January 2008: NEW APPOINTMENT: Daemon Coyle joins Borderless Productions as a Producer.
Daemon Coyle, former radio journalist and now TV producer, recently joined Borderless as a Producer. We’re delighted to be welcoming Daemon from Christchurch where he worked and trained in broadcast journalism.
His first Borderless project will be to travel to Samoa to develop a film about water in the Pacific. As a journalist, Daemon will no doubt enjoy probing the ethical, spiritual and cultural interpretations that indigenous people have around water governance and eco-system degradation in the Pacific.
Daemon is also working on another exciting documentary film project about the well-known Ngai Tahu Tribe Settlement with the NZ government and the key personalities involved in that process. Both films are due for completion in 2008.
November 2007: PRESS RELEASE: ‘A Grandmother’s Tribe’, raises CA $50,000 for African grandmothers.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Wednesday, November 21, 2007
Auckland, New Zealand – New Zealand Company, Borderless Productions’, latest film, ‘A Grandmother’s Tribe’ has already raised CA$50,000 for African grandmothers.
The film, which tells the story of two grandmothers in Kenya – one rural and one urban – caught in the riptide of HIV/AIDS and left to raise their orphaned grandchildren, premiered a few weeks ago in a black-tie Gala Screening in Vancouver, Canada. After the film had been seen, a man in the audience raised his hand, and asked what it would cost to build a house for one of these grannies. The answer was $3,000. The man said he wanted to write a cheque. Another person raised their hand, and said they would like to build a house too. Within minutes, 10 houses had been pledged!
Read more - Download full release here
October 2007: Special WORLD AIDS DAY screening (28 November) of 'A Grandmother's Tribe' film at the Academy Cinema, Auckland, New Zealand.
‘A Grandmother’s Tribe’ has been invited to be screened in a special WORLD AIDS DAY event at the Academy Cinema on 28th November 2007. This event is hosted for the public by Oxfam New Zealand, World Vision, Child Fund New Zealand, YWCA Auckland and Positive Women.
October 2007: 'A Grandmother's Tribe' wins 'SPECIAL MENTION' award in Best NZ Med Documentary Category at DOCNZ International Documentary Film Festival
Exciting News! 'A Grandmother's Tribe' was awarded the honour of a 'Special Mention' in its world premiere at the 2007 DOCNZ International Documentary Festival traveling to four cities throughout New Zealand (September - November).
In attendance on the night and representing 'A Grandmother's Tribe' were filmmakers Dean and Q, Editor - Kat Blair, Website - Ian and Debbie from Pacific Shack, Designer - Kyle Jones and Bruno and Adam from DigiPost.
Thanks to DOCNZ for persisting in building a thriving documentary industry in New Zealand.
August 2007:
'A Grandmother's Tribe' makes its World Premiere & Special North American Gala Premiere Announcements.
Borderless film, 'A Grandmother’s Tribe' has been selected for a world premiere screening at the DOCNZ Documentary Film Festival. The Festival will travel to Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin between Sept 27th and Nov 5th with this year’s selection of films. Our goal is to FILL the cinemas in all four cities when AGT is shown! We’ll keep you posted when specific details for the screening schedules are confirmed. DOCNZ is considered Australasia’s premiere, documentary film festival so it is quite the honour to be selected!
The next important AGT date to put in your calendar is the North American gala premiere! The date is Wednesday, October 31st at the VanCity Theatre in Vancouver, Canada. This is the new ‘home theatre’ of the Vancouver International Film Festival. We are very honoured to be the first film presented by the Dalai Lama Center for Peace & Education, based in Vancouver. There will be a lot more to tell you about this special event, but we’ll have to keep you in suspense for now. We are thrilled to have this opportunity to premiere our film, in the city we call our “northern home”, with many of you who have supported our film from the very beginning.”
May 2007:
Borderless Director, DEAN EASTERBROOK, travels to Zambia to produce the World Vision 2007 Television Camaign with Black Agency, Auckland.
Borderless Productions was delighted to be selected to work with Mark Davey from Black Agency to produce the World Vision 2007 Campaign. The team traveled from Auckland, New Zealand to Mporokoso, Zambia. The commercials have now been completed and may be watched on New Zealand and International television networks.
December
2006:
American broadcaster PBS FRONTLINE/World airs Borderless documentary, Nepal: Caught up in the People's War.
