New Zealand Film Commission News

We are pleased to announce the 16 short films green-lit for the 2013 round of Fresh Shorts.

It was yet another success story for the New Zealand contingent at this year’s Melbourne International Film Festival.

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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.

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.

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.

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 Z

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 followi

Congratulations to filmmaking team Traces of Nut, whose short film The Sleeping Plot has been named the 2013 48HOURS Grand National Champion.