ANAT presented a series of 2 weekend workshops as part of the New Zealand Film Festival in August 2006. Workshops provided professional development for filmmakers looking to extend their work onto the mobile phone platform. Workshops were run in both Wellington and Auckland, with attendance open to filmmakers with works screening in the Festival. The workshops had full attendance, benefiting 30 NZ filmmakers, and extending and strengthening ANAT’s network and profile within New Zealand.

The ANAT NZ Film Festival workshops were sponsored by the NZ Film Festival and NZ Telecom, with support from MIC Auckland. Australian media artists Holly Owen and Sasha Grbich facilitated the workshops.