The Captains – a documentry by William Shatner

“The Captains” a documentary by William Shatner is being screened at The Documentary Edge Film Festival held in Auckland and Wellington.

Auckland – Saturday 28 April at 9pm, Event Centre Newmarket

Wellington – Saturday 19 May at 9pm, Angelika at Reading Cinemas Courtenay

There are Student Concessions of $12* and if there is a Group of 30 plus the Festival Organizers will look at a Group Discount.  We would ask if you plan on sending a Group to contact us for more information. (*Student must present a Current Student ID Card).

Most of the Documentaries have a Trailer to whet the Appetite!!

The festival shows many documentaries from New Zealand and around the world.

UnCONventional Programme Participants

If you were wondering who else, apart from the guests of honour, were appearing at unCONventional, the programme participant information is now available in the Event Items page of the web site.

This information is not quite final. If you were expecting to see your name against and event, and it isn’t there, please drop the convention a line. Chances are they are waiting to hear from you for confirmation. Ditto if your name is appearing somewhere you were not expecting.

unCONventional is the 33rd NZ National SF/F Convention. If you want to receive more information updates, the convention has its own news service which will contain more updates than are passed through here to the SFFANZ service.

Sir Julius Vogel Awards 2012

The final nomination list for the Sir Julius Vogel Awards for 2012 is now available

SciFi N Synths

A new “SciFi N Synths” show on Wellington Access Radio 783AM. This time featuring RETROSPECTIVES on RED DWARF and ROBOCOP. The podcast download can be obtained directly from here.

SciFi N Synths is described as Science Fiction with synthesized music from Wellington; the perfect equation for fantastic fantasies. Join Craig to explore Sci Fi; anything of the lasers, little green men, magic wand and spookernatural ilk.

Book Launch Events for “Burnt Ice”

There are two Wellington book launches planned for “Burnt Ice” by New Zealand author Steve Wheeler.

1  Saturday, 14 April noon until 2pm at the Weta Cave, 1 Weka St Miramar

2  Tuesday, 1 May at 7pm at Whitcoulls Lambton Quay.

To find out more about “Burnt Ice”, why not take a look at the SFFANZ review of it over here. Or read this article about Steve on Stuff.

Some Notes
- Yes we do know there are two Whitcoulls on Lambton Quay. [EDIT] We checked, it is the one that used to be Borders.
- There may be some other events around the country for “Burnt Ice”, we will update those as we find out more.
- Can’t make the events above? Why not attend unCONventional. Steve will be there and you can have a chance to hear him read his work and do signings.

Phoenix SF Society – April Calendar

Phoenix is a Wellington based SF/F/H club catering to fans of all fandom persuasions. The main meetings are held monthly on the second Wednesday of the month. Other regular events also happen during the month.

• Main Meeting – 11th Apr, 7.30pm – Topic: “Weta : Behind the scenes. ” Venue: Turnbull House, Bowen St, Wellington
• Video – 13th Apr, 7.30pm – Lindenvale
• Writers – 21st Apr, Writers support group – Miramar
• Biblio – 16th Apr, 5.30pm – Discussion group for readers – D4, Featherston Street
• Board Gaming – 21st Apr, 6.30pm – Newlands
• PIG – 28th Apr, 7.30pm – Regular monthly social gathering – Kelson

Note that some events are held at the homes of Phoenix members. For privacy reasons, these are not shown in full here. If you wish to attend these events or simply find out more about Phoenix, please email enquiries@phoenix.sf.org.nz.

FFANZ Race now on

The ballot for the 2012 FFANZ race is now available so you can vote to send an Aussie fan to unCONventional. Find all the details on the PDF ballot form here.