Tourism New Zealand's 100% Pure Your Big Break People's
Choice award winner Aya Tanimura (left), of California, and
overall competition winner, Andres Borghi, of Argentina,
attend the 25th Film Independent Spirit Awards, in Los
Angeles on March 5.
Wakatipu locations feature in all five movies which
competed in Tourism New Zealand's 100% Pure Your Big Break
short film competition and which are posted for a worldwide
audience online.
The film Working Day, by Andres Borghi, of
Argentina, was selected by Sir Peter Jackson as the winner.
The results were announced at the 25th Film Independent
Spirit Awards, in Los Angeles, earlier this month.
Mr Borghi filmed one scene at Glenorchy and another in
Arrowtown for Working Day.
He also used stock footage shot by Tourism New Zealand for
television commercials.
Finalist Aya Tanimura, of California, won the People's Choice
award with Sweet As, filmed mainly in Arrowtown.
Finalist Tim McLachlan, of Auckland, shot Frosty Man and
the BMX Kid, on Kingston Rd, below the Remarkables.
Fellow Aucklander Rajneel Singh filmed Blank Spaces
at Lake Alta and the Remarkables skifield base building.
Another finalist, Kristi Simkins, of Washington, filmed in
the Rees Valley, at Bob's Cove and on Queenstown Hill for
Something Special.
All finalists travelled to Queenstown last month to direct
their films with guidance from The Lord of the Rings
producer Barrie Osborne.
The top five films were broadcast on the Independent Film
Channel (IFC) to an audience of 250,000 to 300,000 and to
about 1800 celebrities, media and film industry professionals
in the 100% Pure New Zealand lounge at the Spirit Awards
ceremony.
Sir Peter said in a statement the standard of all five films
was very high.
"Any of them deserved to win, but it came down to personal
choice. [Working Day] stood out as a fresh and
original piece of storytelling.
"The finalists were selected from a pool of more than 1000
screenplays submitted between December 9 and January 15.
"The film-makers' brief was to "capture the spirit of 100%
Pure New Zealand - the youngest country on earth".
• The films can be watched at www.your-big-break.com
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