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Rotterdam has become a crucial festival for bold international cinema. An annual festival of indie and innovative films from around the world, Rotterdam also includes the CineMart co-production market for new work. New Zealand films at Rotterdam New...

The Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale) is one of the world’s top film festivals. It takes place every February and is home to a wide range of film screenings and industry events. What is shown? Up to 400 films are shown each year. Most of...

Sundance is one of the world's most significant and important festivals for independent films.  The festival is universally recognised as a leading showcase for emerging directors, and a key  launch-pad for indie film from the U.S...

Founded in 1932, the Venice Film Festival is the world's oldest film festival.   The festival is widely considered to be a showcase for international auteur cinema and is among the top five in the world in terms of prestige and as an industry event...

The Toronto International Film Festival is a key festival for launching independent productions.  The festival (or TIFF) is often referred to as a test event for American and European independent productions, providing good opportunities for...

Are you studying a New Zealand film at school? We have created school study guides for some films we have funded. These study guides can be used in conjunction with NCEA requirements.

This is the Film Commission's Statement of Performance Expectations for the year ending June 30 2024.

DIRECTOR'S NOTES - Costa Botes "I originally conceived this idea around 1990 and sketched out most of the main sequences and narrative threads. About a year later, I mentioned it to Peter Jackson, and he was keen to get involved. Together...

The reappearance of Charlie Davies, an old friend and recently returned serviceman, marks a turning point. They marry and he devotes himself to her recovery. Reunited with Penny they become a family and set out to share in the new life promised after the...

The Feature Film Finishing Grant helps independent filmmakers to finish their fims so they are ready to be seen by cinema audiences. Read these helpful guidelines before applying for a Feature Film Finishing Grant. 

Use this template to declare non-arm's length expenditure in New Zealand Screen Production Rebate applications.

This document provides an example of the General Ledger requirement for New Zealand Screen Production Rebate applications.

Use this template to log cast & crew travel for your NZSPR Final (or Interim) application.

Promotional materials are required with all Final applications for the New Zealand Screen Production Rebate.

Download the current NZSPG-International Criteria here (Updated 2019).

Use this Expenditure Statement Template for the New Zealand Screen Production Rebate for International Productions.

From the director of Crush. Director's Statement "The story came to me in much the same way as events unfold for the woman in the film.  I could see this hair sticking out of the plughole and on closer inspection, the story began to...

Expenditure Statements are required with all New Zealand Screen Production Rebate applications.

Download the New Zealand Screen Production Grant Criteria for New Zealand Productions dated 1 July 1 2017:

Matt is your typical angst ridden fourteen-year-old boy. It’s just his Mum, Jo, and little brother Artie in the house after their Dad died, so Matt is often called the man of the house. Matt sets off when he learns of Jo’s plans to sell...

A snapshot of life on a remote, picturesque island in the south Pacific through the eyes of a young Polynesian girl. As she ventures out on her daily routine she encounters the familiar faces of her family and the small community that she loves. Like her...

Seven-year-old David is sick of being left behind. He convinces his lumberjack Father into taking him into the rugged bush of New Zealand, but his eleven-year-old brother Nathan, doesn’t think David’s up to the challenge. That night in the...

Director’s Notes - Christopher Clark “My grandfathers served in New Zealand’s armed forces for the duration of World War Two. Returning to their families as changed men, their selfless duty and subsequent lives as ‘ordinary...

Every culture has its stories and its heroes. In recent years Māori culture has also had its share of anti-heroes on the big screen and none more so than Jake the mus in Once Were Warriors. Whilst this film reflected the very real pressures on Māori...

The Dead Lands is the fourth feature by acclaimed New Zealand director Toa Fraser (Dean Spanley, No. 2, Giselle) and is based on a script by Glenn Standring (Perfect Creature, The Irrefutable Truth About Demons). It was produced by Matthew Metcalfe (Dean...

NZFC Response to 2023/2024 Letter of Expectations.

Minister's Letter of Expectations 2023/24.

Merata Mita’s documentary captures the mass civil disobedience that took place during the winter of 1981.

Now isolated by lack of numbers, time and distance, the remaining survivors form a tight-knit community which outsiders find impenetrable. Rewi's deceit forces him to become part of that community and his life is inextricably interwoven with those...

Punch is a contemporary film about love, loyalty and liberation. Jim is a seventeen-year old boxer in a small town. He is a golden boy, preparing for a fight that will elevate him to an early professional status. All bets are on his climb to success. But...