea
FESTIVALS
Official Selection: DocNZ International Documentary Film Festival
In competition, EIDF International Documentary Festival, Seoul, Korea
9th International 1001 Documentary Film Festival, Istanbul, Turkey.
In competition, Pacific International Film Festival, FIFO, 2007
International Film Festival on Water, Bangalore, India.
Finger Lakes Environmental Film Festival, Ithaca, New York.
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2004
70 mins
Producer/Co-Director Dawn Hutchesson, Executive Producer/ Co-Director Annie Goldson
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Sheilas: 28 Years on
Following a 7-Up formula, this documentary is a history of second wave feminism in New Zealand, based around a number of women who appeared in the 1976 documentary Women at the radical height of the women's movement. They include Donna Awatere-Huata, Aloma Parker, Merata Mita, Marcia Russell, and Miriam Cameron.
Produced by, and directed with, Dawn Hutchesson. A study guide, designed to assist secondary school curriculum, is available through the TVNZ website, www.tvnz.co.nz
Television Sales: TVNZ (TV One)
Distributor:
Smiley Documentary Film Distribution Ltd
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AWARDS
Winner, Best Documentary, Commonwealth Film Festival, Manchester 2005 FESTIVALS
Young at Heart Film Festival 2006 Sydney
Commonwealth Film Festival, 2005 Manchester England
Women in Film and Television International Festival, 2005 LA
DOCNZ 2005 International Documentary Film Festival
Auckland 2004 International Film Festival
Wellington 2004 International Film Festival
Christchurch 2004 International Film Festival
Dunedin 2004 International Film Festival
Melbourne 2004 International Film Festival
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1999
58/80 mins, 35 mm
Produced by Annie Goldson and Gaylene Preston. Directed by Annie Goldson
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Punitive Damage
The story of New Zealander Helen Todd’s law suit against an Indonesian general pursued after her son, Kamal, was shot dead in the Dili massacre in East Timor in 1991.
Theatrical Release:
US
Australia
New Zealad
Television Sales:
HBO Cinemax
TVNZ
ARD (Germany)
WTN (Canada)
ABC (Australia)
Portugal
Spain
Israel
Distributor: Transit Films (Montreal, CN)
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AWARDS
Winner, Best Documentary, 2000 Cinemanila, Philippines Intern'l Film Festival
Bronze Plaque, 48th Annual Columbus Intern'l film and Video Festival, USA
Golden Eagle, Cine 2000, USA
A Pass Award, National Council on Crime and Delinquency, USA
Finalist, Best Feature, International Documentary Awards 2000, Los Angeles
Honourable Mention, International Women’s Film Festival, Turin 2000
Golden Gate Award, San Francisco International Film Festival, 2000
Highly commended, New Zealand 1999 Media Peace Awards
Winner – Audience Award, 1999 Sydney International Film Festival
Winner -- Medianet Award, 1999 Munich Film Festival
Finalist, 1999 New Zealand Nokia Film Awards FESTIVALS
Official Selection in competition, Amsterdam International Documentary Festival
Official Selection in competition, Encrontos Film Festival, Portugal
Official Selection in competition, Chicago International Film Festival
Official Selection in competition, Hawaii International Film Festival
Official Selection in competition, Hotdocs, Canadian International Documentary Festival
Official Selection in competition, Valencia International Film Festival
Critics Week, Locarno International Film Festival
Official Selection, Rocky Mountain Women’s Festival, Colorado
Official Selection, Melbourne International Film Festival
Official Selection, Palm Springs International Film Festival
Official Selection, Singapore International Film Festival
Official Selection, Hong Kong International Film Festival
Official Selection, Jakarta International Film Festival
Official Selection, Rencontres Inter’les du Documentaire de Montréal
Official Selection in competition, Turin Womens International Film Festival
Official Selection, Women in the Director’s Chair, Chicago
DocAviv, Tel Aviv International Documentary Festival, Human Rights Sidebar
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2001
75/52 mins, digibeta
Producer: Annie Goldson, Directors: Annie Goldson and Peter Wells
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Georgie Girl
The life story of Georgina Beyer, born George, a Maori (indigenous) transsexual and former sex-worker, who recently was elected to the New Zealand Government by a largely white, rural electorate, making her a world first.
Television Sales:
TVOne (NZ)
SBS-TV Australia
Channel 4, UK
CBC (Canada): The Passionate Eye;
PBS (USA): P.O.V.
