We are now calling for entries for Uni Shorts International Student Film Festival 2016. Films must be entirely student-made and made from Nov 2013 – Dec 2015, and we only accept short films less than 20 minutes long. Final deadline to submit your entries is January 15, 2016. The fourth annual Uni Shorts International Student […]

We are now accepting entries for Uni Shorts 2016. Films must be entirely student-made and made from Nov 2013 – Dec 2015, and we only accept short films less than 20 minutes long. Final deadline to submit your entries is January 15 2016. The fourth annual Uni Shorts International Student Film Festival will be held […]

AUCKLAND (15 Sep 2014): German filmmakers dominated the awards at the third annual Uni Shorts International Student Film Festival held over the weekend in Auckland on 12-14 September. Four of the eight categories; including Best Animation, Best Documentary, Best Undergraduate Fiction and Best Postgraduate Fiction categories, were won by German film schools. However, they missed […]

The largest student film festival of its kind in Australasia is coming to Auckland this weekend at Unitec’s Mt Albert campus on 12-14 September. Don’t miss an awesome weekend for student filmmakers, short film lovers and educators. Have you got your tickets? General Admission $is 60 and Students only pay $40. Ticket price includes entry […]

We’re please to announce we’ve added a new guest speaker for Panel 3: Doing it Right! to join Kiwi filmmakers Sima Urale and Sophie Henderson this Sunday morning, 14 Sep @10:30am. He is German filmmaker Arne Birkenstock. A film director and screenwriter born in Huettental and raised in Cologne, Germany, Birkenstock has written, directed and […]

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22 August 2014: The Uni Shorts 2014 committee is pleased to unveil an exciting lineup of judges and guest speakers for this year’s festival being held at Unitec’s Mt Albert campus in Auckland, New Zealand on 12-14 September. Judges Oliver Driver – New Zealand actor/director/presenter Michael Brook – Film Auckland executive manager Bryn Evans – […]

The Uni Shorts 2014 committee is pleased to announce the guest speakers for this year’s festival on 12-14 September. More speakers will be confirmed in the coming weeks. Sophie Henderson (Fantail) Sima Urale (Apron Strings) Michael Bennett (Matariki) Dean Hewison (How To Meet Girls From a Distance) David White (Shihad: Beautiful Machine) Jarrod Holt (downlowconcept/48HOURS). […]

PR 9 July, Auckland NZ: A total of 35 films have been selected to screen in competition at this year’s Uni Shorts International Student Film Festival on 12-14 September in Auckland, New Zealand. Uni Shorts chair, Alex Lee says the quality of this year’s entries was very high which made it challenging for the pre-judging […]

30 June 2014 In only its third year, the Uni Shorts International Student Film Festival continues to grow and organisers are rapt at the record number of short film entries it has received for this year’s festival which is again being held in Auckland, New Zealand on 12-14 September. Uni Shorts chair Alex Lee is […]