9 Oct 2025

Show Me Shorts celebrates 20th anniversary

From Nine To Noon, 9:35 am on 9 October 2025
Image of Gina Dellabarca, and a short film by Stefan Harris.

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It was the little film festival that could. Twenty years ago film lovers Katrin Hagen, Kate Nicholson, Gina Dellabarca, and Tamara Liebman sought to create a way for New Zealand's short films to be seen more easily.

And so, Show Me Shorts was born.

It's grown from that three-night screening at Auckland's Academy Theatre back in 2006 to an Academy Award and BAFTA-accredited festival that shows in 35 cinemas nationwide and has launched any numbers of film industry careers.

Show Me Shorts' 20th anniversary festival got underway this week - to talk about what's on offer - as well as its incredible journey - festival director Gina Dellabarca joins me from the Auckland studio.