Canalplus (Sweden)
DBS (Israel)
SABC1 (South Africa)
Distributor: Women Make Movies (NYC) |
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AWARDS
Best Film, NZ Media Peace Awards, 2002
Audience Award, Creteil International Film Festival, France
Winner, Audience Award for Best Documentary, 2002 Sydney International Film Festival
Winner, Excellence in Documentary Award, 2002 Frameline International Film Festival, San Francisco, USA
Winner, Audience Award, Queerdoc, Sydney
Finalist, Best Documentary, Hawaii International Film Festival
Best Documentary, 7th International Festival of Gay and Lesbian Cinema of Madrid FESTIVALS
Official Selection into Competition, Hotdocs Canadian Inter’l Documentary Festival, 2002;
Official Selection into Competition, 11th Brisbane International Film Festival, 2002;
Official Selection into Competition, Frameline International Film Festival, San Francisco, 2002;
Official Selection, Commonwealth Film Festival, Manchester, 2002;
Official Selection, Sheffield Documentary Festival, UK, 2002;
Official Selection into Competition, Melbourne International Film Festival, 2002;
Official Selection into Competition, Sydney International Film Festival, 2002;
Official Selection into Competition, Los Angeles Film Festival, IFP-West, 2002;
Official Selection into Competition, Sithengi International Film Festival, South Africa 2002;
Official Selection into Competition, Pusan International Film Festival, Korea 2002;
Official Selection, DocAviv Film Festival, Tel Aviv, Israel 2003;
Official Selection, Goteberg Film Festival, 2003;
Official Selection, Film des Femmes, Creteil, France, 2003;
Official Selection, Indonesian International Film Festival, 2003;
Closing film, Margaret Mead Film Festival, New York, 2002.
Screening, Museum of Modern Art, in Illuminated Voices, organized by Sundance Documentary Fund and MoMA.
Human Rights Watch Film Festivals, London and Boston.
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1995
45 mins.
Director Annie Goldson. Producer, James Wallace Productions
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Seeing Red
New Zealand’s own mid-century anti-Communist witch hunt which reenacts the fate of Cecil Holmes, a filmmaker at the National Film Unit, who was fired because he was a member of the Commnist Party.
Television Sales:
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AWARDS
New Zealand Documentary Fellowship, NZ on Air/Creative NZ FESTIVALS
Sydney International Film Festival 1995
SPADA Conference, Wellington 1995
Commonwealth and the Cold War Conference, Elam 1995
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1991
30 mins. Black and White
Co-producer/co-director Annie Goldson with Chris Bratton
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Framing the Panthers
The framing of former Black Panther Party leader, Dhoruba Bin Wahad
Part of the Counterterror series that examines how the term "terrorism" was used to criminalise political dissent in different communities. The series also showed at The Museum of Modern Art (New York), The Brooklyn Museum, (Brooklyn), The Wexner Center (Ohio), and The Chicago Art Institute.
Television Sales:
KBDI, PBS
Distributor: Video Data Bank. In wide distribution throughout the US tertiary sector. |
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Best Film, International Cinema Festival. Berlin, Germany, 1992.
Best Social Documentary, The New England Film and Video Festival. Boston, MA, 1991.
Silver Star in Documentary, The Sacramento Film Festival,Sacramento, CA, 1991.
Red Ribbon in Politics and Government, The American Film and Video Festival. Philadelphia, PA, 1991.
Peoples' Choices Award, The Global Africa Festival, Oakland, Ca, 1991.
Finalist, The Australia Video Festival. 1991. Honorable Mention, The San Francisco Film Festival,
San Francisco, CA, 1991.Special Merit, The Earthpeace International Film Festival, Burlington, Vermont, 1991. Special Jurors' Award, The Black Maria Film and Video Festival. East Orange, NJ, 1991.
Jurors' Award, Hallwalls Festival of New Journalism. Buffalo, NY, 1991.
FESTIVALS
Official selection in over 30 film festivals and art spaces including MoMA and the Whitney Museum.
Haiwaii International Film Festival
Philafilm
Whitney Museum
The Museum of Modern Art (New York)
The Brooklyn Museum
The Wexner Center
The Chicago Art Institute
The Rhode Island School of Design
The University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee
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1990
30 mins
Co-producer/co-director Annie Goldson with Chris Bratton
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Counterterror: The North of Ireland
The British shoot-to-kill policy in the North of Ireland.
Part of the Counterterror series that examines how the term "terrorism" was used to criminalise political dissent in different communities. Produced and Directed with Chris Bratton and the Derry Film and Video Collective.
Television Sales:
PBS/WNET
PBS/KBDI
Distributor: Video Data Bank, Chicago
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AWARDS
Silver Apple, The National Educational Film and Video Festival Oakland, CA, 1991
Best Documentary, Atlanta Film and Video Festival, Atlanta, GA, 1991
Invitational Premier, New England Film and Video Festival, Boston, MA, 1990
Finalist, Australian Film and Video Festival, Australia, 1991
FESTIVALS
National Educational Film and Video Festival
Atlanta Film and Video Festival, Atlanta, GA
New England Film and Video Festival, Boston, MA, 1990
Australian Film and Video Festival, Australia,1991
Museum of Modern Art, NYC
The Wexner Center, Ohio
The Brooklyn Museum, NY
The Chicago Art Institute, IL
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1993
30 mins
Producers: Annie Goldson, Chris Bratton.
