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The submission checklist for the Premium Fund Interim Production Round.

Join the New Zealand Film Commission and Script to Screen for a live webinar on Thursday 16 September at 5:30pm to hear about what's needed for Whiringa Tauatahi - Stage One and how to make your 2021 Kōpere Hou - Fresh Shorts ...

Zoe and Ollie are in love, freshly engaged, and long distance. A couple of goofy creatives doing things their way. With two cold beds to fill and vows of undying commitment looming, both agree to cheat on the other. A risqué experiment in love and a...

Woodenhead is filmmaker Florian Habicht's first feature, in which he was not only director but also writer, producer, co-cinematographer and co-editor. The entire dialogue and soundtrack for Woodenhead was pre-recorded. The visuals...

An intimate story of the birth of indigenous cinema told from the perspective of Merata’s son Hepi Mita. The sudden death of pioneering Māori filmmaker Merata Mita in 2010 led her son on a journey to uncover a story of a mother’s love that...

Sir Edmund Hillary’s incredible achievement remains one of the greatest adventure stories of all time; the epic journey of a man from modest beginnings who overcame adversity to reach the highest point on Earth. Both a classic triumph of the...

Acclaimed New Zealand filmmaker Jane Campion’s The Power of the Dog will have its world premiere in Venice on Thursday and has just been announced to premiere at Telluride Film Festival which runs 2 to 6 September. The much-anticipated film...

Tēnā koutou rau rangatira ma,  Kia tau iho rā ngā tauwhirotanga o te runga rawa ki a koutou katoa.   The CEOs of Te Tumu Whakaata Taonga (NZFC), Te Māngai Pāho...

Up and coming Aotearoa New Zealand actor, Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi, was named today as a TIFF Rising Star at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival. Schuster-Koloamatangi stars as Will ‘Ilolahia in New Zealand mini-series The...

The deadline for He Ara Development is 1pm

The last light of a cold winter’s day sees Isaac, a 17-year old boy, traversing the vacuum of industrial wasteland and empty suburbia. Meanwhile a young mother worships in the warm sphere of a Sikh Gurdwara; her husband Navraj stuck working at the...

A gang member wakes up one morning and decides he needs a day off. Inspired by a newspaper advertisement he impulsively decides to take a short ferry trip between islands. With his tattooed face, black leather clothing, and prominent gang patch, the...

Te Tumu Whakaata Taonga New Zealand Film Commission (NZFC) CEO David Strong said New Zealand’s international reputation continues to attract global interest, following this morning’s announcement that Amazon Studio’s 'The Lord of the Rings' series will...

Fast facts 47% New Zealand cast 46 New Zealand cast members 88% New Zealand crew 208 New Zealand crew 16 New Zealand HoDs Approx 200 New Zealand vendors...

Joyena (7) trails behind her mother and brothers after school as they walk to a hospital. Waiting for hours, she jumps excitedly up and races towards her father, Shen Wei, as he emerges from the wards. Shen Wei is surprised to see his family at his...

The Workplace Support Administrator is an important part of our team responsible for the smooth running of our workplace premises.  This hands-one role reports to our Resource Manager.    With a focus on our...

Southland’s Home is a quirky, dark comedy set in rural Southland, 1972. Nell is a timid teenager who ends up a resident at a Home for disturbed young women… but why is she there? The last of its kind, the home is downtrodden and neglected,...

The Strategic Training and Screen Sector Capability Funds are now open to applications. The Strategic Training Fund partners with organisations to deliver effective training and skills development. The NZFC has allocated up to $200,000...

From writer, director, executive producer, and starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt (500 Days of Summer, Inception, Don Jon), Mr. Corman follows the days and nights of Josh Corman, an artist at heart but not by trade. Things haven’t been going his way...

The decisions for the November round of Early Development, Documentary Development, Hāpaitia I te Kaupapa Kiriata: Māori Feature Film Support  and Tuhinga Reo Māori: Te Reo Māori Development Funding will be made by 5pm.

The decisions for the June round of Early Development, Documentary Development, Hāpaitia I te Kaupapa Kiriata: Māori Feature Film Support  and Tuhinga Reo Māori: Te Reo Māori Development Funding will be made by 5pm.

The decisions for the August round of Early Development, Documentary Development, Hāpaitia I te Kaupapa Kiriata: Māori Feature Film Support  and Tuhinga Reo Māori: Te Reo Māori Development Funding will be made by 5pm.

Brittany is a thirteen-year old girl with autism, a keen football fan and a supporter of Melbourne’s Western Bulldogs. When she spies a real bulldog sitting outside her window, she slips out of the house. She unwittingly embarks on a strange...

The CE's expenses 1 July 2020 - 30 June 2021

Bunny King is a mother of two, a rough cut diamond with a sketchy past. While battling the system to reunite with her children, a confrontation leads her to take her niece Tonyah under her wing. With the world against her and Tonyah, Bunny’s battle has...

Te Tumu Whakaata Taonga The New Zealand Film Commission (NZFC) today confirmed that no Government money has been given or promised to the They Are Us project, and the NZFC has had no role in the development of the concept or script. The NZFC...

Hone is the last of the old time gravediggers. He links the living with the dead. He is the keeper of their secrets. Tana is Hone’s apprentice who respects his uncle and doesn’t mind the physical work. However he finds the spiritual side of...

Judgment Tavern is a dark coming-of-age film, about a father and daughter on a dangerous adventure in a world where magic is feared and hunted. Lucia is an innocent child who is forced to take care of her father after his head mysteriously and magically...

Left alone with just her spiritual guides, a young girl upholds the prestige and sovreignty of the tribe in order to protect the land for generations to come. Due to her brave deeds, she is immortalised forever.

Starring, produced and written by New Zealand’s gender diverse community, Rūrangi follows transgender activist Caz Davis as he heads home to the isolated, conservative dairy town of Rūrangi - where no-one’s heard or seen from Caz since before...

FRANKIE JEAN is 8 years old and she is obsessed with rugby. She is woken early one morning by her dad to watch the All Blacks play South Africa in the final of the Rugby Championship. When they unexpectedly lose, Frankie is distraught. Afraid the kids at...

Ten screen storytellers have been matched with experienced New Zealand mentors in the 2021 round of Hunga Taunaki ā Rorohiko, the New Zealand Film Commission’s online mentorship programme.  Hunga Taunaki ā Rorohiko refers to working with others and...

The deadline for applying for the Jane Campion & See-Saw Masterclasses is 1pm.

Apron Strings, the debut feature from Sima Urale, is a parallel story of two families and two cultures set in suburban Otahuhu, South Auckland. At the heart of the story are three women whose lives and livelihoods revolve around food. Hard working...