Kirstin Marcon
Encyclopedia
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
screenwriter and film director.
Her debut 35mm short film as writer & director, She's Racing was made in association with the New Zealand Film Commission
New Zealand Film Commission
The New Zealand Film Commission is a New Zealand government agency formed to assist with creating and promoting New Zealand films...
in 2000. It screened in competition at Edinburgh Film Festival, Torino Film Festival, and Chicago International Film Festival
Chicago International Film Festival
The Chicago International Film Festival is an annual film festival held every fall. Founded in 1964, it is the longest-running competitive film festival in North America....
(where it won a Silver Plaque). It also screened at Telluride Film Festival
Telluride Film Festival
The Telluride Film Festival was started in 1974 by Bill and Stella Pence, Tom Luddy and Jim Card in the town of Telluride, Colorado, United States. It is operated by the National Film Preserve....
, with Australian indie hit Chopper (film)
Chopper (film)
Chopper is a 2000 Australian film, written and directed by New Zealand film-maker Andrew Dominik and based on the semi-autobiographical books by Mark Brandon "Chopper" Read. The film stars Eric Bana as the title character, and co-stars Vince Colosimo, Simon Lyndon, Bill Young and David Field...
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Her subsequent 35mm short Picnic Stops, also made in association with the New Zealand Film Commission
New Zealand Film Commission
The New Zealand Film Commission is a New Zealand government agency formed to assist with creating and promoting New Zealand films...
, was selected for Competition and Official Selection at a number of festivals including the Hof International Film Festival, Germany (2004), Expression en Corto International Film Festival, Mexico (2005), and the 27th International Women's Film Festival of Créteil, France, 2005.
Her debut feature film as writer and director The Most Fun You Can Have Dying was shot in Europe (London, Paris, Monaco, Milan, Munich, Berlin, Venice) and New Zealand (Auckland, Hamilton) in 2010/11 and is financed by the New Zealand Film Commission
New Zealand Film Commission
The New Zealand Film Commission is a New Zealand government agency formed to assist with creating and promoting New Zealand films...
. It stars Roxane Mesquida
Roxane Mesquida
Roxane Mesquida is a French actress and model based in Los Angeles.Mesquida grew up in Le Pradet, a little town located in South of France. Her mother, writer Françoise Mesquida, is French/Spanish and her father is Italian/American but Mesquida never got to know him...
(Fr) and Matt Whelan
Matt Whelan
Matt Whelan is a New Zealand actor, best known for his role as Brad Caulfield in the New Zealand television comedy/drama series Go Girls.-Early life:Is an accomplished saxophonist, and despite rumours to the contrary does not how to snow board....
(NZ). Based on the novel Seraphim Blues by Steven Gannaway, it is produced by Alex Cole-Baker of Chocolate Fish Pictures and executive produced by Tim White.
Filmography
Writer & Director- The Most Fun You Can Have Dying (in production)
- Picnic Stops (2005)
- She's Racing (2000)
External links
- Picnic Stops - Film Excerpt - Youtube
- Picnic Stops - OnFilm Magazine
- Picnic Stops - NZ Film Commission