Short film at Cannes

Press, 12 April 1989, Page 28

Short film at Cannes

PA Wellington A New Zealand short film has been selected for the first time to compete at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, the Film Commission announced. “Kitchen Sink,” directed by Alison McLean and produced by Bridget Ikin for Hibiscus Films of Auckland, was made in association with the Short Film Fund of the commission. This will be the tenth consecutive year the New Zealand film industry has been represented at the festival.

Ms McLean will accompany the delegation to Cannes, headed by the commission chairman, Mr David Gascoigne, for the official screenings of “Kitchen Sink.” The commission said a campaign to stir interest in a wide range of upcoming features would be launched at the festival. These include: • "Meet the Peebles,” a behind-the-scenes expose of a “spluppets” revue company, the second feature by Peter Jackson (“Bad Taste”). • “To The Is-Land,”

based on the trilogy of autobiographies by Janet Frame, by Jane Campion, also produced by Bridget Ikin. The three 50-minute episodes have been presold to Britain’s Channel Four, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, and Television New Zealand. • "Ruby and Rata," about the competition between two women for the affection of a young arsonist, by Gaylene Preston ("Mr Wrong”). • "Te Rua,” a thriller about Maori terrorists in Berlin, by Barry Barclay (“Ngati”).