Funding Wizard

The Advanced Development Fund supports film projects that are at an advanced stage and are almost ready for market.

The Boost Development Fund supports the growth of established producers and screen businesses by helping out films that could benefit from a funding boost.

The Co-Production Development Fund encourages New Zealand filmmakers to form partnerships with filmmakers overseas.

The Distribution Fund helps distributors of New Zealand films maximise the domestic theatrical audience.

The Documentary Development Fund supports documentary films that have the potential to become compelling cinematic releases.

The Feature Film Finishing Fund helps independent filmmakers over the final hurdle of post production and into cinemas.

Feature Film Production Investment supports the making of diverse New Zealand feature films that are original, exciting and culturally significant.

The He Ara Development Fund supports established filmmakers to tell authentic and exciting Māori and Pacific Island stories on screen. 

He Pounamu Te Reo Māori Feature Film Initiative is an annual fund for the production of narrative feature films in Te Reo Māori.

The Lower Budget Feature Film Initiative is aimed at lower-budget projects that want to break boundaries.

The New Zealand Film Commission admininsters the Screen Production Grant  on behalf of the Ministry for Culture and Heritage and the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment.

Raupapa Whakaari Funding is a joint initiative between the New Zealand Film Commission and NZ On Air and has been designed to develop high-end adult drama series that will appeal to the international market as well as New Zealand audie

New Zealand Writers Guild (NZWG) Seed grants offer an opportunity for writers to develop feature film scripts without a producer attached.

This unique investment initiative has been created to attract and encourage new and emerging Māori voices, as well as promote authentic representation of Māori characters, stories, places, history and culture and support high quality films