Two of Auckland's independent film-makers are auctioning off a $175 season ticket to their monthly gay film screenings to raise money for Christchurch earthquake relief. Christopher Banks and Andy Jalfon of charitable film-making trust Number 8 Films say they saw the popularity of their monthly screenings of glbt-themed movies as "an opportunity to make a small contribution to the massive efforts underway to rebuild the shattered city." “We have family, friends and colleagues in Christchurch, and with New Zealand being such a small country, everyone has been touched by this disaster in some way,” says Christopher Banks. “We’re a small operation at Number 8 Films but we wanted to find some way as an organization of contributing to fundraising efforts at this difficult time.” The monthly gay film nights are held at Galatos just off Karangahape Road. They are sponsored by a number of community organizations and businesses, including the GABA Charitable Trust, Get It On!, Urge Bar, Caluzzi, Lateshift and gay media partners GayNZ.com and Express newspaper. “The season ticket is valued at $175, but we’re hoping people will pitch in a bit more on the auction as 100% of the proceeds we receive from it will be going to the Red Cross,” says Andy Jalfon. The Trade Me auction closes at 8pm on Monday March 21. You can discuss this New Zealand glbt community news story in the GayNZ.com Forum.
Credit: GayNZ.com Daily news Staff
First published: Saturday, 12th March 2011 - 2:01pm