New Zealand Film Commission News

Seven films have been offered funding in the November Fresh Shorts round, three at the $10,000 level, and four at the $30,000.

It’s good news for the screen industry according to Statistics New Zealand’s annual Screen Industry Survey.

The NZFC and the New Zealand screen industry are shocked and saddened to hear that comedian, writer and performer John Clarke has passed away.

The New Zealand Writers Guild (NZWG) and the New Zealand Film Commission (NZFC) are excited to announce an additional pathway for New Zealand writers under the highly successful NZWG Seed programme for new creative projects.

Christchurch will host the New Zealand premiere of Pecking Order as part of NZIFF’s Autumn Events film screenings in May.

Jackie van Beek and Madeleine Sami’s comedy feature film, The Breaker Upperers has today begun principal photography in Auckland.

Gary of the Pacific will have its international premiere this week in the Hawaii International Film Festival’s Spring Showcase.

Paramount Pictures and DreamWorks Pictures Ghost in the Shell has premiered in New York, showcasing another side of New Zealand’s world renowned screen industry: urban Wellington. 

With great sadness the NZFC and the New Zealand screen industry bids farewell to director and producer Nigel Hutchinson.

Three New Zealand films will screen at Hot Docs, North America’s largest documentary film festival.

In the lead-up to Paramount Pictures and DreamWorks Pictures’ Ghost in the Shell U.S.

In the lead-up to Paramount Pictures and DreamWorks Pictures’ Ghost in the Shell U.S.

Paramount Pictures and DreamWorks Pictures Ghost in the Shell has premiered in New York, showcasing another side of New Zealand’s world renowned screen industry: urban Wellington. 

Los Angeles, March 13, 2017 – Toa Fraser’s thriller 6 Days, starring Jamie Bell, Abbie Cornish, and Mark Strong, has been acquired by Vertical Entertainment for North American rights with a target U.S.

Two new publications by the New Zealand Film Commission (NZFC) show 2016 was a phenomenal year for New Zealand films.

AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND (Friday 3 March, 2017) – New Zealand Film Commission (NZFC), Auckland Tourism, Events and Economic Development (ATEED), Warner Bros.

The international bestseller (over 3 million copies sold worldwide) Capital in the 21st Century written by Thomas Piketty, (Editions du Seuil) will be given a big screen adaptation as Matthew Metcalfe of General Film

Principal photography begins in Auckland this week for family feature film, Kiwi Christmas, directed by Tony Simpson. It marks the next chapter for the creative team behind 2012’s family comedy, Kiwi Flyer.

The incredible larger than life story of former World Motorcycle Champion, Wayne Gardner will be given the big screen treatment as Matthew Metcalfe of General Film Corporation and Fraser Brown of FB Pictures announced today the feature documentary

Our congratulations go to Taika Waititi on being named New Zealander of the Year.

The Hunt for the Wilderpeople director was awarded in recognition of his role in taking New Zealand cinema to the world.

First time feature film writer/director Dorthe Scheffmann begins shooting Vermilion in Ponsonby and Central Auckland today.

Our congratulations go to John Gilbert for winning the 2017 British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) award for Best Editing.

The distinctly Kiwi world of competitive poultry pageantry (yep, you read that right!) will get the big screen treatment this year when the feature-length feel-good flockumentary Pecking Order hatches in cinemas nationwide mid-2017.

The first reviews of Tusi Tamasese's One Thousand Ropes which premiered at the Berlin Film Festival have been positive.

A new documentary from accomplished and much-awarded filmmaker, Annie Goldson (Brother Number One, An Island Calling) will have its World Premiere at the South by Southwest Film Festival.  Kim Dotcom: Caught in the Web details the

Three New Zealand films will premiere at the 2017 Berlin Film Festival (Berlinale).  Tusi Tamasese’s One Thousand Ropes and Jackie van Beek’s The Inland Road will have world premieres at the festival, and Tearepa Kahi’s P

Audiences will get their first look at the hilarious new comedy from thedownlowconcept (7 Days, Hounds) today with the release of the trailer for their debut feature film Gary of the Pacific.

The Blondini Gang hit the road as they "Take Their Bloody Cars to Invercargill"

Two new members have been appointed to the New Zealand Film Commission Board, Arts, Culture and Heritage Minister Maggie Barry has announced.