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Terminator: Dark Fate
ShowcaseIssue date: 23 Oct 2019In Mexico City, a newly modified liquid Terminator -- the Rev-9 model -- arrives from the future to kill a young factory worker named Dani Ramos. Also sent back in time is Grace, a hybrid cyborg human who must protect Ramos from the seemingly...
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Guns Akimbo
ShowcaseIssue date: 17 Sep 2019At a time when millions of people around the world are streaming e-sports content every day, it's not hard to imagine a possible future with the blood-sport insanity of Jason Lei Howden's Guns Akimbo. Videogame developer Miles (Daniel Radcliffe) is...
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The Letter for the King
ShowcaseIssue date: 20 Mar 2020image credit: Nicola Dove/Netflix When a ruthless prince threatens to cast the world into darkness, a young knight in training named Tiuri (Amir Wilson) embarks on an epic quest to deliver a secret letter to the king. Along the way, he...
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The New Legends of Monkey Season 2
ShowcaseIssue date: 7 Aug 2020Monkey, Tripitaka, Sandy and Pigsy escape Jade Mountain with the first of the sacred scrolls - The Scroll of Immortality. The next step on their quest is to seek the Scroll of Knowledge from the Infinite Archive. After that, there are five more...
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They Shall Not Grow Old
ShowcaseIssue date: 21 Jul 2020The Post, Digital and Visual Effects grant aims to foster capacity and new business development for large budget PDV Production in New Zealand. Eligible productions can access a cash grant equivalent to 20% of Qualifying New Zealand Production...
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The Luminaries
ShowcaseIssue date: 18 May 2020About The Luminaries Based on the best-selling novel The Luminaries tells an epic story of love, murder and revenge, as men and women travel across the world to make their fortunes. It is a 19th century tale of adventure and mystery, set on the...
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Come to Daddy
ShowcaseIssue date: 26 Jul 2019A privileged man-child arrives at the beautiful and remote coastal cabin of his estranged father, whom he hasn't seen in 30 years. He quickly discovers that not only is his dad a jerk, he also has a shady past that is rushing to catch up with him....
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The Luminaries
ShowcaseIssue date: 17 May 2020Based on the best-selling and Man-Booker prize winning novel by Eleanor Catton and starring Eve Hewson, Eva Green, Himesh Patel, Marton Csokas and Ewen Leslie. The Luminaries tells an epic story of love, murder and revenge, as men and women travelled...
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The Dead Lands TV Series
ShowcaseIssue date: 23 Jan 2020The Dead Lands is an eight-part supernatural adventure that is set in a mythic Māori past. The series features a murdered Māori warrior, Waka Nuku Rau (Te Kohe Tuhaka), who’s sent back to the world of the living to redeem his sins. But the...
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Only Cloud Knows
ShowcaseIssue date: 19 Dec 2019A grief-stricken Chinese widower (Xuan Huang) living in New Zealand retraces his relationship with his late wife (Caiyu Yang) and attempts to fulfill her dream in this Chinese-NZ romantic drama. Format Feature Film ...
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Birds of Prey
ShowcaseIssue date: 7 Feb 2020You ever hear the one about the cop, the songbird, the psycho and the mafia princess? Birds of Prey (And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) is a twisted tale told by Harley herself, as only Harley can tell it. When Gotham’s most...
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Bloodshot
ShowcaseIssue date: 13 Mar 2020Vin Diesel stars as Ray Garrison, a soldier recently killed in action and brought back to life as the superhero Bloodshot by the RST corporation. With an army of nanotechnology in his veins, he’s an unstoppable force –stronger than ever and able to heal...
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Mulan
ShowcaseIssue date: 24 Jul 2020Acclaimed filmmaker Niki Caro brings the epic tale of Mulan to life in an inspiring, thrilling adventure that follows a fearless young woman as she risks everything out of love for her family and her country to become one of the greatest warriors China...
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Lady and the Tramp
ShowcaseIssue date: 12 Nov 2019In Disney+’s Lady and the Tramp, a timeless re-telling of the 1955 animated classic, a pampered house dog and a tough but lovable stray embark on an unexpected adventure and, despite their differences, grow closer and come to understand the value of...
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Gemini Man
ShowcaseIssue date: 11 Oct 2019Henry Brogan is an elite 51-year-old assassin who's ready to call it quits after completing his 72nd job. His plans get turned upside down when he becomes the target of a mysterious operative who can seemingly predict his every move. To his horror,...
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Looking Up
ShowcaseIssue date: 19 Jul 2019When his space shuttle flight has an accident, an astronaut remembers the lessons his father taught him growing up. Screen Incentives New Zealand Screen Production Grant (NZSPG) International Post, Digital and Visual Effects (PDV) Grant...
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Triangle (Pilot)
ShowcaseIssue date: 24 Oct 2019A family's tropical vacation is interrupted by a violent storm which capsizes their boat and lands them in a strange land filled with danger and mystery. Screen Incentives New Zealand Screen Production Grant (NZSPG) International ...
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Ad Astra
ShowcaseIssue date: 20 Sep 2019Astronaut Roy McBride undertakes a mission across an unforgiving solar system to uncover the truth about his missing father and his doomed expedition that now, 30 years later, threatens the universe. Screen Incentives New Zealand Screen...
