"Game", a short film produced by Dunedin-based Good Company Arts and directed by Daniel Belton, is one of nine Digital Short Film finalists in the Roma Independent Film Festival 2005, to be held in Rome from 15 to 21 April.

Game is the story of a man with a gamey leg, who finds himself in a futuristic hospital where the patients play with geometry and holographics as a means to curing their ailments.

"It's a funky film about healing," Daniel Belton says. "It's quite sci-fi, mysterious, kinetic, visual - and a lot of fun."

Image: Daniel Belton directs Richard Huber in Game - geometry, holographics and healing...
"Game", a short film produced by Dunedin-based Good Company Arts and directed by Daniel Belton, is one of nine Digital Short Film finalists in the Roma Independent Film Festival 2005, to be held in Rome from 15 to 21 April.

Game is the story of a man with a gamey leg, who finds himself in a futuristic hospital where the patients play with geometry and holographics as a means to curing their ailments.

"It's a funky film about healing," Daniel Belton says. "It's quite sci-fi, mysterious, kinetic, visual - and a lot of fun."

Image: Daniel Belton directs Richard Huber in Game - geometry, holographics and healing...
Directed by Daniel Belton, "Game" features the work of Dunedin artists Jac Grenfell, Juliet Fay, Richard Huber, Donnine Harrison, Peter Belton, Nigel Jenkins, and more. Playwright and actor Richard Huber is the main character in the film.

"We're all thrilled to have this recognition and what's important for me is that the film is being recognised locally as well as internationally."

"Game" was made with the support of a grant from the Screen Innovation Production Fund, Dunedin City Council and the Community Trust of Otago.

The Screen Innovation Production Fund is a partnership between Creative New Zealand and the New Zealand film Commission. It supports the moving-image arts by funding innovative, often low-budget productions.

For more information about "Figure[s] of Speech" and "Game" visit www.jacdaniel.ne Other finalists in the same section of the Roma Independent Film Festival are from the United States, France, Lithuania, Italy and Japan.

"Game" is also one of ten finalists in the moving image category of the Vodafone Digital Art Awards (www.vodafone.co.nz/vdaa), to be announced in May. It comes from the same creative hub as last year's internationally award-winning "Figure[s] of Speech" (Best Video Creacion Canariasmediafest, Spain).