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The New Zealand Film Commission (NZFC) can confirm that CEO Annabelle Sheehan has been diagnosed with the COVID-19 virus. Her symptoms are currently minor, and she is recovering in isolation at home in Wellington. During the three-day period in which...

This morning the World Health Organisation has made the assessment that COVID-19 coronavirus be characterised as a pandemic. Therefore, after careful consideration regarding funding of applicants to attend overseas events, the NZFC has now made the...

The deadline for He Ara funding is 1pm.

The deadline to apply for Producer International Travel to Cannes 2020 is 9am.

The trailer for new Kiwi comedy This Town has today been unveiled ahead of the film’s nationwide theatrical release on 30 April 2020. Written, directed by and starring David White (Meat), This Town features Robyn...

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 New Zealand Film Commission (NZFC) / Te Tumu Whakaata Taonga would like to congratulate Taika Waititi (Te Whānau ā Apanui) and Chelsea Winstanley (Ngāti Ranginui ) on becoming the first indigenous producers to be nominated for a Best Picture...

A ground-breaking New Zealand television series launches today, Thursday 23 January 2020 to what is being described as one of the largest ever international audiences for a New Zealand television production. The Dead Lands is an eight-part series formed...

About 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...

The trailer for Guns Akimbo has dropped today, starring Daniel Radcliffe (Harry Potter) and Samara Weaving (Ready or Not). The action-comedy feature film, written and directed by New Zealand filmmaker Jason Lei Howden...

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 21 December 2019 until 6 January 2020. We look forward to seeing you again in 2020.

The 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),...

The official trailer for Aotearoa’s brand-new action-comedy The Legend of Baron To’a has today been released ahead of its nationwide theatrical release on 20 February 2020. The film features an all-star Pacific and Māori cast...

Hamish Bennett, writer and director of New Zealand feature film, Bellbird, was the recipient of the Best Screenplay award at the Macao International Film Festival, last night. Currently in theatrical release in New Zealand, Bellbird has enjoyed an eight...

The NZFC and the New Zealand entertainment industry were saddened to hear that Arthur Baysting passed away on Tuesday 3 December. A stalwart of the New Zealand arts scene, Baysting was a journalist, screenwriter, critic, songwriter, stand-up comedian,...

The NZFC joins the New Zealand film industry in farewelling veteran exhibitor, Joe Moodabe. Born into a cinema family, Joe, alongside brothers Royce and Michael, started his industry career working for Amalgamated, a chain of cinemas owned and operated...

The New Zealand Film Commission’s Annual Report 2018/19 was tabled in Parliament on 3 December. Releasing the report NZFC Chair Kerry Prendergast said, “For me, one of the most satisfying parts of the last year has been seeing the introduction...

Format 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...

Ash 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...

Growing the New Zealand film industry  We support a diverse range of New Zealand and international stories to be told here, and seen everywhere. We promote our talented individuals and our industry’s reputation for creativity, innovation and...

The New Zealand Film Commission offices will be closed from 23 December until Monday 8 January. We'd like to wish you all a very happy holiday season and a fantastic start to 2018.

The New Zealand Film Commission is excited to launch its new-look website on Tuesday 19 December 2017.  Following the merging of the New Zealand Film Commission and Film New Zealand in 2015, the new website allows New Zealand and international...

The New Zealand Film Commission (NZFC) and Education New Zealand (ENZ) have partnered with Universal Pictures, MRC and Hungry City Limited on the upcoming film Mortal Engines as a part of the New Zealand Screen Production Grant 5% uplift. The...

Seven films have been offered funding in the June Fresh Shorts round, four at the $10,000 level,  three at the $30,000 level and one at $20,000. At the $10,000 level: Asaro Writer/Director Helmut Marko, Producers Joshua Rollo and Nua Finau In...

New Zealand is home to some of the world's most sophisticated  productions. We're here to help you explore how our country can benefit your project and our specialist enquiries team help with  locations, production services contacts and...

Based 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...

In 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...

In 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...

What 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...

Following a competitive application process, seven experienced and emerging New Zealand screen producers have been selected to participate in EAVE Ties That Bind On Demand in Singapore in early December.  The three-day workshop combines plenary...

Applications to the Board for production financing are due at 1pm.

A young New Zealand filmmaker will gain cultural and industry insights when he heads to South Korea thanks to a new partnership between the Asia New Zealand Foundation Te Whītau Tūhono and the New Zealand Film Commission (NZFC). Auckland-based producer...

This role will provide administrative support to the Head of Incentives and International Promotions ranging from diary and email management, travel coordination, through to assisting with the delivery of international promotional activity....

New 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...

Spartacus 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...