Directors” Jayce Salloum, Walid Ra’ad.
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Up to the South
An analysis of Israel’s occupation of Southern Lebanon, the representation of Lebanese “terrorism” and the rise of Hezzbollah |
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Official selection into 10 festivals and art spaces
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1993
56 mins
Co-director/ co-producer with Chris Bratton
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Small War: The United States in Puerto Rico
Hour-long documentary examining the history of the "independentista" movement in Puerto Rico. NEA/McArthur
Part of the Counterterror series that examines how the term "terrorism" was used to criminalise political dissent in different communities. The series also showed at The Museum of Modern Art (New York), The Brooklyn Museum, (Brooklyn), The Wexner Center (Ohio), and The Chicago Art Institute. |
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Official selection into 10 film festivals and art spaces
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1993
30 mins
Director Annie Goldson and co-producer with Lamar Williams
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Death Row Notebooks
Half-hour on the story of Mumia Abu-Jamal, a former Black Panther Party leader and Black journalist who is on Death Row in Pennsylvania.
Directed with Lamar Williams and co-produced with Chris Bratton
Television Sales:
WNYC/PBS.
Distributor: Video Data Bank. |
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FESTIVALS
Museum of Modern Art 1992
Brooklyn Museum 1991
The Wexner Centre, Ohio 1992
Chicago Art Institute 1992
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1994
15 mins
Producer: Annie Goldson, Co-director with Lisa Reihana
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Taonga
Video about the Te Maori exhibition, based on interview with Ngahuia Te Awekotuku. Funder, Creative New Zealand, for distribution in galleries and educational outlets.
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1994
30 mins
Producer/Director: Annie Goldson
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Wake
A half-hour experimental film examining colonial immigration from Britain to New Zealand in the 1860s and the 1960s.
In 2006, Wake is being reissued as a DVD, distributed with a monograph written by Annie Goldson, Memory, Landscape, Dad and Me, published by Victoria University Press.
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FESTIVALS
For gallery and educational distribution:
Wellington City Gallery, the Gordon H. Brown Lecture series 2005
Moden Studies Department, Milwuakee-Wisconsin, Special Screening 1995
Politics and Poetics of the Body, UC Santa Cruz 1995
FASDA Conference, Christchurch 1995
Identities, Ethnicities, Nationalites Conference, La Trobe University, Melbourne 1995
Sydney Intermedia Festival 1994
First Short Film Festival, Auckland 1994
Women's Film Festival, Christchurch 1994
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1992
30 mins
Producer/Directors: Annie Goldson and the video class of 1991, Brown University
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Collateral Damage
A critique of media representation of the first Gulf War.
Produced for Paper Tiger Television. Distribution through cable access television and through galleries and educational institutions.
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1991
58 mins
Multiple directors. Producers: Annie Goldson and Chris Bratton
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In Other Words; the Struggle over Language
A one-hour compilation program for the Deep Dish TV national cable access series, Beyond Censorship. Dist: DDTV.
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1989
18 mins
Producer/Director: Annie Goldson
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Walls and Bridges: South East Asian Students Speak
Produced in collaboration with Providence area S.E. Asian students as an anti-racism educational video for schools in Providence, RI. Funded: Dept of Social Services, RI.
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1988
Video installation. 23 minute loop. Plastic, cibachrome photo
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Supplemental Nights: Domestic Arrangement
Site specific work commissioned by Artspace, Manhattan, New York City. Funded: New York State Council on the Arts.
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1987
Video Installation; 30 minute video loop, steel and plastic
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Voice of America
Site specific work commissioned by Franklin Furnace, Manhattan, New York City
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1984
6 minutes
Producer/Director
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Tender Detachment
Experimental poetic short that looks at the relationships between adolscent girls.
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FESTIVALS
Australia Video Festival
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1986
30 mins U-Matic
Director Annie Goldson, Ann Crenovitch and the Nicaraguan women's video group.
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Women of the Market
In 1986, Annie Goldson and Ann Crenovitch conducted a workshop for women filmmakers in Managua, Nicaragua. At that time, there was virtually no film and television industry. Prior to the revolution in 1979, television ran the US networks only. The Sandinista Govenrment, however, recognized there was a need for an indigenous television industry that would reflect the new nation's priorities. Thus we volunteered to train potential filmmakers.
Together we chose the subject of the marketplace. By this time, the Government was increasingly under attack by US-supported Contra forces stationed in Hondurus and Costa Rica. Nicaragua had always been poor but the drain the war was taking and a US trade boycott made shortages -- the US had been the major source of imported goods -- endemic. As a consequence, the Black market began to flourish and the marketplace, traditionally the location of Nicaraguan woman, became riven with debates and divided loyalties as people struggled to provide for their families.
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