Renowned New Zealand actress Rena Owen will visit Kaitaia tomorrow to offer film production tips to budding film makers.
The Los Angeles-based star of Kiwi film Once Were Warriors will direct a one-day workshop called From Script to Stage or Screen at the Little Theatre from 10.30am to 3.30pm.
She will also give a presentation at the Allen Bell Drive, Waiare, home of John and Lois Knight where she will talk about her career and the film industry from 6pm to 9pm.
Workshop organiser Cheryl Rapira says Rena is visiting the north to highlight opportunities offered by local filmmaker Peter Tait's new feature film project Somewhere Further North.
Ms Rapira says Rena is supportive of the film being shot in the Far North and her offer to help is timely and exciting.
"It will strengthen collaborative project relationships, keep the profile high in the community and provide new skills for actors, directors and interested people," she says.
Tait's film will involve resources, talent, people and businesses from the Far North district and Northland.
It is seen as a stepping stone towards the establishment of a district governing film body.
Tickets for the workshop and presentation are $40 and available from Kaitaia i-SITE.
Places at both are limited and there is an R18 age restriction on the evening presentation.
Writer Profile: Rena Owen
by Rena Owen, The New Zealand Writers Guild, January 1, 2010
