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SHOW ME SHORTS FILM FESTIVAL
At home movie feast
Going to the movies used to be the only option to see the newest fi lm releases, however a popular option now is to stay home and go online to see some of the latest and greatest.
Film festivals are one way to relax with a glass of wine and enjoy cutting edge and also controversial national and international fi lms.
Currently on is the Show Me Shorts Film Festival. A showcase of the 2021 programme is Farbod Arebili’s short fi lm Forbidden to See Us Scream in Tehran, which highlights the current situation of Iranian women prohibited from singing and performing.
It focuses on an Iranian woman who plans to change things by organising an underground concert. The frontwoman for an Iranian death metal band, she risks
everything as she plots to call the cops on her own underground concert in the hopes that the raid will help her secure her asylum in another country.
This topical fi lm sheds light on the reality of banned Western music in Iran which was put in place in 1979, Iranian women not being allowed to sing or perform publicly and live concerts being banned for female solo singers. It has screened at a variety of fi lm festivals including the Oscar qualifying Cleveland International Film Festival.
Director/Writer/Songwriter Farbod Ardebili has been residing Footsteps on the Wind
in the US since 2014. He is a Sundance Fellow and has written and directed several awardwinning shorts. Ardebili has been recognised by numerous international fi lm festivals such as Fantastic Fest, Cleveland International Film Festival, Show Me Shorts, Calgary International Film Festival, Sun Valley Film Festival, and many more.
Forbidden To See Us Scream In Tehran is currently screening in the Show Me Shorts Film Festival until October 21.
In another of this year’s ‘Shorts’ screening until October 21, musician Sting has collaborated with fi lmmaker Maya Sanbar on an animated short fi lm which focuses on refugees and climate change.
Winner of Oscar-qualifying awards at Cinequest Film Festival and Flicker’s Rhode Island International Film Festival, Sanbar’s Footsteps On The Wind, tells the story of two siblings who go on a mysterious journey after tragically losing their parents.
The 17-time Grammy Awardwinning Artist Sting gave his refugee-inspired song “Inshallah” to Maya Sanbar so that she could create an animation fi lm as a therapy tool for traumatised refugee children and to raise awareness of the growing refugee crisis around the world. It is the fi rst animated short fi lm ever made to a song by Sting.
Footsteps On the Wind has won a variety of Awards including the Oscar-qualifying Awards at Cinequest Film Festival and Flicker’s Rhode Island International Film Festival.
“To me, “Inshallah”- which means “if God is willing, then it shall come to pass” - sounded like a prayer that people in this situation may recite. I imagined myself in that circumstance, wanting to bring my family to safety in a very dangerous situation,” says Sting.
Director Maya Sanbar is a multimedia artist who can relate to the plight of refugees as her own family has a history of refugee displacement, her father having fl ed Haifa, Palestine in 1948.
Maya joined forces with codirectors Gustavo Leal and Faga Melo, the founders of the Brazilian award-winning fi lm production company Dirty Work to create an animated fi lm to the haunting tune, Inshallah, produced by her company Chasing the Light Studio. Maya, who wrote the screenplay for the fi lm with Pedro Paulo de Andrade, has worked on a variety of fi lms and documentaries including Wajib, Freak Show, House in the Fields, The Idol, The Muslims Are Coming, The Time That Remains and Trouble The Water.
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Home-based business boom
Many successful businesses have started in the home or garage and some of them have fl ourished.
Je Bezos initially sold books out of his garage, and went on to create Amazon in 1995. Mark Zuckerberg created Facebook in his Harvard dorm. Microsoft co-founders Bill Gates and Paul Allen founded their company in a garage. Apple’s Steve Jobs used his parents’ garage.
You don’t need to reinvent the wheel or have that next big-idea to be a home-based entrepreneur. Home based businesses can range from internet based opportunities through to trades like electricians, plumbers, caterers, gardeners and builders, to professions such as lawyers, accountants, advisors and counsellors to mention a few.
Whether by choice or by default, more people are starting or buying home-based businesses.
“Especially since lockdown, home-based businesses for sale have grown to become one of our more popular searches,” says Richard O’Brien from the Business for Sale website nzbizbuysell.co.nz.
“For some, the pandemic turned everything on its head. Family and lifestyle became more important, and there was a reminder that it’s not a good idea to have all your eggs in one basket. This, coupled with the value of the internet and growth in online opportunities, sparked a heightened interest in ‘side hustles’ and fully-fl edged home based businesses,” he says.
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Embracing realty technology
The saying “the more things change, the more they stay the same” is one that can be applied to the real estate industry in 2021.
Nationwide Covid-19 lockdowns have forced vendors and purchasers to look at doing things differently, although they still want the same outcomes.
Simon Herbert of Harcourts Grenadier Avonhead says everyone has had to embrace technology, so they could continue with their property goals.
Figures from the Real Estate Institute of New Zealand (REINZ) show that in August, 26 percent of all properties nationwide were sold by auction. REINZ says that this is the highest percentage of homes sold by auction for an August since records began.
“The fact that we can use Skype and Zoom and hold auctions online, means that the whole industry doesn’t have to hit pause. It’s been quite inspiring to see how people have adapted,” says Simon.
This virtual real estate process does mean that trust is more important than ever, especially if people are buying sight-unseen.
“Who would have ever thought 10 or 15 years ago that someone would buy a property from a video? Buyers are so interested in Christchurch that many are buying without setting foot in the property.”
Simon says that selling under lockdown conditions can be distressing for vendors, because there are limitations, both geographical and technological.
“It limits who can view your property, where they come from. It’s also limiting for potential purchasers who might be uncomfortable with the online world.”
He says this is where agents really have to step up. If a purchaser can’t physically get to see a property properly they are putting much more trust in the agent and the vendor that they will be transparent.
“As an agent, under the lockdown conditions you have to display the property and look at it as if you were looking for yourself.”
He says that he is in a very fortunate position, with an unwavering support team behind him at the office.
“My manager Lisa, at Avonhead, is always accessible. As soon as anything changes as far as what can and can’t be done under different alert levels, there’s full communication all the time. Leadership like that translates into your work ethic and how you treat your clients.”
Call Simon on 027 428 6498 or email simon.herbert@harcourts.co.nz
