Seed 2019

Victor John Rodger ONZM is a New Zealand journalist, actor, and award-winning playwright of Samoan and Pākehā heritage. His work often deals with race and identity. In 2001, he won the Bruce Mason Playwriting Award. his plays include Ranterstantrum (2002) and My Name is Gary Cooper (2007), as well as the acclaimed Black Faggot. His television work includes Shortland Street and Teine Sa: The Ancient Ones.

Karin is a descendant of British settlers in Aotearoa and ancestors from the Pacific island of Aitutaki. She began her career as a reporter at the Cook Islands News in Rarotonga, going on to work for broadcast networks in New Zealand and the USA. She founded Multinesia Productions to support global indigenous storytelling, working with First Nations communities in Canada, Alaska and the Pacific on grassroots community projects. Her independent films have screened on PBS prime time and at festivals around the world. Credits include Burning of the Gods, an experimental short film which premiered at NZIFF, and Pacific Mother, a feature documentary on Moana birth practices. Karin co-chairs the Board of Script to Screen and is a former board member of SPADA, the NZ producers’ guild. She also serves as a company director for Taro Patch Creative, a South Auckland arts hub.

Kathryn is an award-winning screenwriter & playwright and script consultant. She won Best Script Drama at the 2021 NZTV Awards (with Riwia Brown) for "The Tender Trap" and was recently shortlisted for the 2022 NZ Adam Play Award. Kathryn has significant television credits - most recently “The Brokenwood Mysteries”, “Under The Vines”, Script Editor on TVNZ limited series "Black Hands", “Fresh Eggs”, and “The Cul de Sac.” She is currently on the writing team for Series 3 "My Life is Murder" and Series 2 "Bird's Eye View".

Christina Andreef has recently been in India coaching writers at the National Film Development Corporation’s Screenwriters Labs in Mumbai and Goa. She was Development Executive at the New Zealand Film Commission for 9 years, providing script and creative support to the Writers, Directors and Producers of Aotearoa. She was Development lead on many high profile NZ films including the new or recent: Big Girls Don’t Cry (Dir Paloma Schneiderman); Pike River (Dir Rob Sarkies); Caterpillar (Dir Chelsie Preston Crayford); The Rule of Jenny Pen (Dir James Ashcroft); Went Up The Hill (Dir Samuel Van Grinsven). An award-winning Writer/Director herself, she made films out of Sydney Australia which have screened at over 100 festivals worldwide; Excursion To The Bridge of Friendship – official selection Sundance and Cannes, The Gap - Sundance and Telluride, Shooting The Breeze - Sundance and Berlin. Her feature film Soft Fruit brought a fourth Sundance invitation and also screened in Critics’ Week in Cannes. Soft Fruit won the FIPRESCI prize in San Sebastian and AACTA Awards in Sydney.

Katherine Fry is a producer and script editor with a passion for developing bold, playful, and distinctive screen stories. Known for her empathetic and collaborative approach, she is committed to nurturing new voices and working closely with writers to shape projects into their strongest possible form. Her recent credits include White Fever (ABC), a critically acclaimed 6 x 30-minute comedy series which premiered in 2024. She is currently developing projects including Waylaid with Brodi Snook (Screenwest) and Sons of Samoa with Jeremiah Tauamiti and Sweetshop (NZFC). Katherine has held key development roles at Every Cloud Productions, the New Zealand Film Commission, and South Pacific Pictures, and is a recipient of Screen Australia’s Enterprise People initiative.