With its largest ever pro­gramme, the Show Me Shorts Film Fes­ti­val opens at cin­e­mas across Aotearoa from the 5th of Octo­ber.

With six­ty short films and three music videos — all cho­sen from a record 2040 entries — this fes­ti­val is sure to be one to remem­ber.

Eight Kiwi films will be mak­ing their word pre­miere dur­ing this fes­ti­val, and there are over thir­ty New Zealand pre­mieres of inter­na­tion­al films in this year’s pro­gramme as well. A total of twen­ty-two coun­tries will be rep­re­sent­ed on screen this year, from the local to the wide­spread, as well as a vari­ety of wide and diverse cre­ators.

As an Oscar-accred­it­ed film fes­ti­val, the win­ners of the top two awards, Depart­ment of Post Best New Zealand Film and Best Inter­na­tion­al Film, will be qual­i­fied to enter the Acad­e­my Awards.

The open­ing night of the Fes­ti­val will be at the Embassy The­atre in Welling­ton Cen­tral on the 11th of Octo­ber at 8pm. Grab your tick­ets for $25 from Eventbrite (all tick­ets come with a glass of wine). This is the only night when all the award-win­ning films from the Fes­ti­val will be screened, so be sure to get amongst!

Dur­ing the Fes­ti­val, the films will be screen­ing in Welling­ton at Light House Cuba, and Shore­line Waikanae.

Check out the full pro­gramme for the Fes­ti­val here!