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NZ film to feature at World Children’s Art Festival

&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;" alignright size-full wp-image-1598" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;schoolnewsnz&period;fastrackdev&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2015&sol;06&sol;SND16-wk5-Film-Book-Oku&lowbar;Moe&lowbar;Moea&lowbar;Cover&lowbar;&lowbar;front&lowbar;cover&lowbar;for&lowbar;web&period;png" alt&equals;"SND16-wk5-Film-Book-Oku Moe Moea Cover front cover for web" style&equals;"margin&colon; 5px&semi; float&colon; right&semi;" width&equals;"300" height&equals;"237" &sol;>A film made by a community on the East Coast has been released internationally and is being presented at an international children&&num;8217&semi;s art festival in Washington D&period;C&period; <&excl;--more--> <&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8216&semi;Oku Moe Moea &&num;8211&semi; The dream which is bigger than I am&&num;8217&semi; was developed and written by Shona Hammond Boys from Opotiki&comma; the founder and director of the New Zealand Art House Foundation&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The film and book are being featured at the World Children&&num;8217&semi;s Art Festival in Washington D&period;C&period;&comma; where the film will also be shown at a special function at the New Zealand Embassy&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The story revolves around a boy living in one of the most beautiful parts of the world &&num;8211&semi; the east coast of New Zealand – who overcomes difficult circumstances through realising his creative gifts through art&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The book was published by Rotorua&&num;8217&semi;s BMS Books Ltd and director Mike Smith says it is an honour to assist Shona with this project&period; The trailer featured recently at the successful National Suicide Prevention Conference 2015 in Rotorua&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The film &&num;8216&semi;Oku Moe Moea &&num;8211&semi; The dream which is bigger than I am&&num;8217&semi; can be downloaded at&colon;&nbsp&semi;<a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;vimeo&period;com&sol;ondemand&sol;artiam" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">https&colon;&sol;&sol;vimeo&period;com&sol;ondemand&sol;artiam<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The book can be purchased at&colon;<a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;bms&period;co&period;nz" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">&nbsp&semi;www&period;bms&period;co&period;nz<&sol;a><&sol;p><&sol;p>&NewLine;

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Rosie Clarke

Rosie is the managing editor here at Multimedia Pty Ltd, working across School News New Zealand and School News Australia. She has spent 10+ years in B2B journalism, and has spent some time over the last couple of years teaching as a sessional academic. Feel free to contact her at any time with editorial or magazine content enquiries.

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