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Anzacs to fore in shared stories, memories

By LAURA VODANOVICH - FROM THE MTG
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20 Apr, 2018 10:00 PM3 mins to read

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The animated film, <i>25 April</i>, shares the personal accounts of six individuals and their war-time experience at Gallipoli.

The animated film, <i>25 April</i>, shares the personal accounts of six individuals and their war-time experience at Gallipoli.

Museums are a place for sharing memories and stories, and throughout every exhibition stories of people, place and time are shared in a variety of ways.

Our latest exhibitions are examples of this, with Nyree Dawn Porter sharing the story of Nyree's rise to stardom, while Steadfast Steamers provides an insight into shipping history in Hawke's Bay.

Film can be a particularly powerful way to share personal stories and the Survivors' Stories film accompanying the 1931 Hawke's Bay Earthquake exhibition brings this to life – enabling visitors to hear first-hand accounts from survivors.

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More film is on at MTG with the Children's Film Festival, Screenies, receiving really good comments from film-goers and we look forward to the festivals return next year.

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There's still an opportunity to experience some children's films, with today being the last day of the festival.

Films today are; Hairy Maclary 10 Favourite Stories, Best of the Fest, Kids Behind the Camera 2, and feature-length film At Eye Level.

Go on to the MTG website, Screenies website or ring MTG for more information. Door sales are available.

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If you haven't visited the Century Theatre recently there's another opportunity coming up with a special film to commemorate Anzac Day this year.

Anzac Day is an important day to acknowledge those who have sacrificed, remember history, and work to ensure we try not to repeat the past.

A day for sombre reflection, it is also a day to spend with, and appreciate, family and friends.

The film, simply titled 25 April, shares the personal accounts of six individuals and their Gallipoli experience.

Taken from letters, diaries and memoirs – a very personal sense of the emotions, experiences and feelings of these individuals is conveyed.

This film is deliberately not trying to tell the story of the war or Gallipoli but rather give a real sense of how it felt to be in the midst of this moment in time.

Using a graphic novel-like animation, the film lifts the story out of the usual black and white historic film footage into a more current feel – making the emotions and the story even more relatable.

Although animated, this film is rated M due to the war content. 25 April screens on Anzac Day at 10am, 1pm and 3pm, with entry by gold coin donation.

We hope many of you will come in to see the film and let others know it's on.

If you don't have time to sit through a feature-length film we are sharing stories in another way, with story reading in the Drop-in-Zone between 10am and 4pm on Anzac Day.

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Our wonderful volunteers will share a variety of books and stories with children and families.

We've been bustling with families for the first week of the school holidays and there's a great vibe throughout the building so we hope you take the opportunity to come in and experience all the stories we have on offer.

• Screenies, Children's International Film Festival, Century Theatre April 19-21, Tickets available from Ticketek and door sales on the day

• Anzac Day film 25 April, Century Theatre, 10am, 1pm and 3pm screenings. Rated M – war footage. Entry by gold coin.

• Drop-in-Zone, books and activities, including making sea monsters to add to the undersea backdrop – running throughout the school holidays.

• Laura Vodanovich is the director of the Museum Theatre Gallery (MTG) Hawke's Bay.

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