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 Celebrating Film & Environment at New Zealand’s Green Carpet event of the year The Festival opens 22 May on our iconic ‘green carpet’ Gala Awards night in Palmerston North’s Regent Theatre with entertainment including internationally acclaimed and platinum selling band The Black Seeds. ‘Outrageous Fortune’ star Robyn Malcolm. Tickets >> just $25 gets you this awesome evening of entertainment and celebration of film and the environment at the Festival Gala Awards Night. Buy now from TicketDirect online, or at their offices on Broadway at the Regent. The good seats will go fast so buy early if you want the best in the house. Groups of 10, students and seniors receive a 20% discount - that's just $20 for a green gala evening of entertainment. Booking fees will apply.  The Evening’s Entertainment Music for the evening will be a live performance from the globally recognized leading sound in reggae, legendary Wellington band The Black Seeds.Their amazing sound in the sweet acoustic atmosphere of the magnificent Regent Theatre will be an absolutely magical experience. Winning New Zealand and international films will be announced to the exhilarating roll of the International Pacific College's acclaimed Kodama Drummers as juried results are revealedfor the internationally contested Best Feature, Best Short and Best Ultra Short film awards, and in the New Zealand jury pool for Best Film, Best Filmmaker and Best Emerging Filmmaker. An after-function 'street party' off Broadway carries on the evening with filmmakers, guests and friends celebrating the start of two weeks of this year's best green screen stories, undoubtedly the best ever collection to grace the big screen in all of Australasia. So go on, treat yourself and a party of friends to join in Reel Earth's celebration of the world's best environmental film and filmakers while enjoying the globally acclaimed sounds of The Black Seeds. 13 May 2010. Reel Earth announces with regret that due to the untimely ill health of their Director, premiere guest presenter Vincent Laforet will not be appearing at their Gala Opening event 22 May in Palmerston North. The remaining elements of his tour in New Zealand as previously listed on the Reel Earth website will also not be ccurring. |