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Sacred land… or Tapu, as Maori put it. This is a world where ritual and prayer is the only formidable respect that will pave our way. Respect of where we are standing. Respect for the events of the past. Respect for whatever immortal spirit waits...

DIRECTOR'S NOTES - Ian Hughes "The Waiting Room was written in 1995 while I was living in the city of Prague. Hometown of Franz Kafka. It wasn’t until I lived there that I fully comprehended his work. Life was a constant spiral of...

Director’s Statement - Kirsty Cameron In The Lethal Innocents I wanted to create a suburban fable to tell the story of a girl who does not conform to the cliched ideas of teenage right and wrong. These girls can be called many things –...

This early short from Roger Donaldson is a sci-fi caper for kids.  A singing and dancing gang led by 'Evil Eva' holds Auckland to ransom.  If they don't get their five mil, Eva will drop a nuclear bomb into the crater of Rangitoto...

A report outlining the aggregated results of the 2018 survey of the New Zealand Film Commission's Stakeholders 

A successful commercial film release can be as much about commerce as it is about art. What is Your Product and Who is the Consumer? Route to Market Communicating your Film to the Target Audience Release Goals and Budget Marketing Campaign...

Guidelines for the expression of interest  - New Zealand producer for Ngā Pouwhenua Joint Indigenous initiative.

The deadline for applications to He Ara is 9am

Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets is the visually spectacular new adventure film from Luc Besson, the legendary director of The Professional, The Fifth Element, La Femme Nikita and Lucy. Based on the groundbreaking comic book series that...

A year after the events of last season, the Four Lands is in chaos. The re-emergence of magic has the populace terrified, and an organization called the Crimson is hunting down magic users, using fear and intimidation to sow discord among the races. Wil...

Gal Gadot stars as the title character in the epic action-adventure from director Patty Jenkins. Joining Gadot in the international cast are Chris Pine, Robin Wright, Danny Huston, David Thewlis, Connie Nielsen, Elena Anaya, Ewen Bremner, Lucy Davis,...

Three decades after the events of the first film, a new blade runner, LAPD Officer K, unearths a long-buried secret that has the potential to plunge what’s left of society into chaos. K’s discovery leads him on a quest to find Rick Deckard, a former LAPD...

Ash vs Evil Dead, a 10-episode half-hour series, is the long-awaited follow-up to the classic horror film, The Evil Dead. The third season finds Ash, having gone from murderous urban legend to humanity-saving hometown hero, discovering that he has a...

Fresh from a sell-out world premiere at the prestigious SXSW film festival in Austin, Texas, the debut trailer for The Chills: The Triumph & Tragedy of Martin Phillipps has been released. In cinemas nationwide on 2 May, the film is...

Based on industry feedback, the New Zealand Film Commission, NZ On Air and Script to Screen have extended the deadline for applications for Raupapa Whakaari: Drama to the World by two weeks. NEW DEADLINE for RAUPAPA WHAKAARI: DRAMA TO THE WORLD -...

Applications for Raupapa Whakaari Funding: Drama to the World close at 9am.  

Aucklanders Sandra Kailahi and Anthony (Ant) Timpson have been appointed to the New Zealand Film Commission (NZFC), Associate Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage, Carmel Sepuloni announced today. “Both bring huge expertise and knowledge to the...

Production is underway in Auckland for Piki Films’ new feature film, Baby, Done staring Edinburgh Comedy Award-winner Rose Matafeo (The Breaker Upperers, Funny Girls) and English actor Matthew Lewis (Harry Potter,...

Daffodils, a bittersweet love story told with beautiful re-imaginings of iconic New Zealand songs will be able to be enjoyed in cinemas by the hearing impaired alongside their hearing friends. In a first for a New Zealand film, Daffodils distributor,...

October 2019 and April 2020 respectively mark the 250th anniversary of James Cook’s maiden voyage to the Pacific, New Zealand and Australia. The New Zealand Film Commission (NZFC) and Screen Australia’s Indigenous Department are partnering on a one-off...

The deadline for applications to the Ngā Pouwhenua Joint Indigenous Initiative is 9am

The depth of talent in Wellington’s screen sector is once again on the global stage, with four participants joining Screen Canberra’s Accelerator Film Pod 2019, to develop and market-test feature film projects with strong commercial prospects. Screen...

With great sadness the NZFC and the New Zealand screen industry bids farewell to writer and director Peter Wells. A life-long lover of film, Peter’s first short film, Foolish Things (1980) was an experimental piece which screened in Australia and won...

Rialto Distribution are thrilled to share with you the full theatrical trailer for The Heart Dances - the journey of The Piano: the ballet. The Heart Dances tracks the creation of The Piano: the ballet, commissioned by the Royal New Zealand Ballet....

The New Zealand Film Commission in partnership with Louise Gough (Australia) is offering two opportunities for a select group of industry professionals to elevate and upskill their story assessment and development skills for screen storytelling. Script...

The New Zealand Film Commission and NZ On Air in conjunction with Script to Screen present RAUPAPA WHAKAARI, a new initiative designed to develop and package distinctive high-end series drama for the international market. The initiative supports writer/...

The New Zealand Film Commission (NZFC) congratulates Ainsley Gardiner and Briar Grace-Smith on receiving the 2019 Sundance Institute Merata Mita Fellowship announced at the Sundance Film Festival today.   Selected from a global call for...

  A record number of New Zealand women directors are among the filmmakers to have films selected for the 2019 Berlin Film Festival. In total there are ten New Zealand films in official selection with a delegation of 28 New Zealand filmmakers...

Two New Zealand films have been announced to screen at the prestigious SXSW Festival in Austin, Texas in March.  The Chills: The Triumph & Tragedy of Martin Phillipps will have its world premiere at the festival, with Vai following its world...

The New Zealand Film Commission wishes all of you a very happy holiday season and all the best for the New Year. Our offices will be closed from 22 December 2018 until 7 January 2019. We look forward to seeing you again in 2019.  

Pasifika and Asian filmmakers have an exciting new opportunity to develop stories that reflect their diverse communities and voices on screen, with a new funding initiative announced today by the New Zealand Film Commission, NZ On Air and TVNZ at the Big...

Applications for the Catalyst He Kauahi fund close at 9am.

We received the sad news today that after 40 years leading the NZIFF, Director Bill Gosden is to retire in 2019. Here is his letter of farewell to New Zealand's film-loving community. Kia ora, te whānau, I'm chiming into the December frenzy...

The following five levels have been created to help clarify eligibility for NZFC talent development support. When applying for funding talent will need to provide a link to verify where they feel they sit on the career pathway.

From 1 January 2019 Qualifying New Zealand Production Expenditure (QNZPE) will no longer be assessed as part of  Provisional applications for the New Zealand Screen Production Grant - New Zealand Productions (NZSPG-NZ). Provisional...

The following is a transcript of Annabelle Sheehan's speech given on Saturday, 27 October 2018 at the Big Screen Symposium, Auckland, New Zealand. A mihi for Big Screen Symposium Tēnā koutou katoa Ka nui te mihi / ki a koutou katoa /mo tēnei/ te...