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Whakatiki
FilmKiri, an overweight Māori woman, takes a trip to the Whakatiki River where she spent many summers as a girl. With her goes her husband Dan, his friend Seb and beautiful newcomer, Josie. The place awakens powerful memories for Kiri, and as...
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Sleeping Dogs
FilmA state of political unrest prevails in New Zealand - with strikes, riots and rationing. The Prime Minister has set up an anti-terrorist force of "Specials" - supposedly to restore law and order. Smith (SAM NEILL) is too busy with his...
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The Speaker
FilmDirector’s Notes - Te Arepa Kahi FORESHORE AND SEABED 2005 in New Zealand was election year. The National party had been making little traction on Labour’s command of Government for some time, but in election year, tactics and...
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Poi E: The Story of Our Song
FilmPoi E is the latest chapter in director/writer Tearepa Kahi’s exploration of New Zealand’s musical history. His first film, Mt Zion, was a fictional story inspired by his musician father and his whānau in the 1980s. This film is the true...
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River Queen
FilmRiver Queen is an original story by director Vincent Ward (Vigil, The Navigator, What Dreams May Come), who wrote the screenplay with Toa Fraser (Bare, No 2). The film stars double Academy Award-nominated Samantha Morton (In...
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The Tattooist
FilmTHE TATTOOIST was made by Singaporean and New Zealand co-production partners, from a New Zealand-originated script on locations in New Zealand and Singapore. The story centres on Samoan spiritual beliefs, in which the barrier between our world and the...
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Tracker
FilmIt's 1903: South African farmer Arjan can Diemen has lost everything - his wife, children, farm and home - in the brutal Boer War in which he fought against the colonising British. Arriving in New Zealand, he is immediately hired by Major...
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Te Aupounamu Māori Screen Excellence Award Recipients Announced
NewsIssue date: 10 Dec 2021Producer Desray Armstrong is this year’s recipient of Te Tumu Whakaata Taonga New Zealand Film Commission’s Te Aupounamu Māori Screen Excellence Award. Awarded by nominations from their peers,...
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Kimi and the Watermelon
FilmKimi lives inthe country with her grandmother and her Uncle Tau. One day at the end of summer, the big bus from the city gobbles up Uncle Tau and takes him away. Before he leaves, he promises to return when the watermelon is fully grown. The...
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Turangawaewae / A Place To Stand
FilmDirector’s Notes - Peter Burger "In this film I wanted to capture the complexity of the idea of turangawaewae. For those Māori today, who no longer live in the place where their ancestors have lived for centuries, it becomes important to...
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Kerosene Creek
FilmDIRECTOR’S NOTES - Michael Bennett “Making Kerosene Creek was both a great honour and a significant challenge for me. As a Māori writer and director, this film provided a unique opportunity to explore one of the most significant...
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No Exit
ShowcaseIssue date: 22 Feb 2022Havana Rose Liu as Darby in No Exit. © 2022 20th Century Studios. All Rights Reserved. Fast Facts 300+ New Zealand crew 40 shooting days 700+ Weta Digital VFX 20+ New Zealand extras...
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NZFC Diversity and Inclusion Committee Terms of Reference
ResourceIssue date: 6 Apr 2022The terms of reference for the NZFC's Diversity and Inclusion Committee
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ShowcaseIssue date: 23 Mar 2022(L-R) Owen Campbell, Brittany Snow, Mia Goth, Scott Mescudi, Jenna Ortega. Photo Credit: Christopher Moss. 200+ New Zealand crew 6 New Zealand cast Shot on location in Whanganui, Otaki, Foxton and...
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Rotorua Celebrates Itself on Screen as Cousins Hits Kiwi Cinemas
NewsIssue date: 4 Mar 2021With its diverse landscape and being home to a talented group of filmmakers and storytellers, Rotorua is today celebrating its role as the lead location in Kiwi film Cousins. The film releases in nationwide cinemas today, following the world premiere in...
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The Justice of Bunny King to Have World Premiere at Tribeca
NewsIssue date: 21 Apr 2021Gaysorn Thavat’s debut feature, The Justice of Bunny King, will have its World Premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival in the Viewpoints section where it will compete for the Nora Ephron Award for Best Female Filmmaker, and for the Best New Narrative...
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The Power of the Dog
ShowcaseIssue date: 11 Nov 2021Severe, pale-eyed, handsome, Phil Burbank is brutally beguiling. All of Phil’s romance, power and fragility is trapped in the past and in the land: He can castrate a bull calf with two swift slashes of his knife; he swims naked in the river, smearing his...
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Cowboy Bebop
ShowcaseIssue date: 19 Nov 2021Cowboy Bebop is an action-packed space Western about three bounty hunters, aka “cowboys,” all trying to outrun the past. As different as they are deadly, Spike Spiegel (John Cho), Jet Black (Mustafa Shakir), and Faye Valentine (Daniella Pineda) form a...
