A FILM shot on location at Ngawi has been chosen to be shown at the Cannes Film Festival in France next month.
Peter Salmon's short film Fog will have its world premiere at the festival, in the 2007 International Critics' Week section.
Fog is the second New Zealand Film Commission (NZFC) short
film to be selected for a premiere at Cannes this year, along with Mark Albiston's Run, which has been selected to compete in the film festival.
International Critics Week is an independent section held in parallel to the Cannes Film Festival which focuses on discovering new talent.
NZFC short film sales and marketing manager Juliette Veber said they are "absolutely thrilled" to have another film selected, as Cannes is considered the most prestigious festival in the world.
"To have two local films premiere is fantastic recognition for our emerging film-making talent."
Thousands of new film-makers around the world submit their works for selection, but fewer than 20 are chosen across these short film programmes, Ms Veber said.
Written by Nick Mayow, directed by Peter Salmon and produced by Rachel Gardner, Fog is about a teenage boy who dreams of leaving the small fishing village where he lives but is prevented by his father's expectations. ? NZPA
