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The Star follow us on facebook.com/riseupchristchurch Thursday January 26 2017 41 Theatre/Arts Filmmaker to capture Olympic history • By Georgia O’Connor-Harding ZAHRA LARI could become the first figure skater to represent the United Arab Emirates at the Winter Olympics. And a filmmaker who grew up in Merivale is determined to capture the skater make history at next year’s event in South Korea. From the moment filmmaker Niamh Peren (left), 27, stumbled across a lowquality video of the Muslim figure skater on YouTube, she instantly wanted to know more. “We became like pen pals for a little bit and I was like this is too good of a story. She is on the cusp of doing something really big,” Peren said. The filmmaker secured a week in February to travel to Abu Dhabi to create a documentary about the inspiring skater in her homeland. “I think it is a really beautiful and cinematic notion, an ice skater that comes from the desert. Like it is quite a brave sport to choose . . . the chill of the ice and the heat of the desert is just worlds apart,” she said. Peren, who attended St Margaret’s College, will travel over with a small film crew, including • By Georgia O’Connor-Harding OLIVER DAVIDSON was going to study to become a surveyor at Otago University. But after achieving three major feats in the performing arts realm, the former St Bede’s College student has decided to take a risk. Davidson, of Papanui, will study a Bachelor of Performing Arts at Otago University after winning a $16,000 scholarship. But, not only has he had his tertiary fees covered, he was recently accepted to attend an intensive singing school in Napier earlier this month, and has been chosen to represent the country at the world championships of performing arts in Los Angeles in June. About 300 people auditioned for a place in Napier’s IFAC Handa NZ Singing School and Davidson was one of 73 chosen to attend. But, while the 11-day course focuses on helping students to accelerate their skills in singing, Davidson said what he enjoyed most was being around likeminded people. He said his junior years at St Bede’s were a struggle with some of his fellow classmates finding dancing a “weird thing.” But he said as everyone grew London-based cinema photographer Jeremy Valender. Valender, who has shot a range of work for Burberry, Adidas, Google and Louis Vuitton, is one of the big names Peren has built up in her contact list during her film career. Peren has worked with filmmakers Jane Campion, Garth Davis and Jonathan Glazer. The film crew plans to “get to know” Lari and her home life by capturing places such as the rink she trains in, and the desert she drives past on the way to training each day. “Hopefully, she gets into the Olympics, which will be the biggest thing ever and we will go to South Korea and watch her shred it,” Peren said. Peren’s career took off when she first acted in the film Blue, which won an award in the Cannes critics’ week section of the Cannes Film Festival, when she was 17. She then started her own video-making while studying at the Elam School of Fine Arts in Auckland. Recently, Peren was signed to Blink Productions in London, which specialises in commercial and music video production, and she has since been travelling for her filmmaking. Peren and her crew need to raise at least $10,000 to under up they began to see dancing as “cool” instead. “I think towards the end of my high schooling, it was quite good. There wasn’t many people like me, it made me stand out so I wasn’t just part of the norm,” he said. Having started in dance at the Patricia Paul School of Dance and Southern Ballet Theatre, his involvement in the arts began to go up a gear when he performed in all three productions produced by Showbiz Christchurch last year. Now, encouraged by his No 1 supporter, his mum, Davidson will have a crack at a career in arts. “Some people were like you are so stupid going down to Dunedin to do surveying, why are you wasting your talent?” he said. He is now hoping for the best outcome for his career from his upcoming competition at the world championships. The competition, known as the official ‘talent Olympics’ is renowned for giving scholarships to schools, such as the New York Film Academy and the New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts. But for now, Davidson is most excited about having the chance to “start over again” in Dunedin. BEHIND THE LENS: Niamh Peren, who grew up in Merivale, wants to make a documentary about United Arab Emirates ice skater Zahra Lari. take the project and have so far raised about $2540 using Givealittle. She will be supported by two film companies. She said people who make donations will have their name presented in the end credits of the film. “I think it is such an important, huge and beautiful story. Seriously, in today’s climate, if we look at the women’s march, it is really important to be telling female stories,” she said. To support the film, go to https://givealittle.co.nz/project/ niamhperen-documentary Scholarship helps actor towards career in the arts TALENT: Oliver Davidson has decided to take a risk and pursue a performing arts career. He performed in Showbiz Christchurch’s production of Evita last year. PHOTO: DANIELLE COLVIN
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