****Wildscreen Nomination!!!! ****

"A Moment of Clarity..." has been selected for a Jury's Special Selection for Screening at the International Wildlife and Environmental Film Festival 2008 Wildscreen! We are both stoked and cannot believe that we have gotten into such a prestigous festival!

Louise on location - and just a little cold!

I (Sarah), now work as a production assistant at Dunedin’s NHNZ Ltd., and Louise, who works as an assistant director at Wellington’s Red Sky Film & TV Ltd., made the film in 2007 while we were students at Otago University Natural History Filmmaking and Communication course.

Sarah enjoying the editing process

Our 24 minute documentary will be screened at the film festival which will be held in Bristol from October 19-24. Organisers say entries have increased dramatically this year with a wide range of films submitted from 44 countries.

We both think that the nomination is “amazing” for us and our supporters, including people directly involved such as Alison Ballance, Ben Truman, Chris Miller and the Department of Conservation without whom the film would have been very different.

The nomination means the film is also eligible for the highly sought after Judge’s Choice Award and is up against prestigous filmmakers.


Lu - "It's a bonus to have a New Zealand specific film make the final selection. Taking the risk of going slightly off the beaten track for a natural history film paid off for us in the end. I am still in disbelief about the nomination and have my fingers crossed that we will be able to head over and meet other filmmakers.”

We are now attempting to raise the funds needed to attend the festival.


The Wildscreen Festival was founded by Sir Peter Scott in 1982 and has been organised every other year for the past 25 years. It attracts hundreds of delegates from around the globe who work in film, television and the press, as well as those actively involved in working to conserve the environment. The main components of the Festival are the Panda Awards and a trade show. The Festival is organised by UK-based charity Wildscreen, which runs a number of initiatives

that use the power of film and photography to inspire conservation.

Portions of this article have been taken from press release, from Michelle Budge, NHNZ Ltd.

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