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The New Zealand Film Commission is pleased to announce the successful applicants for the Women’s Horror Short Film Fund who will each receive a grant of $60,000 to make their films. This was a one-off initiative aimed at giving women filmmakers the...

My Year With Helen is the first film to sell out a session in the NZ International Film Festival. The film’s first Wellington session on July 30 at the Embassy Theatre sold out on the first day of ticket sales yesterday. There are still seats available...

Nic Gorman’s debut feature film, Human Traces, will screen at the Melbourne International Film Festival in August.  This will follow the film’s world premiere at the New Zealand International Film Festival in Christchurch on 4 August. Written and...

Congratulations to the winners of the sixth annual New Zealand’s Best Short Film competition. The winning shorts were announced on stage at the Civic Theatre in Auckland on Saturday night. The Madman Entertainment Jury Prize for the Best New Zealand...

The New Zealand Film Commission (NZFC) is pleased to release its Statement of Intent (SOI) outlining the organisation’s strategic objectives for the period 2017-2021 and its Statement of Performance Expectations (SPE) which reflects the organisation’s...

Waru has been selected to open the 2017 imagineNATIVE Film and Media Arts Festival, the world’s largest presenter of indigenous screen content. Waru, produced by Kerry Warkia and Kiel McNaughton, is an anthology feature film made up of eight 10-...

The NZFC has scholarships available to attend the Big Screen Symposium in Auckland on 30 September and 1 October. Each scholarship will include a ticket to the two-day event and if you live outside the Auckland region, a travel grant of up to $250 is...

Kia hiwa rā! Kia hiwa rā! Kia tū, kia oho, kia mataara ki a tātou te hunga waihanga kiriata Māori. Nau mai, piki mai ki tā tātou hui kōkiri i ngā kaupapa here Māori a Te Tumu Whakaata Taonga. Last month Te Tumu Whakaata Taonga the New Zealand Film...

Tusi Tamasese’s One Thousand Ropes is New Zealand’s submission for the best foreign language category of the 90th Academy Awards. Each year the Academy invites countries to select and submit their best foreign language film for consideration. ...

At last weekend’s Big Screen Symposium held in Auckland, Dave Gibson gave his final address to the industry as NZFC CEO. In his speech, he announced the organisation’s gender policy would add new objectives to help progress the careers of...

Change and Challenge. New Zealand Film Commission CEO, Dave Gibson, talks about recent changes in the film business and suggests some challenges for the future. The following is a transcript of Dave Gibson's speech given on Saturday, 30 September 2017...

Kerry Prendergast, New Zealand Film Commission (NZFC) Chair, is pleased to announce Annabelle Sheehan as the next Chief Executive of the NZFC. Sheehan replaces Dave Gibson, who will depart the role in early January 2018. Making the announcement, Ms...

The Short Film International Festival Fund provides financial assistance towards the travel costs for the makers of short films invited to significant film festivals.  There is also some funding available to cover post production costs where that...

The Pause Clause is an opportunity for filmmakers to get meaningful feedback on their film before committing to a final edit. This is an important part of the production schedule. The three-week pause needs to be planned, budgeted for and scheduled...

The Film Commission encourages an increased level of private investment being made available to New Zealand productions.  This information sheet outlines the private investment terms that the Film Commission views as acceptable.

How do you write a script for a short film? Here are some tips from successful filmmakers about writing a short film.

Read the Israel-New Zealand Film Co-production Agreement here.

A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was signed yesterday between the New Zealand Film Commission (NZFC) and the Regional Film Offices of New Zealand (RFONZ), the organisation representing regional film office members. The MOU outlines key commitments...

The New Zealand Production Fund Trust is pleased to announce that the Trust has been repurposed to become Te Puna Ataata, the New Zealand Film Heritage Trust. Filmmakers can appoint the charitable trust to act as guardian of their films, ensuring they...

The Interactive Development Fund, a Film Commission grant designed to facilitate the development of Virtual Reality (VR), Augmented Reality (AR) and gaming projects, is now open. The deadline for applications is 16 March 2018. The funding will be made...

The New Zealand Film Commission (NZFC) is pleased to announce the appointment of Chris Moll in the new role of Investment Executive. The formerly UK-based Moll is a BAFTA award winning producer and highly regarded senior film executive with over three...

We are committed to ensuring the voices and perspectives of women are seen and heard through film. We have recently updated the information we collect and publish relating to women in the industry and one of the key highlights is that 62% of people...

Daffodils, a soon-to-be produced New Zealand musical feature film won the annual Vista Film Marketing competition. The prize, which was awarded at the final session of the Vista marketing programme, contributes $75,000 to the film’s marketing budget...

The New Zealand Film Commission’s Annual Report 2016/17 was tabled in Parliament on Thursday. Releasing the report, Film Commission Chair Kerry Prendergast said, “We are farewelling Dave Gibson at the end of the calendar year, and this annual report...

This is the New Zealand Film Commission's Annual Report for 2015/16.

The New Zealand Film Commission (NZFC) today released key economic highlights which reinforce the screen industry’s value to the New Zealand economy. Economic modeling undertaken by the New Zealand Institute of Economic Research (NZIER), based on the...

Following a general election or change of Minister, as a Crown Angency, we provide Briefings to Incoming Ministers (BIMs) to introduce the work of the New Zealand Film Commission and summarise key areas of interest in relation to the industry and policy...

The is the New Zealand Film Commission's Briefing to Incoming Ministers from November 2017

This is the New Zealand Film Commission's Annual Report for 2014/15.

This is the New Zealand Film Commission's Annual Report for 2013/14.

This is the New Zealand Film Commission's Annual Report for 2012/13.

This is the New Zealand Film Commission's Annual Report for 2011/12.

This is the New Zealand Film Commission's Annual Report for 2010/11.

This is the New Zealand Film Commission's Annual Report for 2009/10.

This is the New Zealand Film Commission's Annual Report for 2008/09.

This is the New Zealand Film Commission's Annual Report for 2007/08.