To watch documentary, visit PBS (Length: 21:09)
November
2006:
SCOOP INDEPENDENT NEWS STORY:
NZ Filmmaker wins scholarship for Africa Project
Link to story on Scoop.co.nz
October 2006:
Borderless filmmaker, Qiujing
Wong, wins AMP
Scholarship for
'A Grandmother's Tribe'
On 25th October, Qiujing Wong, Principal, Borderless Productions
was one of the twelve 2006 AMP Scholarship winners for the
film and campaign, 'A Grandmother's Tribe'. This film and
campaign is a unique approach to filmmaking, combining our
pledge to do humanitarian work with our love for making
great films that make a difference. 'A Grandmother's Tribe'
is a not-for-profit venture and is funded through the generous
sponsorship of companies and individuals. All net proceeds
will go towards supporting the grandmothers who feature
in the film, as well as those identified as 'at risk' around
the world. To learn about the film and campaign, visit the
project website
www.agrandmotherstribe.com
September
2006:
PBS FRONTLINE/World picks
up Borderless documentary
After two successful appearances at the
recent DOCNZ Documentary film festival in New Zealand, Borderless
documentary 'Nepal: Caught up in the people's war' has been
acquired by PBS FRONTLINE/World to be posted as an online
documentary. FRONTLINE/World is a national public TV network
that turns its lens on the global community, covering countries
and cultures rarely seen on American television. We will
be posting the link to this film on
www.pbs.org/frontlineworld as soon as it has become
available.
July 2006
Borderless
documentary 'Nepal: Caught up in the people's war' will
be screening at the 'DocNZ International Documentary Film
Festival' Sept/Oct
Directed
by Aaron Goodman 'Nepal: Caught up in the people's war'
is a television and web documentary about Press Freedoms
and Civil War in Nepal.
Aaron follows Nepalese reporter, Guna Raj Luitel in his
quest to make sense of the conflict tearing his country
apart. Together they travel across the magnificent mountainside
of Nepal to meet Nepal government officials, Maoist
leaders and civilians caught in the crossfire.
The 2nd DOCNZ International Documentary Film Festival will
be held in Auckland at the Academy Cinema from 7–17
September 2006 and in Wellington at the Paramount Cinema
25 September–4 October 2005. “Best of”
programmes will be held in Christchurch & Dunedin.
DOCNZ will screen a variety of the very best in international
and local documentaries.
Details of screening for ‘Nepal: Caught up in the
People's War' will be posted when they become available
from the festival.
See www.docnzfestival.co.nz
or www.aarongoodman.blogspot.com
July 2006
Borderless Productions has a new home
at Studio 4/2A New North Road, Eden Terrace
June 2006
Directors go to Banff World Television Conference
Directors, Qiujing and Dean attended the ‘Banff World Television Conference in Banff, Canada, to meet with international broadcasters. www.banff2006.com. Between June 11-14, 2006 more than 150 television and Internet broadcast programmers attended this world renowned television festival to meet producers and exchange ideas and contacts. As the only representation from New Zealand at the conference, Borderless met with several broadcasters from US, Canada, Japan, Germany and Australia and accumulated a wealth of knowledge and contacts to bring back to the New Zealand screen production industry.
See www.banff2006.com
May 2006
Taking on CHINA
Borderless Productions has teamed up with Canadian host and producer, Kimberley Buchanan to produce an innovative docu-lifestyle series for television and the web called ‘Postcards from China’
With Kimberley we explore China with ONE objective – to tell its story through the eyes of its people. And it’s the people of China that we’re most interested in. Where do they live and work? And what about their family life? And how can we understand their passions, hopes and dreams?
‘Postcards From China’ is the most intimate journey ever into Modern China – where old meets new, and where historic monuments, modern architecture, big business and glamorous fashion are all part of this fairytale of change.
China is definitely the most exciting place to be right now. Watch as we uncover the new face of one of one of the world’s oldest civilizations.
Series trailer is available at www.postcardsfromchina.tv
January 2006
Borderless Productions launched in NZ!
Established in 2004 in Vancouver, Canada, Borderless Productions has moved its head office back to New Zealand, home country to its founding principals, Qiujing Wong and Dean Easterbrook. After 15 months in operation as a Canadian company, Borderless accomplished great success in a short period creating partnerships with producers, crew and industry members in Canada. Highlights include working on a film about living with Diabetes, producing a half-hour documentary about Nepal’s civil war and press freedoms, post-producing a one hour documentary for CBC about disappearances in Sri Lanka, producing marketing materials for the Salvation Army, Kind Acts, The World Kindness Movement and Culinary Arts School and providing public relations and communications services to the Motion Picture Production Industry Association of British Columbia (MPPIA).
Now, back in New Zealand, Borderless is focused on telling stories of a Borderless nature, ones that transcend borders, cultures and ways of thinking.
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