Andy Boreham Gay Wellington identity Andy Boreham has won a grant of more than $6,000 to make a short film about the real life of drag artists. He is one of five recipients of the BBC Knowledge New Zealand Young Producer Shorts, which are a joint initiative between BBC Knowledge and New Zealand’s Screen Production and Development Association. The five films will premiere on BBC Knowledge on Sky TV later this year. Boreham’s film Beneath the Wig promises to "strip back the glittery façade of drag to reveal some of the real and raw stories of men who sometimes wear dresses". Boreham is one half of the gay Wellington news and gossip site Aaronandandy.com and chair of Out Wellington Inc, which runs the popular gay fair day Out in the Square. He is also an event organiser who has recently organised the Bathhouse Discos, plus a filmmaker who won second place in the Ourtrate Online Film Festival with his flick Lost and Found in Bangkok in 2010. “It's always awesome to get the opportunity to tell people's stories, especially when you have a guaranteed audience for the final product,” Boreham tells GayNZ.com Daily News. “I'm super excited about putting something together for BBC Knowledge and can't wait to get to work!” Now in its second year, the New Zealand Young Producer Shorts invites local producers under 30 to submit film concepts telling New Zealand stories that reflect the spirit of the BBC Knowledge channel – intelligent, informative, innovative and sometimes irreverent. The judging panel, consisting of representatives from the NZ production sector, SPADA, SKY and BBC Worldwide, said the entries were of a remarkably high calibre this year covering an ambitious and diverse range of subjects. There was a significant increase in the volume of entries this year and it will be a great pleasure to see the final five evolve,” says BBC Knowledge spokeswoman Deirdre Brennan. “I look forward to seeing them on the channel later this year.”
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First published: Tuesday, 1st May 2012 - 4:49pm