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Patsy Reddy, NZFC Chair, is delighted to announce the appointment of Dave Gibson as the next Chief Executive of the Film Commission.  He replaces Graeme Mason who recently left the Commission to become CEO of Screen Australia. “Dave Gibson is one...

Congratulations to the team behind New Zealand film Tatarakihi: The Children of Parihaka, which has won the Special Recognition Award at the 2013 Balinale Film Festival.   Tatarakihi: The Children of Parihaka is a documentary...

The New Zealand Film Commission is pleased to release its Annual Report 2012/13. This year the NZFC supported a record 13 feature films, 22 short films and administered grants for a further 25 film and television productions. Ten NZFC supported films...

Congratulations to all the nominees, finalists and winners at the Rialto New Zealand Film Awards. Here is the list of those who took home Moas: Best Film: ShoppingBest Director: Shopping - Louis Sutherland and Mark AlbistonBest Screenplay:...

The New Zealand Film Commission and Film New Zealand welcome changes to the structure and level of support for New Zealand screen incentives bringing more financial assistance for mid-budget level New Zealand productions and encouraging more...

PREMIERE SHORTS  We'd like to congratulate the following filmmaking teams shortlisted for Premiere Shorts 2013 by the Executive Producer groups. BLUE HARVEST - (Paul Swadel, Dan Story, Steve Barr) has shortlisted:  Ink Alex Clark (producer...

PRODUCTION FUNDING Rosa Deep Pond Ltd Producers:  Emma Slade, Barrie Osborne, Dan Hennah Director:  Ray Lawrence Writers:  Graeme Tetley, Beatrix Christian Proposed NZ/Aus co-production POST-PRODUCTION FUNDING What We Do in the...

We are pleased to be able to support individual filmmakers as well as work alongside industry organisations to provide valuable training opportunities.   As part of our review of support for professional development earlier in the year, we decided...

Important New Zealand film UTU Redux (pictured), new short Eleven and the highly anticipated What We Do In The Shadows have all been selected to screen in the 64th Berlin International Film Festival.  The New Zealand Film...

The New Zealand Film Commission is pleased to announce the first recipients of the Professional Development Services Programme. The three year programme is aimed at building capacity in the film sector, by ensuring filmmakers, from the emerging to the...

NZFC POSITIVELY PASIFIKA IN WELLINGTON Pasifika short film directors were in the spotlight at the recent Positively Pasifika Festival in the capital's Waitangi Park.  The event was run by Wellington City Council as part of their 2014 summer series...

What We Do In The Shadows finished its reign of Sundance and Berlin, winning over audiences and critics alike and has now moved on to South By Southwest What We Do In The Shadows is a vampire mockumentary written, directed and staring Taika Waititi...

Congratulations to all the finalists in this years WIFT NZ 2014 Awards WIFT NZ announced the finalists for five award categories, as selected by the judging panel of Christina Milligan (Chair), Penelope Borland, Sarah Cull, Debra Kelleher, Robin Laing,...

The International Film Festival Rotterdam has finished for another year with the New Zealand contingent having racked up a number of successful screenings.  The filmmakers also attended networking and professional development opportunities including...

Congratulations to Housebound, What We Do in the Shadows, PULP and short film Queenie (pictured), which have all been selected for the prestigious South By Southwest festival. New Zealand is building something of a stellar history with the Austin....

Six new Premiere short films with production budgets of $90 thousand each have been green-lit for production in 2014. Premiere Shorts is our highest level of short film funding targeted at launching New Zealand talent on the international stage. “The...

A movie described as a "hell-bent hybrid of horror, black comedy and heavy metal" has won this year's Make My Horror Movie competition and will go into production this year. Congratulations to Deathgasm, by Weta Digital's Jason Lei Howden, which beat...

Production Funding February Board Meeting 25 April (animated docudrama) GFC (Gallipoli) Ltd Producer: Matthew Metcalfe Writer: Leanne Pooley Director: Leanne Pooley The Space Between NZ-Italy co-production  Producers: James Dean,...

