• An Innovative Approach to Leadership of Premium Productions for International Audiences Fund

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    Issue date: 26 Feb 2021

    Ka ao, ka ao, ka awatea! The three agencies collaborating to deliver the Te Puna Kairangi Premium Fund, the Premium Productions for International Audiences Fund have struck on an innovative leadership model for the Fund. Te Tumu Whakaata Taonga...

  • Te Ahi Kā

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    Te Ahi Kā ('the home fire') is an initiative to ensure New Zealand films have a life far beyond their festival premiere or initial release. It will ensure that future generations can enjoy our films for years to come. Celebrating New Zealand...

  • Cornerstone Marches Into EFM with New Zealand Drama Whina

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    Issue date: 11 Feb 2021

    Cornerstone will launch worldwide sales, excluding ANZ, for writers and directors James Napier Robertson and Paula Whetu Jones’ Whina (pronounced fee-nah), out of the upcoming European Film Market. Rena Owen (The Last Witch Hunter, Star Wars: Revenge of...

  • Six Short Films Funded Through Fresh Shorts Initiative

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    Issue date: 11 Feb 2021

    Six filmmaking teams have been selected for funding through the 2020 round of Fresh Shorts and will each receive a grant of $15,000 to make their short film. The selected teams and their projects are: Arrival Writer/producer: Francesca Mackenzie...

  • Farewell Tony Hiles

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    Issue date: 9 Feb 2021

    The New Zealand Film Commission sadly acknowledges the passing of filmmaker Tony Hiles. Tony’s filmmaking career began in the mid-1960s when he documented US President Lyndon B Johnson’s visit to New Zealand on film.  He followed this with work in...

  • Premium Productions for International Audiences Fund (Te Puna Kairangi Premium Fund) is now open

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    Issue date: 17 Dec 2020

    The  Premium Productions for International Audiences Fund  (Te Puna Kairangi Premium Fund) is now open for applications. Please go here for more information including guidelines and a link to the NZFC's application portal.

  • New Zealand Film Commission Releases Annual Report for 2019-20

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    Issue date: 27 Jan 2021

    The New Zealand Film Commission’s Annual Report 2019-20  was tabled in Parliament on 27 January. Releasing the report NZFC Chair Kerry Prendergast said, “It has been a challenging year for the screen sector, and one that has tested and proved its...

  • WarnerMedia Acquires New Zealand film There is No I in Threesome as HBO Max Original

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    Issue date: 27 Jan 2021

    HBO Max debuted the trailer and key art today for the new Max Original documentary There is No I in Threesome.  The film begins streaming in the US ahead of Valentine’s Day on 11 February and will have its world premiere this weekend...

  • Vale Peter Vere-Jones

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    Issue date: 26 Jan 2021

    The New Zealand Film Commission acknowledges the passing of actor Peter Vere-Jones ONZM. In a long and varied career across six decades, Peter Vere-Jones’s career spanned theatre, film and television. Peter’s film career included the lead role in...

  • Farewell to Bill Sheat

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    Issue date: 20 Jan 2021

    The New Zealand Film Commission (NZFC) joins the New Zealand film, and wider arts community in sadly acknowledging the passing of Bill Sheat, the organisation’s inaugural Chair. Bill’s 60-plus year involvement with the arts started at Wellington’s...

  • Live Webinar – Wednesday 16 December

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    Issue date: 11 Dec 2020

    Join CEO Annabelle Sheehan, Head of Development and Production Leanne Saunders, Head of Marketing Jasmin McSweeney and Moderator Molly Littlejohn for a live webinar on Wednesday 16 December. The panel will update on the Screen Sector Recovery Funds...

  • Whakawhanake Te Ao Niko - Interactive Development Funding Announcement

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    Issue date: 10 Dec 2020

    We are pleased to announce the successful applicants for this year’s Whakawhanake Te Ao Niko - Interactive Development Fund. Whakawhanake Te Ao Niko - Interactive Development Fund supports concept development of original, narrative-focused, interactive...

