New Zealand on Screen Uses Recycled Shipping Containers & Caravans to Show Off Kiwi Films

<a href="http://real.nzonscreen.com/" target="_blank">New Zealand on Screen</a> is a new project to showcase Kiwi film, TV and music videos right on shipping containers! The organization wanted to engage visitors using dynamic facilities that could enliven quiet spaces around the country, so with help from New Zealand based <a href="http://dnation.co.nz/storyboxproject/new_storybox/" target="_blank">Storybox</big></a>, they <a href="http://inhabitat.com/tag/shipping-containers">retrofitted the containers</a> and a caravan and turned them into interactive media rooms. Through October 23rd, New Zealand on Screen will show iconic Kiwi films, TV and music videos both inside and on the surface of the converted containers in Auckland and Wellington. A traveling <a href="http://inhabitat.com/sol-cinema-the-worlds-smallest-solar-powered-movie-theater/">caravan mini-cinema</a> will tour around the country to small towns that don't normally get to take part in film festivals.

Brightly painted with and decorated with classic film moments, the two sets of converted <a href="http://inhabitat.com/tag/shipping-containers">shipping container</a> lounges site on the wharfs in Auckland and Wellington.

Inside, visitors can learn about and watch classic films and TV or play around with a state-of-the-art interactive video wall.

There's also a ‘Scene Stealer’, an iPad app where visitors can take a photo of themselves, be inserted in a classic NZ film or TV scene, and then share the image via email, facebook and twitter.

Outside giant QR codes let passersby learn more about what's going on inside these exciting containers.

New Zealand on Screen pop up lounge on Te Papa Promenade in Wellington.

The Scene Stealer iPad app designed especially for the festival.

The interactive media wall.

Vintage decor and memorabilia line the walls of the lounge where visitors can learn more about film and tv.

Paul Ward, content curator of the New Zealand on Screen project tells us, "It's about creating intersections of offline and online environments to give the content more currency without having to build a museum or movie theatre."

A <a href="http://inhabitat.com/huttenpalast-salvaged-campers-find-a-new-home-in-a-funky-budget-berlin-hotel/">retrofitted caravan</a> is making its way around the South Island visiting 18 towns to have screenings.

This pop up cinema is an effective way to bring the festival to towns that rarely get to be involved in film and tv culture.

Inside the pop up cinema.

Exciting times in New Zealand right now with the <a href="http://inhabitat.com/rugby-world-cup-2011-how-new-zealand-is-making-it-the-greenest-tournament-yet/">World Rugby Cup</a>, film festivals, <a href="http://inhabitat.com/london%e2%80%99s-films-on-fridges-is-a-pop-up-cinema-literally-made-from-old-refrigerators/">pop up cinemas</a> and <a href="http://inhabitat.com/category/architecture/cargotecture">cargotecture</a>.