• Heart Eyes

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    Issue date: 4 Mar 2025

    Heart Eyes was filmed entirely in Auckland, New Zealand, with a production split of 35% in a studio setting (Mt Wellington warehouse) and 65% on location throughout Auckland CBD and greater Auckland, extending as far as Matakana. Auckland is an ideal...

  • Wolf Man

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    Issue date: 25 Feb 2025

    100% shot in New Zealand Supported by the New Zealand Screen Production Rebate 650 prosthetics used New Zealand stood in for downtown San Francisco and rural Oregon...

  • KIWI FILM TINĀ OPENS OVER $1M, STRIKING A COLLECTIVE CHORD ACROSS AOTEAROA

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    Issue date: 10 Mar 2025

    New Zealand’s latest cinematic success, Tinā (Tih-NAH), has taken the country by storm, surpassing $1 million in its opening weekend. The film is currently No. 1 on the box office charts, earning $1,324,529 to date with nearly 84,000 ticket sales. Tinā...

  • Project Fiftyone

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  • Maunga Cassino

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  • Uproar

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  • Ka Whawhai Tonu

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  • The Mountain

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  • Taki Rua Theatre - Breaking Barriers

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  • We Were Dangerous

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  • Red, White & Brass

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  • The Convert

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    New Zealand in the 1830s is a Māori world, dominated by tribal wars. Seeking redemption from a dark past, lay preacher Thomas Munro (GUY PEARCE) is on board a trading vessel heading to the newly established town of Epworth, a British settlement at the...

  • First Horse

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  • The Rule of Jenny Pen

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  • Tinā

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  • Kōkā

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  • The Moon is Upside Down

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  • Grafted

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  • Global Engagement Strengthens New Zealand’s Screen Industry

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    Issue date: 12 Feb 2025

    Over the past year, the New Zealand Film Commission (NZFC) has undertaken a targeted programme of international engagement, ensuring New Zealand’s filmmakers and screen industry remain globally competitive. By maintaining a strong presence in key...

  • Joint statement from NZ On Air and NZ Film Commission on media reform consultation

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    Issue date: 12 Feb 2025

    12 February 2025 NZ On Air and the NZ Film Commission (NZFC) acknowledge the importance of ensuring public funding delivers the best possible outcomes for audiences and the wider sector. The Ministry for Culture and Heritage has today released a...

  • Why India is a Growth Market for the Kiwi Film Industry

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    Issue date: 10 Feb 2025

    India doesn’t just produce the most films of any country annually—it’s also one of the fastest-growing film industries, with a massive appetite for international partnerships, cutting-edge post-production, and fresh storytelling. Our Head of Co-...

  • Future releases

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      M3GAN2 Predator: Badlands Klara and the Sun Chief of War The Wrecking Crew Avatar: Fire and Ash East of Eden      

  • Went Up The Hill

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  • Wolf Man

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    Issue date: 16 Jan 2025

    Wolf Man is a 2025 American horror film directed by Leigh Whannell from a screenplay he co-wrote with Corbett Tuck. A reboot of The Wolf Man (1941), the film stars Christopher Abbott, Julia Garner,...

  • Heart Eyes

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    Issue date: 14 Feb 2025

    For the past several years, the “Heart Eyes Killer” has wreaked havoc on Valentine’s Day by stalking and murdering romantic couples. This Valentine’s Day, no couple is safe… Format  Film Production companies  Spyglass Media Group, Divide/...

  • ASH

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    Issue date: 12 Mar 2025

    On a distant planet, a woman wakes up to find the crew of her space station has been killed. She must decide if she can trust the man sent to rescue her. Format  Film Production companies  XYZ Films, GFC Films, IPR.VC Director Flying...

  • A Minecraft Movie

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    Issue date: 16 Apr 2025

    From Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures and starring Jason Momoa and Jack Black, “A Minecraft Movie,” directed by Jared Hess, is the first-ever big screen, live-action adaptation of Minecraft, the best-selling video game of all time. Format...

  • Spartacus: House of Ashur

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    Issue date: 16 Sep 2025

    The story is based on the assumption that Ashur did not die on Vesuvius in the denouement of the second season of the original fiction. Format  Series Production companies  DeKnight Productions, Starz Originals Created by Steven S....

  • Zombies 4: Dawn of the Vampires

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    Issue date: 15 Oct 2025

    Zombies 4: Dawn of the Vampires is an upcoming American science fiction musical film. It is the fourth installment in the Zombies series, and is a sequel to the 2022 film, Zombies 3. It is scheduled to be released on Disney...

  • Help, I'm Alien Pregnant

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  • NZFC Welcomes Two New Board Members

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    Issue date: 10 Jan 2025

    We are delighted to welcome Aimee McCammon and Jon Kroll to our Board. Their expertise and passion will undoubtedly bring valuable perspectives to our team, and we look forward to collaborating with them in the exciting work ahead. At the same time...

  • Ave Marie

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  • Beyond Goodbye

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    Issue date: 6 Nov 2024

    This is the story of a woman who loses her fiancé in an accident and the man whose life he saved — a beautiful yet heartbreaking romance about two people at the mercy of fate that begins with a bittersweet "goodbye." Saeko (Kasumi Arimura) loses the...

  • Lea Tupu'anga/Mother Tongue

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    Siaosi resents Katherine’s presence and is resistant to her speech therapy sessions. Anxious for progress, Katherine enlists her Tongan boyfriend Maka to translate. During this exchange, Katherine unwittingly offends Siaosi, who sternly tells them...

  • Rochelle

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  • Bookworm

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