Since 2002 Belladonna has hosted a short film festival for emergent film makers each July. The event is held over four nights in the Christchurch Art Gallery Auditorium in New Zealand and features selected works from across the country. All the key forms are represented; dramatic fiction, comedy, documentary, animation and experimental. The first two nights of films are by New Zealanders, and an international catagory has been added recently, URBIS ANIMAX, which includes both international animation works and short film works shown on the third and fourth night. A Wednesday night Montana Seminar with speak to the experimental film form.

Bookings begin late June through Ticketek, door sale will be offered, but no eftpos.

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