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Falling Inn Love
ShowcaseIssue date: 29 Aug 2019After losing her job and her boyfriend, city girl Gabriela (Christina Milian) spontaneously enters a contest and wins a rustic New Zealand inn. Thousands of airline miles later, she discovers that The Bellbird Valley Farm boasts a crumbling facade, a...
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Game of Thrones: Season Eight
ShowcaseIssue date: 15 Apr 2019The final season of Game of Thrones depicts the culmination of the series' two primary conflicts: the Great War against the Army of the Dead, and the Last War for control of the Iron Throne. Screen Incentives New Zealand Screen Production...
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Breckman Rodeo (Pilot)
ShowcaseIssue date: 7 May 2019An ensemble drama about a group of young rodeo riders in Cheyenne, Wyoming. The show centers on Ashley, a rodeo-as-hell sparkplug who refuses to stay within the lines that have been drawn for her, and her boyfriend Brant, a rodeo prodigy torn between a...
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Umbrella Academy: Season One
ShowcaseIssue date: 15 Feb 2019Reunited by their father's death, estranged siblings with extraordinary powers uncover shocking family secrets - and a looming threat to humanity. Screen Incentives New Zealand Screen Production Grant (NZSPG) International Post,...
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Sherwood
ShowcaseIssue date: 19 Mar 2019Teen hacker Robin of Sherwood joins forces with a group of renegades to battle the mad Sheriff of Nottingham through the flooded storm-lashed streets of 23rd century London. Screen Incentives New Zealand Screen Production Grant (NZSPG)...
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Mosley
ShowcaseIssue date: 24 Oct 2019To save his family, Mosley, must embark on an epic journey to find the legendary Uprights…but what he unexpectedly finds will unlock a secret revealing his true nature. With large and layered themes, Mosley tells a timeless adventurous tale of family,...
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Avengers: Endgame
ShowcaseIssue date: 26 Apr 2019After the devastating events of Avengers: Infinity War (2018), the universe is in ruins. With the help of remaining allies, the Avengers assemble once more in order to reverse Thanos' actions and restore balance to the universe. Screen...
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Avengers: Infinity War
ShowcaseIssue date: 27 Apr 2018The Avengers and their allies must be willing to sacrifice all in an attempt to defeat the powerful Thanos before his blitz of devastation and ruin puts an end to the universe. Screen Incentives New Zealand Screen Production Grant (NZSPG)...
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The Dead Lands TV Series
ShowcaseIssue date: 22 Jan 2020About The Dead Lands TV series The Dead Lands is an eight-part supernatural adventure that is set in a mythic Māori past. The series features a murdered Māori warrior, Waka Nuku Rau (Te Kohe Tuhaka), who’s sent back to the world of the living to redeem...
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The Power of Inclusion Summit
ShowcaseIssue date: 15 Oct 2019The Power of Inclusion Summit was held in Auckland's Aotea Centre 3-4 October. Over 700 people, including 160 who received scholarships, attended the event, hosted by the NZFC and Women in Film and Television International (WIFTI),...
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Fantastic Four
ShowcaseIssue date: 7 Feb 2015Format Feature Film Production Company Twentieth Century Fox in association with Marvel Entertainment, TSG Entertainment, Marv Films, Constantin Films, Genre Films and The Moving Picture Company Producer Gregory Goodman (producer), Simon...
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Ash vs Evil Dead
ShowcaseIssue date: 31 Oct 2015Ash is baaaack! Bruce Campbell reprises his "Evil Dead" film role as heroic, chainsaw-handed monster fighter Ash Williams, now an aging lothario who has successfully avoided responsibility, maturity and heinous villains for the past 30 years. Constantly...
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Ghost in the Shell
ShowcaseIssue date: 29 Mar 2017Based on the internationally acclaimed Japanese Manga, Ghost in the Shell stars Scarlett Johansson as Major: A human, saved from a terrible crash, who is cyber-enhanced to become a perfect soldier, devoted to stopping the world’s most...
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Alien: Covenant
ShowcaseIssue date: 11 May 2017In space, no one can hear you scream. After nearly four decades, those words remain synonymous with the sheer, relentless intensity of Sir Ridley Scott’s masterpiece of futuristic horror, Alien. Now, the father of the iconic franchise returns once...
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War for the Planet of the Apes
ShowcaseIssue date: 10 Jul 2017In War for the Planet of the Apes, the third chapter of the critically acclaimed blockbuster franchise, Caesar and his apes are forced into a deadly conflict with an army of humans led by a ruthless Colonel. After the apes suffer unimaginable losses...
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Murder on the Orient Express
ShowcaseIssue date: 9 Nov 2017What starts out as a lavish train ride through Europe quickly unfolds into one of the most stylish, suspenseful and thrilling mysteries ever told. From the novel by best-selling author Agatha Christie, Murder on the Orient Express tells...
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Shooting in the Snow
ShowcaseIssue date: 1 Jan 2013New Zealand’s spectacular mountains and glaciers, accessible locations, and highly skilled mountain film industry make New Zealand the ideal location for shooting snow. With a production track-record in drama, documentary, TVCs and snowsports; and...
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Spartacus
ShowcaseIssue date: 1 Jan 2010Spartacus was shot over four seasons in a studio in Auckland, with not one frame shot on location. The production used 788 local suppliers, leased 6 warehouses (which were converted for production), and provided 20,000 extras' workdays. The series...