'Boy' wins award at Wellington film festival

A film by Auckland University of Technology lecturer Welby Ings has been saluted at the Drifting Clouds Short Film Festival in Wellington.


The festival awarded Boy the John O'Shea Best New Zealand Film Award, Best Art Direction and Best Director [Welby Ings] and Best Editing [Bella Erikson].


Ings, an associate professor at AUT's School of Art & Design, says the film came out of his PhD research into narrative structures and storytelling in music video and TV commercials.

Boy is the story of a young male prostitute in a small New Zealand town who discovers the truth behind a fatal hit-and-run accident.


The Drifting Clouds Film Festival awards also follows the film's short-listing for the 2006 Oscars and official selection for more than 40 international film festivals including Montreal, New York and St Petersburg.