Congratulations to all the finalists and winners of the WIFT NZ 2014 Awards. A special award was presented to our Chair Patsy Reddy for her leadership in achieving the changes necessary to secure a future for filmmaking in New Zealand. Announcing the...

Looking towards CANNES 2014 We are currently confirming details of a series of initiatives aimed at New Zealand producers during Cannes 2014, focusing on building person-to-person and industry-to-industry connections and market knowledge.  These...

CHANGES TO FRESH SHORTS AND PREMIERE SHORTS  We are looking to make changes to our Short Film programme.  Our CEO Dave Gibson recently announced these proposed changes at industry meetings throughout the country. You can read more about these...

Dave Gibson’s speech, delivered in key centres around New Zealand in late February/early March 2014, included information about the New Zealand Film Commission (NZFC) repositioning its sales agency function. The NZFC will no longer take on sales...

New Zealand-born prolific producer David Hannay has passed away aged 74.  David Hannay worked as an independent producer since 1977 and completed the bulk of his work in Australia.  He was a friend of a number of New Zealand filmmakers. David...

Industry Feedback Pathways to Features Industry Consultation Update Thanks to everyone who called, visited us or provided constructive written feedback on our Pathways to Features Industry Consultation paper.  Four collectives/organisations and...

The creative team behind Beyond the Edge has re-united to bring another story of enormous importance to New Zealanders, to the big screen. Production has commenced on 25 April, an animated docu/drama that retells the incredible Gallipolli story -...

The New Zealand Film Commission (NZFC) has launched its new online on-demand platform, Films On Demand. New Zealand Film Commission (NZFC) CEO, Dave Gibson, announced today the launch of the NZFC Films On Demand platform, an online streaming service...

New Zealand Film Commission Chief Executive Dave Gibson and Danish Film Institute Chief Executive Henrik Bo Nielsen signed the co-production agreement on 19 May at the Cannes Film Festival. The agreement has been announced here by Christopher Finlayson...

Production Funding May Board Meeting Atomic Falafel (arthouse – political satire) Proposed NZ – German – Israel co-production Producers: Matthew Metcalfe, Chilik Michaeli (Israel) and Andro Steinborn (Germany) Writer / Director: Dror Shaul Beyond...

Producer International Travel Assistance (PITA) Travel assistance is available for producers with feature film projects in advanced development to attend key international markets to advance the packaging and financing of these projects. Cannes Marché...

The 2014 Cannes Film Market wrapped up on 23 May, bringing to a close an incredibly busy and productive events schedule for the largest ever delegation of New Zealand producers to Cannes.  A brief wrap-up follows—more detailed information...

We are establishing an annual fund of $200,000 from 1 July 2014 to support New Zealand filmmakers working to develop feature films as official co-productions with China. Up to $50,000 will be available to defray intended actual and reasonable costs...

Queen’s Honour for NZFC Chair Patsy Reddy The New Zealand Film Commission wishes to congratulate Dame Patsy Reddy on her recognition in the Queen’s Birthday Honours. Dame Patsy has been appointed a Dame Companion of the New Zealand Order of...

The New Zealand Film Commission wishes to congratulate Catherine Fitzgerald and Frank Stark on thier recognition in today's Queen's Honours. Producer Catherine Fitzgerald has a long list of filmmaking credits including The Orator, Turangawaewae/A Place...

The first documentary project supported by NZ On Air and the New Zealand Film Commission under the Joint Documentary Fund has gone into production, while funding for two more projects has just been finalised. The Joint Documentary Fund, established by...

Outstanding Conditional Offers for Production Funding Poi E Producers: Alexander Behse, Reikura Kahi and Te Arepa Kahi Writer/Director: Te Arepa Kahi (Offer made at May 2014 Board meeting) Atomic Falafel Proposed NZ/German/Israel co-production...

We’re keen to support the growth of a vibrant domestic production sector, one with feature production at a range of budget levels – from large-budget official co-productions through to innovative lower-budget films with realistic budgets and...