Congratulations to Sam Kelly, recipient of the 2008 New Filmmaker of the Year award.
Aimee McCammon, Park Road’s General Manager, had the pleasure of announcing Sam as the winner at last weeks SPADA conference.
Sam has won several short film awards in the 48Hours competition (Darlene, Maori Detective & the Boogie Fever, Baby Farmer) and the Filmaka Comp (DisMembered and Waiting for Gordy). He directed Frames, which went on to screen at the NZ International Film Festival, the Tirana International Film Festival and the International Festival of Cinema and Technology.
Sam has also received the 2008 Italian Film Festival scholarship and will spend six weeks working in Italy late next year. He has recently completed a Masters in Screenwriting and plans to make his thesis script, a thriller - Snapshot, into a feature film.
Sam’s prize includes $20,000 in post-production services from principal sponsor Park Road Post Production; plus $10,000 equipment rental from Panavision, $3,500 of film stock from Kodak, $4,000 cash from FACB, a travel prize from Stage and Screen and a Gold Card from SkyCity Cinemas.
Many thanks to Tony Pratt, Park Road’s Workflow Wrangler, for his assistance on the judging panel.