Te Whanganui-a-Tara / Wellington
City Manager
Your Whanganui-a-Tara / Wellington City Manager is Thomas Coppell.
Thomas Coppell
Thomas Coppell (they/them) is a proud Hutt kid, producer & storyteller passionate about empowering rangatahi and under-represented humans to make cool screen art. They have extensive experience producing factual & scripted content for big and small screens, substantially for rangatahi, the young at heart, and the rainbow community. Their producing credits include two NZIFF NZ’s Best Short finalists, most recently, teen drama Gate Crash, and four NZ On Air funded series; including Little Apocalypse, New Zealand’s first children's drama by, for and about rainbow young people currently available on TVNZ2 & TVNZ+. Thomas also co-wrote and co-created the series.
Contacts
Email Thomas
Call Thomas on 027 741 1967
Heats
All heats in 2024 will be screened online so teams can watch all entries.
Wellington City Finals
Venue - Embassy Theatre, 10 Kent Terrace, Mt Victoria, Wellington.
Date / time - Friday 5th July, 8pm
Judges
Mia Maramara
Mia Maramara is a Filipino filmmaker with work that has screened both locally and internationally. Her passion for authentic, trailblazing stories has led her to wear different hats in the industry, most notably as a writer and director.
She most recently wrote and directed Beyond the Veil: Albularyo for TV2, which earned her the distinction of being the first Filipino director to helm a prime-time drama on New Zealand TV. In 2021, she won the SPADA New Filmmaker of the Year.
Mia recently wrote for anthology feature film Kāinga, the third film in the trilogy of Waru and Vai, which has gone on to screen at the New Zealand International Film Festival, Melbourne International Film Festival, and Hawaii International Film Festival. Her feature film Grafted, co-written with Hweiling Ow, was recently picked up by UK-based sales agent Mister Smith Entertainment.
Mia has participated in Philippine National Artist Ricky Lee's Cinemalaya Masterclass as well as the Directors and Editors Guild Female Director Incubator.