Congratulations to WIFT members Catherine Fitzgerald, Jessica Bond, Robyn Paterson and Paula Boock for securing Fresh Short Funding in the October round:
October Fresh Shorts $10,000
Boxes
Drama
Writer/Director: Jack Barrowman, Producers: Tom Webb & Catherine Fitzgerald
When a teenage boy's grandmother falls suddenly ill, he finds himself contemplating their relationship and whether he did as much as he could to be close to her.
Cleaver
Drama
Writer/Director: Alex McKenna, Producer: Jessica Bond
A lonely, detached, young man lives next to a family who are stuck in a violent relationship, the effects of which begin to take its toll on the neighbour's conscience.
October Fresh Shorts $20,000
Run Rabbit
Drama
Writer/Director Robyn Paterson, Producer: Paula Boock
A rabbit hunter proves the tipping point for a young teenage refugee who is trying to battle his way through the culture shock of having arrived in a small central Otago town.