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New Zealand’s film crews should be taking a bow for the role they have played in helping two international movies make the prestigious Sundance Festival.Slow West will screen alongside 11 films from emerging filmmaking talents around the world and...

To celebrate the third and final film in The Hobbit Trilogy, Tourism New Zealand is transporting a slice of Middle-earth to London in the form of a life-sized Hobbit hole sitting inside London’s luxurious Claridge’s hotel.Up to 200...

Today The Walt Disney Studios announced that it will shoot the upcoming live-action film Pete’s Dragon in New Zealand, with production anticipated to begin in early 2015.The production will be based at Stone Street Studios Wellington and filming...

Libertine Pictures and writer Neil Cross have teamed up with leading international TV producer Carnival Films to develop a major new crime series set in Rotorua. Libertine will develop the contemporary drama series with Carnival, producer of...

The New Zealand Film Commission and Film New Zealand are delighted to announce the upcoming Power Rangers series, Power Rangers Dino Charge, will be returning to shoot in Auckland later this year, and for the first time will be featuring a...

DreamWorks Studios’ The Light Between Oceans will begin filming in New Zealand and Australia next month.Starring Oscar nominee Michael Fassbender, Alicia Vikander, and Oscar winner Rachel Weisz, the film will be directed by Derek Cianfrance, who...

Economic Development Minister Steven Joyce and Arts, Culture and Heritage Minister Christopher Finlayson today announced the formation of the Screen Advisory Board.The Screen Advisory Board, announced by the Government in December 2013, will help the New...

Entertainment lawyer John McCay is about to take up the reins as the new chair of Film New Zealand’s board of directors from 1 July.A partner in law firm Minter Ellison Rudd Watts, Mr McCay is a specialist in corporate, commercial and entertainment...

The New Zealand Film Commission, NZ On Air and Film New Zealand are pleased to announce they will be working even more closely together in the interests of the New Zealand screen sector.While the agencies already collaborate on a number of projects, this...

One of the creative forces behind successful television sitcoms Two and a Half Men and The Big Bang Theory will soon be winging his way to New Zealand.Film New Zealand has announced that Lee Aronsohn, the eminent US screen writer,...

The annual statistics New Zealand survey has been released for the year to March 2013. Figures show total screen industry revenue remained above $3 billion, although it decreased by 4 per cent compared with record highs in 2012. For more information and...

The introduction of New Zealand’s new screen production incentives was promoted in Los Angeles at a function hosted by Film New Zealand.A Celebration of New Zealand Screen drew more than 120 film and television industry people, including a...

Film New Zealand and the New Zealand Film Commission welcome the New Zealand Screen Production Grant, which comes into effect today.The Government announced changes to the structure and level of support for screen incentives in December last year.The new...

Film New Zealand is delighted to announce Z for Zachariah, a film being produced by Hollywood star Tobey Maguire, and his production company Material Pictures along with Palomar Pictures and Zik Zak Filmworks, is being filmed in New Zealand.The...

The Government today announced it has signed a memorandum of understanding with Lightstorm Entertainment and Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation that will see the next three Avatar films made in New Zealand.The announcement was made by Prime Minister...

American film crews visited New Zealand and rubbed shoulders with their Kiwi counterparts without even having to leave home when they were guests at a special event at “The Book of New Zealand,” hosted by Film New Zealand. The enormous...

Film New Zealand has just been awarded first prize for its marketing stand at an international screen industry tradeshow in South Korea.Film New Zealand, New Zealand’s national film office, operates its stand in collaboration with New Zealand Trade...

Film New Zealand is enhancing the in-house expertise and services it offers to the international screen industry through the appointment of a new Director of Business Development and Enquiries. Chief Executive Gisella Carr says she is delighted to...

FRESH SHORTS 2014 Applications for the next round of Fresh Shorts open on Monday 12 May 2014, with the deadline on Friday 27 June 2014. For more information on this funding scheme, head to the Fresh Shorts page. SHOW ME SHORTS 2013 WINNERS...

Animals, astronomy, mate-ship, ice, religion and love are just some of the subjects explored in this year’s New Zealand International Film Festival selection of New Zealand films. Announced so far are 16 features and 28 shorts by New Zealand...

The NZFC is pleased to announce a new collaboration with NZ On Air to support short documentaries. Both agencies are investing in an initiative called LOADINGDOCS developed by Notable Pictures (producers Julia Parnell and Anna Jackson).  It will...

Congratulations to filmmaking team Traces of Nut, whose short film The Sleeping Plot has been named the 2013 48HOURS Grand National Champion. The film, which also took out the prize for Best Cinematography, Best Director and the Wellington regional...

Jane Campion's New Zealand-filmed mini-series Top of the Lake has won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Cinematography for a Miniseries or Movie. The series received an impressive eight nominations in the 2013 Primetime Emmy Awards, including the major...

The New Zealand Film Commission Chief Executive Graeme Mason will leave Wellington at the end of October to take up his new role at Australia's television and film funding body. Graeme joined the NZFC in 2009 following an international career with...

New Zealand short film Cold Snap has been selected to screen in the 2013 Venice Film Festival. Founded in 1932, the Venice Film Festival is the world's oldest film festival and is widely regarded as one of the most prestigious in terms of showcasing...

Congratulations to New Zealand producer Tim Sanders, who has won a slot to attend the prestigious London Production Finance Market in October. Three places in the PFM are awarded each year for producers attending the Melbourne International Film Festival...

The New Zealand Film Commission welcomes the Government’s renewed support of the screen sector following the release of its Screen Sector Review today. The review has retained both the Large Budget Screen Production Grant and Screen Production Incentive...

We are pleased to announce the shortlist for Fresh Shorts 2013. The level of competition for funding remains high with 235 applications across both funding levels. The 16 funded films will be decided by a panel consisting of Tina Cleary, Daniel Joseph...

Low-budget feature film Fantail is proving a success both at the New Zealand International Film Festival and across the Tasman, screening in the MIFF 37 Degrees South Market's Breakthru Screenings programme and receiving critical praise following its...

Congratulations to the team behind Fresh Short Friday Tigers (Ngā Taika o te Rāmere), which took out both the major prizes in the second annual New Zealand's Best Short Film competition. Announced at the closing night of the New Zealand...

Congratulations to all the finalists and winners of the Script Writer Awards NZ 2013 (SWANZ).  The winners of each category are highlighted in bold text below. Best TV Comedy Episode Agent Anna, Episode 2 - Maxine Fleming and Vanessa AlexanderSunny...

The NZFC is pleased to support Libertine Pictures through our business development scheme. The business development scheme is a three year programme commencing in 2013/14 to help new and existing screen sector businesses grow to the next stage. More...

Seventeen year old New Zealander Natasha Bishop, the youngest filmmaker ever to have a film selected for the Japan Wildlife Film Festival (JWFF), is celebrating today after winning two awards at the festival. Her short film Arboraceous won...

We congratulate New Zealand filmmaker Yamin Tun, who will be attending this year's Student Symposium at the 40th Telluride Film Festival (TFF) in Colorado. Sponsored by Film Finances Inc., the Symposium gives up-and-coming filmmakers the opportunity to...

We are pleased to announce the recipients of Te Whai Ao 2013.  Te Whai Ao is a documentary development fund for emerging or experimental documentary makers. Through this fund we aimed to support documentary filmmakers to explore one-off documentary...

We seek training and professional development opportunities that progress careers and help to grow our overall industry.  We are pleased to be able to support individual filmmakers as well as work alongside industry organisations to provide...