One of our newly elected Vice Presidents, Debra Kelleher, has relocated to Auckland and is currently contracted to Eyeworks NZ producing This Is Your Life for TV1. It's great to have Deb K in the neighborhood. Deb is also working on other projects and we wait to see what else pops up in the future.
Our newly re-elected President, Catherine Fitzgerald, and her company Blueskin Films Ltd has been granted NZFC Conditional Production Funding for Tusi T Tamasese's O Le Tulafale - The Orator. Catherine is currently in Samoa where the film will be made later this year.
Amanda Beckett, from Great Southern TV, is joining the Board as Treasurer. Amanda brings with her a great wealth of experience as a chartered accountant.
Glenis Giles will be flying to the US next week to attend, among other things, the WIFTI AGM in Santa Fe.