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Cowboy Bebop
ShowcaseIssue date: 19 Nov 2021COWBOY BEBOP (L to R) JOHN CHO as SPIKE SPIEGEL, MUSTAFA SHAKIR as JET BLACK, DANIELLA PINEDA as FAYE VALENTINE and EIN in Cowboy Bebop Cr. GEOFFREY SHORT/NETFLIX © 2021 Filmed entirely in New Zealand, Cowboy Bebop is a live action...
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The Royal Treatment
ShowcaseIssue date: 20 Jan 2022(L-R) Laura Marano as Izzy, Mena Massoud as Prince Thomas in The Royal Treatment. Cr. Kirsty Griffin/Netflix © 2021 Fast Facts 28 New Zealand cast (94%) 199 New Zealand crew (94%) 14 New...
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The Royal Treatment
ShowcaseIssue date: 20 Jan 2022Isabella (Laura Marano) runs her own salon and isn’t afraid to speak her mind, while Prince Thomas (Mena Massoud) runs his own country and is about to marry for duty rather than love. When Izzy and her fellow stylists get the opportunity of a lifetime to...
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The Justice of Bunny King
FilmBunny King (ESSIE DAVIS) is a mother of two, who is best described as a rough cut diamond with a sketchy past. Attempting to leave this past behind, she works intersections as a squeegee bandit using her quick wit to charm money from motorists....
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Extended Screen Production Recovery Fund - Protection Framework Strand Deadline
EventThe deadline for the Extended Screen Production Recovery Fund - Protection Framework Strand is 1pm.
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Out of Order
FilmA young girl battles an arcade claw machine over the fate of a cute plush toy. Unbeknownst to her, the machine houses a dark entity, hell-bent on harvesting the disappointment from any child that accepts the challenge of the alluring claw machine.
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Unreal Engine Short Film Challenge Open for Entries in Australia and New Zealand
NewsIssue date: 30 Mar 2022Epic Games today announced the return of the Unreal Engine Short Film Challenge in Australia and New Zealand, providing the opportunity for rising animators to have their work seen by some of the industry’s top experts. Following the success of the...
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Unreal Engine Real-Time Short Film Challenge Deadline
EventApplications for the Unreal Engine Short Film Challenge must be submitted by 1pm.
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Fling
FilmWhen a proudly-stubbled College student, Amon, is sent home to shave, he instead chooses to bunk indefinately. While chasing his own sexual-education, over one long afternoon, Amon is confronted by the complications, and repercussions, that come with...
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New Zealand Celebrates Dame Jane’s Oscar Success
NewsIssue date: 28 Mar 2022Te Tumu Whakaata Taonga I The New Zealand Film Commission (NZFC) says Dame Jane Campion’s Oscar success will ultimately benefit all of Aotearoa New Zealand. Dame Jane has picked up the Academy Award for Best Director for The Power of the Dog ...
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Mothers of the Revolution
FilmIn January 1981, US President Ronald Reagan swept into power with a mission to out-develop and out-spend on nuclear technologies against the Soviet Union – the Cold War ideological foe of the West. That September, in response to the growing East-...
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ShowcaseIssue date: 23 Mar 2022In 1979, a group of young filmmakers set out to make an adult film in rural Texas, but when their reclusive, elderly hosts catch them in the act, the cast find themselves fighting for their lives. Format Film Production company A24 Producers...
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Filming in New Zealand
PageCOVID-19 UPDATE You will find a fact sheet around border entry for the screen sector here. New Zealand is known for delivering some of the largest and most complex international productions imaginable. You’ll find our natural and commercial...
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The Winter Boy
FilmA mother tries to comfort her grieving son, but on each attempt her son’s silence becomes more and more deafening. An outing to the local aquarium places further strain on their troubled relationship - until her son finds a reason to let his mother...
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Whakawhanake Kiriata: Māori Film Development Funds
Funding InformationWhakawhanake Kiriata: Māori Film Development Funds focus on different areas of project development, providing for Māori specific outcomes. What we fund There are three funds under the Whakawhanake...
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Dean Spanley
FilmAdapted by Alan Sharp (Rob Roy), Dean Spanley is directed by UK-born, NZ raised Toa Fraser (No.2). A truly impressive international cast is led by eight-time Academy Award nominee Peter O’Toole (Venus, Lawrence of Arabia) and also features...
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The Power of the Dog
ShowcaseIssue date: 5 Nov 2021THE POWER OF THE DOG (L to R): BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH as PHIL BURBANK, JESSE PLEMONS as GEORGE BURBANK in THE POWER OF THE DOG. Cr. KIRSTY GRIFFIN/NETFLIX © 2021 Fast Facts 62% NZ cast 27 New Zealand cast...