It’s the end of 2025, and the start of 2026 2025 was a tough year. There was a lot going on in my personal life and a lot of projects – more than I could have easily managed. Lots was achieved, but it was brutal at times. It’s the time of new year resolutions. Now, …
Author Archives: phetheringtonnz
Support GARAGE through GREENLIT
The crowdfunding campaign for Garage has just gone live today.
October updates
Loads has been happening, including shooting Drone, Garage, and running a 48-hour film competition
GARAGE
GARAGE from Busy Kiwi Productions Ltd
The Aravali AOTS 48HR Film Competition
The next big project that I am running is the next Action On The Side 48-hour film competition. This one is run in conjunction with the Aravali International Film Festival in New Delhi. This is the third 48-hour film competition I’ve run with Action On The Side. This has been a passion project of mine …
KEN update
An update on the KEN narrative short film project.
Podcasting and Oxford Writers
I recently spoke at the Oxford Writer’s Group about podcasting
August 2024
Pearls, Ken, AOTS, and that’s just the film stuff
Understanding History through Film
Those who know me know that I am obsessed with Film, and I love the app & website Letterboxd. I use Letterboxd as a teaching tool. I have a series of Lists to help students understand Genre and National Cinema. Now I have a new series: History on Film. I built these lists to help …
Creative Kiwis Community
I’ve created a Facebook Group for Kiwis that are based in the UK and who work in the creative industries. This came from: 1) some of my Kiwi friends have moved to London from Welly, and we arranged a brunch with other Kiwi creatives, and 2) a Career Development training that I did at work, …
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