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The NZFC is pleased to announce a new collaboration with NZ On Air to support short documentaries. Both agencies are investing in an initiative called LOADINGDOCS developed by Notable Pictures (producers Julia Parnell and Anna Jackson).  It will...

Congratulations to filmmaking team Traces of Nut, whose short film The Sleeping Plot has been named the 2013 48HOURS Grand National Champion. The film, which also took out the prize for Best Cinematography, Best Director and the Wellington regional...

Jane Campion's New Zealand-filmed mini-series Top of the Lake has won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Cinematography for a Miniseries or Movie. The series received an impressive eight nominations in the 2013 Primetime Emmy Awards, including the major...

The New Zealand Film Commission Chief Executive Graeme Mason will leave Wellington at the end of October to take up his new role at Australia's television and film funding body. Graeme joined the NZFC in 2009 following an international career with...

New Zealand short film Cold Snap has been selected to screen in the 2013 Venice Film Festival. Founded in 1932, the Venice Film Festival is the world's oldest film festival and is widely regarded as one of the most prestigious in terms of showcasing...

Congratulations to New Zealand producer Tim Sanders, who has won a slot to attend the prestigious London Production Finance Market in October. Three places in the PFM are awarded each year for producers attending the Melbourne International Film Festival...

The New Zealand Film Commission welcomes the Government’s renewed support of the screen sector following the release of its Screen Sector Review today. The review has retained both the Large Budget Screen Production Grant and Screen Production Incentive...

We are pleased to announce the shortlist for Fresh Shorts 2013. The level of competition for funding remains high with 235 applications across both funding levels. The 16 funded films will be decided by a panel consisting of Tina Cleary, Daniel Joseph...

Low-budget feature film Fantail is proving a success both at the New Zealand International Film Festival and across the Tasman, screening in the MIFF 37 Degrees South Market's Breakthru Screenings programme and receiving critical praise following its...

Congratulations to the team behind Fresh Short Friday Tigers (Ngā Taika o te Rāmere), which took out both the major prizes in the second annual New Zealand's Best Short Film competition. Announced at the closing night of the New Zealand...

Congratulations to all the finalists and winners of the Script Writer Awards NZ 2013 (SWANZ).  The winners of each category are highlighted in bold text below. Best TV Comedy Episode Agent Anna, Episode 2 - Maxine Fleming and Vanessa AlexanderSunny...

The NZFC is pleased to support Libertine Pictures through our business development scheme. The business development scheme is a three year programme commencing in 2013/14 to help new and existing screen sector businesses grow to the next stage. More...

Seventeen year old New Zealander Natasha Bishop, the youngest filmmaker ever to have a film selected for the Japan Wildlife Film Festival (JWFF), is celebrating today after winning two awards at the festival. Her short film Arboraceous won...

We congratulate New Zealand filmmaker Yamin Tun, who will be attending this year's Student Symposium at the 40th Telluride Film Festival (TFF) in Colorado. Sponsored by Film Finances Inc., the Symposium gives up-and-coming filmmakers the opportunity to...

We are pleased to announce the recipients of Te Whai Ao 2013.  Te Whai Ao is a documentary development fund for emerging or experimental documentary makers. Through this fund we aimed to support documentary filmmakers to explore one-off documentary...

We seek training and professional development opportunities that progress careers and help to grow our overall industry.  We are pleased to be able to support individual filmmakers as well as work alongside industry organisations to provide...

New Zealand will have three films screening at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival with the announcement that Dana Rotberg’s WHITE LIES and Toa Fraser’s GISELLE have been selected to screen in the Contemporary World Cinema programme of the...

Here are the latest funding decisions for July and August 2013 PRODUCTION FUNDING: The Dead Lands General Film Corporation Ltd Producer:  Matthew Metcalfe Co-producer:  Tainui Stephens Writer: Glenn Standring Director:  Toa Fraser...

It was yet another success story for the New Zealand contingent at this year’s Melbourne International Film Festival. Melbourne is an integral festival on the international calendar, allowing more New Zealand filmmakers to connect with their...

We are pleased to announce the 16 short films green-lit for the 2013 round of Fresh Shorts. Fresh Shorts is a competitive low budget short film funding scheme for new directorial voices, and is a core part of our commitment to talent development and...

Stalker-rom-com How to Meet Girls From a Distance has been selected to screen in the 22nd Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Film Festival by the China Film Association. The inaugural winner of the 2012 Make My Movie competition has been well-received by...

We are proud to be supporting Sally Tran to intern at leading indie film production company, Killer Films. Run by Script to Screen since 2009, the Killer Films Internship Scholarship gives up-and-coming filmmakers the chance to work in the development...

We are pleased to introduce our new Development Executive Sean Carley. Sean has a varied background that spans script development, screenwriting and production for both film and television.   Sean is a New Zealand/Canadian who completed his Master...

White Lies (Tuakiri Huna), the New Zealand Film Commission funded Māori language feature film written and directed by Dana Rotberg, has been submitted as the official New Zealand entry for consideration for Best Foreign Language film for the 86th...

We were thrilled to support three feature films screening in Toronto International Film Festival this year; Giselle, White Lies and Beyond The Edge.   Beyond The Edge, written and directed by Leanne Pooley and produced by Matthew Metcalfe,...

As you know, my term as Chief Executive at the NZFC will come to an end at the start of November, when I leave to take up the role heading Screen Australia.  The Board has a recruitment process for my replacement underway and I understand that they...

We seek training and professional development opportunities that progress careers and help to grow our overall industry.  We are pleased to be able to support individual filmmakers as well as work alongside industry organisations to provide...

ADVANCED DEVELOPMENT FUND Amchitka Stellafilm Ltd, Principia & Cinefinance Italia NZ Producer: Robin Laing Writer: Aubrey Nealon Director: Christine Jeffs $12,000 Born To Dance Producers: Daniel Story & Jill Macnab Writer: Hone Kouka...

The New Zealand Film Commission congratulates filmmakers Jane Campion and Dean Parker, winners at the 2013 Macquaurie Private Wealth New Zealand Arts Awards. The Laureate Awards recognise the excellence achieved in their fields and support their...

Sir Edmund Hillary epic Beyond The Edge has knocked off a record of its own, achieving the highest grossing opening weekend for any documentary in New Zealand. Written and directed by Leanne Pooley and produced by Matthew Metcalfe, Beyond The Edge opened...

We are pleased to announce our Digitisation Project. The aim of this project is to provide digital access to New Zealand short and feature films through newer technologies including digital theatrical formats (DCP) and also High Definition (HD) files...

The New Zealand Film Commission is proudly supporting a new collaboration with the New Zealand Writers Guild (NZWG) for early script development. The NZWG will offer 10 x $10,000 grants (a total fund of $100,000) to help projects progress to the stage...

New Zealand feature documentary Antarctica: A Year On Ice by Anthony Powell is gaining acclaim at festivals across North America. So far the film has won a string of awards, including: - Grand Jury Selection Best Film, Laughlin International Film...

Congratulations to the Mr Pip team on the film taking more than a million dollars at the NZ box office. Mr Pip, based on the Lloyd Jones novel, was written, directed and produced by Andrew Adamson and produced by Robin Scholes, Leslie Urdang and Dean...

Congratulations to all the nominees in this year's Rialto Channel New Zealand Film Awards. The nominees are: FEATURE FILM  Rialto Channel Best Film The Weight of Elephants - Katja Adomeit and Leanne Saunders Shopping - Mark...

The imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival held in Toronto celebrates the latest works by indigenous artists at the forefront of innovation in film, video, radio and new media and this year the focus was on New Zealand. The Māori Spotlight was the...