Rajneel Singh has been working nights for the last few months, so it wasn’t until he got up and had his afternoon coffee that he checked his email to find a message from Your Big Break.
“I was still half asleep, and had to re-read the email carefully, in case it was a rejection letter,” he [...]
Put down your pens. Close those laptops. Take off your thinking caps. Put your feet up and breathe a long sigh of relief.
Because you deserve it, each and every one of you. You’ve done yourselves – and Your Big Break – proud.
Submissions have closed, and voting for the Viewers’ Choice has ended. If your entry [...]
ANNOUNCEMENT DATE
The moment of truth approaches. On January 19th, the judges – who include Barrie Osbourne – will convene to select their four picks. Rounding out the final five will be the Viewers’ Choice. Then, on January 22nd, the five finalists will be announced at www.your-big-break.com. For around five hundred of you, that will mean [...]
The five finalists have just been announced on the website …
… and you’re one of them.
Your phone’s ringing, but you can’t find it. You scramble through your stuff, searching … patting your pockets, frantic now … you answer just in time. Your hunch was right: the call is long-distance, from New Zealand. There isn’t much [...]
So here we are – just over four days to go until entries close! Though Your Big Break isn’t a race, things certainly feel as though they’re speeding up as we head for the finish line. The rate of new entries is accelerating (so bear with us while we approve them – it’s a big [...]
In the last Kiwi Classic entry, I checked out Jason Stutter’s overlooked classic, Tongan Ninja – made for a song but big on laughs and insane martial arts action, Pasifika-style.
Wellington-based Stutter got his break making a series of short films, all showcasing his unique sense of humour and flair for visual comedy and culminating in [...]
Thought it was about time I showed a little neighbourly spirit and headed across the Tasman Sea to Australia.
Clinton J. Isle’s script Homecoming is a recent upload, and a striking example of how economical thinking can not only keep your entry within the limits of the competition guidelines – but can also focus the power [...]
Spotlight: Canada
This week we move from the United Kingdom to Canada, with three diverse entries that showcase three very different interpretations of the spirit of 100% Pure New Zealand.
Lawrence Dean Ifill tells his story 100% New Zealand through music and images, depicting the journeys of three different groups of characters, journeys that finally intersect. What’s [...]
Last week I checked out a few notable entries from the United States. This week I’m looking to the United Kingdom. Could we eventually see a UK entry among the five finalists? In order to get through, these entrants will not only need to answer the brief, and entertain – they’ll need to be able [...]
Thursday: KIWI CLASSIC: Eagle Vs. Shark
Anyone who saw Taika Waititi’s Oscar-nominated short film Two Cars, One Night (about to receive the feature-length treatment in his second feature, Boy, which bows at Sundance 2010) would perhaps have been blindsided by his first feature, Eagle Vs. Shark. It’s significant that its title – which refers to the [...]
