New Zealand Film Commission News

Human Traces has begun its second block of principal photography this week on the wild and remote Catlins coast on the southeastern South Island.

This is an exciting year for New Zealand film at the prestigious Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival (TGHFF).

For Anzac Day and to remember those who gave their lives for our country, we're sharing some films about New Zealanders and their unique experiences of war on our VOD site, New Zealand Film on Demand.

Congratulations to the team selected to receive funding from the second round of the He Ara development scheme:

The New Zealand Film Commission (NZFC) is pleased to announce the appointment of Catherine Bates as International Relations Manager (Incentives).

Short Film Manager Whetu Fala recently visited Blackfella Films and the Indigenous Units of Screen Australia and ABC in Sydney as part of the ongoing work for the recently developed  He Ara – Māori & Pasifika Development fund.

It is with much sadness that we acknowledge the death of Caterina De Nave on Sunday the 17th of August in Sydney.

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 realisti

The NZFC in partnership with SPADA were pleased to support Carthew Neal and David White to attend the Entrepreneurial Producing for the Creative Industries course held at the National Film & Television School, United Kingdom.

The International Film Festival Rotterdam has finished for another year with the New Zealand contingent having racked up a number of successful screenings.

Congratulations to all the finalists in this years WIFT NZ 2014 Awards

We'd like to congratulate the following filmmaking teams shortlisted for Premiere Shorts 2013 by the Executive Producer groups.

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 internation

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.  

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.

Applications for the next round of Fresh Shorts open on Monday 12 May 2014, with the deadline on Friday 27 June 2014.

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.

Congratulations to all the nominees in this year's Rialto Channel New Zealand Film Awards.

The nominees are:

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Rialto Channel Best Film

Congratulations to the Mr Pip team on the film taking more than a million dollars at the NZ box office.

The New Zealand Film Commission is proudly supporting a new collaboration with the New Zealand Writers Guild (NZWG) for early script development.

We are pleased to announce our Digitisation Project.

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:

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.

We were thrilled to support three feature films screening in Toronto International Film Festival this year; Giselle, White Lies and Beyond The Edge.  

We are delighted that this year the imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival in Toronto has turned its international spotlight on Māori artists.

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

Congratulations to the team behind Beyond The Edge, which was named runner-up in the People's Choice Award for Documentary at the Toronto International Film Festival.  The People's Choice Award nod comes after a successful Toronto world pr

We are proud to be supporting Sally Tran to intern at leading indie film production company, Killer Films.

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.  

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.