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The CE's expenses from 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019

Merata Mita’s seminal film, Mauri, has been selected to screen In Competition in the Venice Classics section of the 2019 Venice Film Festival. Venice will be the World Premiere of the newly re-mastered film.  Heperi Mita, Merata’s son and...

On the centenary of the end of First World War, Academy Award-winner Peter Jackson (The Lord of the Rings Trilogy) presents an extraordinary new work showing the Great War as you have never seen it. This unique film brings into high definition the human...

Koen, still learning to truly harness his powers as the Cleverman, is the only one who can stop the bloodshed between human and Hairy. Ranged against him is the full force of government, spearheaded by his brother Waruu, who is now empowered by Hairy...

I Am Mother is a sci fi thriller about a teenage girl (Clara Rugaard), who is the first of a new generation of humans to be raised by Mother (Rose Byrne), a robot designed to repopulate the earth fafter the extinction of humankind. But the pair's unique...

An all-star Pasifika and Māori cast whose international credits stretch across Alien: Covenant, Marco Polo, Star Wars, The Matrix Reloaded, Mortal Engines and Battleship have assembled in Tāmaki Makaurau for a brand-new action...

Malo lava to Samoan screenwriter Sima Urale who is the recipient of the New Zealand Film Commission’s (NZFC’s) 2019 Gender Scholarship.  She will receive a grant of $50,000 to help progress her filmmaking career. Application assessors said of Urale...

Applications for the September Board Meeting are due at 9am.

Straight Forward is an eight-part family crime drama: an unexpected love story, as well as a tale of revenge, danger and redemption. It is a sexy, dangerous ride that jumps across the entire planet coming to a bloody end at the bottom of the world in one...

A motley trio of fallen gods with magical superpowers and incredible martial arts skills escort a young girl disguised as a monk on a perilous quest to bring an end to demonic rule and restore balance to the world. Screen Incentives New Zealand Screen...

This, the second series of 800 Words, continues the saga of George Turner, a man looking to make a new home for himself and his family, in the strangely beautiful town that is Weld, New Zealand. Screen Incentives New Zealand Screen Production Grant (...

We pick up right after we left Lola reeling from the news that the man who has turned their lives upside down now has her son hostage. All he wants in exchange for his release is the key tag that was attached to their bag of cash. But he’s holding David...

6 Days is a taut thriller telling the incredible true story of six days of terror after six heavily-armed gunmen invaded the Iranian Embassy in Londons Princes Gate on April 30, 1980, taking 26 people hostage. Negotiators, police, politicians and...

The third series of 800 Words continues the saga of George Turner, a man looking to make a new home for himself and his family, in the strangely beautiful town that is Weld, New Zealand. Screen Incentives New Zealand Screen Production Grant (NZSPG) New...

Cleverman tells the story of two indigenous half-brothers who join forces to battle an ancient mythological monster. In this not-too-distant dystopian future, an ancient species known as Hairypeople fight for survival on the fringes of society. A New...

Saban's Power Rangers Ninja Steel starts deep in space, where Galvanax is the reigning champion of the most popular intergalactic game show in the universe, and monsters battle to prove who is the mightiest warrior. ... The only thing standing in his way...

Wisecracking mercenary Deadpool meets Russell, an angry teenage mutant who lives at an orphanage. When Russell becomes the target of Cable - a genetically enhanced soldier from the future - Deadpool realizes that he'll need some help saving the boy...

From visionary filmmakers James Cameron (Avatar) and Robert Rodriguez (Sin City), comes Alita: Battle Angel, an epic adventure of hope and empowerment, based upon the Manga graphic novel series by Yukito Kishiro. When Alita (Rosa Salazar) awakens with no...

Fuelled by his restored faith in humanity, and inspired by Superman's selfless act, Bruce Wayne enlists newfound ally Diana Prince to face an even greater threat. Together, Batman and Wonder Woman work quickly to recruit a team to stand against this...

Thor is imprisoned on the other side of the universe without his mighty hammer and finds himself in a race against time to get back to Asgard to stop Ragnarok—the destruction of his homeworld and the end of Asgardian civilization—at the hands of an all-...

Cliffs of Freedom is the story of an ill-fated romance between a young Greek village girl and a conflicted Turkish officer during the dawn of the Greek War for Independence against the Ottoman Empire in 1821. Twenty-year-old Anna Christina is...

Following the events of Justice League, Arthur Curry, the reluctant heir to the underwater kingdom of Atlantis, is caught in a battle between surface dwellers that threaten his oceans and his own people, led by his half-brother Orm, who are ready to lash...

This stylish mix of documentary and lavish historical epic chronicles the turbulent, violent reigns of Commodus, Julius Caesar and Caligula. Screen Incentives New Zealand Screen Production Grant (NZSPG)- International Format Docuseries Production...

Primatologist Davis Okoye (Johnson), a man who keeps people at a distance, shares an unshakable bond with George, the extraordinarily intelligent, silverback gorilla who has been in his care since birth. But a rogue genetic experiment gone awry...

In the epic finale to the Maze Runner saga, Thomas leads his group of escaped Gladers on their final and most dangerous mission yet. To save their friends, they must break into the legendary Last City, a WCKD-controlled labyrinth that may turn out...

Murder is Forever is a new crime series from bestselling author and master of suspense James Patterson that features real stories packed with shocking twists and turns. Screen Incentives New Zealand Screen Production Grant (NZSPG)- International...

Documentary series profiles intrepid pioneers and explorers, including Daniel Boone, Lewis & Clark, Tecumseh, Davy Crockett and Andrew Jackson. Screen Incentives New Zealand Screen Production Grant (NZSPG)- International Format Television series...

We needed an urban environment. We needed a futuristic setting. And we were able to get that in Wellington, New Zealand. I don't know if I've actually been able to pull off this much of a lock down in any other city before, and it's allowed us to...

New Zealand has something magical about it, that extra layer of magic we neeeded. And I don't think we would have found that anywhere else. David Lowery, director 100% filmed in New Zealand 74 principal photography...

The New Zealand Film Commission invites you to join us at industry gatherings in Dunedin, Auckland, Wellington and Queenstown in June and July 2019. Come meet the leadership team who will be doing a presentation followed by a Q & A. SAVE THE...

The deadline for applications to the Film Festival Fund is 1pm.

The New Zealand Advertising Producers Group (NZAPG), in association with the New Zealand Film Commission (NZFC), is delighted to announce a Director Mentorship Programme to support talented female directors. NZAPG Commercial Film Mentorship Programme:...

The NZFC is pleased to announce a partnership with Script to Screen to deliver the Fresh Shorts programme. The Fresh Shorts programme offers grants of up to $15,000 to six new or emerging filmmaker teams to make a short film.  More experienced...

Catalyst He Kauahi supports New Zealand filmmakers to progress their talents to the next stage and make exceptional, high end narrative short films that will ignite the flame and be the catalyst for change in their career. Three teams have been...

The NZFC, in partnership with Script to Screen, are pleased to announce that Fresh Shorts is now open to applications.  The Fresh Shorts programme offers grants of up to $15,000 to six new or emerging filmmaker teams to make a short...

Applications for Fresh Shorts close at 1pm.