The Vision Feast Team - From Left - Jonathan, Allan, Aleks and Daisy
Here at The Vision Feast our ethos is curating a film festival, by film makers for film makers.
Visual story telling is our art so it’s only fitting to showcase your work as visually as possible. Originally starting out as a music video festival, The Vision Feast has expanded into new genres since its inaugural year in 2015. Our team works in the film industry, so we bring that energy, and each year we strive to refine, learn, and make this festival unique.
We aim to elevate New Zealand content and their creators, as well as showcase the best from around the world, including mediums that don’t fit into traditional film festivals. We thank all filmmakers that participate with us; Creatives like you lay the foundations and inspiration for future generations of story tellers. We want to recognize the stunning content which you have put your time, passion and of course, visionary madness into.
Keep up the amazing work, and I hope to screen your work at the cinema in 2023.
Aleksander Sakowski - Festival Founder and Director
“Having worked in various mediums of the motion picture industry, Aleksander has an extensive overview of many film departments and the effort that goes into the collaborative art of cinema. In addition to running his own studio, Aleksander has worked on major motion pictures, TV series, and is currently active in the New Zealand animation industry.
Aleksander approaches each project as a chance to research and develop ever evolving concepts. To push the limits of perceptive illusion, using all digital and traditional spectrums. His looking glass focuses on spaces in time that often go unnoticed, it finds beauty within beasts, and projects our entropic virtual flux. Aleksander collaborates with many talented artists across many mediums, resonating a new generation of story telling.”
Daisy Thor-Poet - Assistant Festival Producer
"Involved in the Film Festival scene since 2011, Daisy has won numerous and diverse filmmaking awards for her Shorts all around the globe; including in New York, Paris, Vietnam, Singapore and New Zealand. Since graduating with a Bachelor of Screen Arts Degree in 2018, Daisy has worked on production with companies such as Netflix and has experienced working in many different roles within a film crew.
Daisy is now the Creative Director of Tinted Productions, and focuses on Producing and Directing documentary films that have an impact.
She aims to give a voice especially to female filmmakers and minorities within the industry, and to continue bringing to life through screen, stories that are unusual, unexpected and previously untold."
Allan George - Screenplay Director
Allan George (Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairoa) is an Auckland based writer/director/filmmaker, who has previously been a 5 time Tropfest New Zealand finalist, won the Academy Award-Accredited LA Shorts Fest 'Best Screenplay' award and has been a finalist in some of the world's most prestigious screenwriting competitions, including: Screencraft, Hollywood Screenplay Contest, Canada International Film Festival, HollyShorts and more.
Allan is currently writing content ranging from commercials, web series through to feature films. He's passionate about telling indigenous stories and is developing multiple features that hero identity and diversity.
Vision Feast Alumni Crew
Jonathan Zsofi - Festival Producer
“Influenced by ancient culture and all films fantastical, Jonathan Zsofi is a NZ/ISL based film director that collaborates with international filmmakers daily. After his breakout film ‘Hadir and The Deep’ Jonathan began leading the Zsofi Pictures team whos films speak of a joie de vivre amidst dark and historical epochs such as ‘Te Makutu, The Curse’ and ‘Blood of Jerusalem’. Combining a background in Linguistics and Editing his multi-award winning films form a compelling oeuvre.
With 6 international film festivals on the go alongside developing multiple features Jonathan still supports grass roots filmmakers in multiple countries and aims to give a voice to indigenous voices. Alongside this, he has rich experience in film lecturing to film production tutoring; from co-leading the New Zealand film academy and the Kings Media School in Jerusalem to workshops in Canada on film production.”