  • NZFC's Big Screen Symposium Presentation 2020

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    Issue date: 21 Dec 2020

    Below is a transcript of the presentation the NZFC gave at the 2020 Big Screen Symposium held 4-5 December 2020. Annabelle Sheehan "Ko Annabelle Sheehan Toku ingoa. From Te Tumu Whakaata Taonga E rau rangatira o te motu Kātahi te tau poro taikaha nei...

  • Internship Opportunity

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    Issue date: 21 Dec 2020

    The New Zealand Film Commission invites new and emerging filmmakers to register their interest in paid professional internships on domestic and international drama series. The definition of new and emerging can be found in the NZFC's Talent...

  • International Showreel

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    Issue date: 22 Dec 2020

    To mark the end of a successful and challenging year, we are sharing our international reel showcasing some of New Zealand’s fine film, TV and PDV work. Enjoy! Music: Aotearoa – Minuit, Karanga Ra - Herbs Editor: Greg Jennings...

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  • Screen Sector Gets $50M Boost to Tell New Zealand's Stories Globally

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    Issue date: 7 Dec 2020

    The Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage Hon Carmel Sepuloni launched the Premium Productions for International Audiences Fund over the weekend, making $50 million available in a unique opportunity for the screen sector to tell New Zealand’s...

  • Sundance Premiere for Coming Home in the Dark

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    Issue date: 16 Dec 2020

    Coming Home in the Dark will have its World Premiere in the Midnight section of the 2021 Sundance Film Festival. Written by Eli Kent and James Ashcroft, and produced by Mike Minogue, Catherine Fitzgerald and Desray Armstrong, Coming Home in...

  • He Ara Development Funding Decisions December 2020

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    Issue date: 9 Dec 2020

    E rau rangatira mā o te Ao Kiriata,  tēnā koutou katoa, He Ara (Pathway) funding is intended to support Māori and/or Pacific Island filmmakers to further create a diverse range of quality New Zealand content using their own way of working....

  • Develop Your Projects and Skills

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    Need some help getting a film project off the ground? The Film Commission has a variety of initiatives to help aspiring and new filmmakers develop their projects and skills. 

  • Getting Your Film Seen

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    We want New Zealand films to be enjoyed both here and overseas.  Local We expect all the films we fund to be seen in New Zealand cinemas. We know New Zealand films need help going up against international films with far larger budgets and...

  • Getting Your Film Made

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    Once you have developed a script for a feature or short film then you will want to make it. There are many legal and financial requirements for making a film, which can take a lot of work. Some hard work early on can save a lot of time and money in...

  • Funding programmes

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    Find out about all the different funding programmes we have to develop films and careers at every level. 

  • Japanese

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    こんにちは ニュージーランド・フィルムコミッションでは、ニュージーランド映画の企画・制作に資金を提供し、政府の映画産業振興策を管理運営しています。公式あるいは非公式の共同制作プロジェクトの支援・誘致も行っています。 コミッションには、日本語を話す職員(クリス・ペイン)がおります。ニュージーランドでの映画制作のほか、業務提携について関心をお持ちの方は、メール: Chris@nzfilm.co.nz またはお電話:+64 4 382 7697でお気軽にお問い合わせください。 また、...

  • Chinese 中文资料

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    新西兰电影委员会是专门资助新西兰影视行业开发和项目制作的官方机构,并且管理、执行新西兰政府提供的激励津贴和补助金计划 。 我们非常支持也鼓励官方合拍和非官方的协作项目,尤其是中-新影视合作,所以特为中国影人设备了下列的中文资料。 如果您有兴趣与我们合作,欢迎联络我们的:international@nzfilm.co.nz。谢谢! 关注我们的官方微信:        

  • Te Reo Māori

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    Kia ora, Kei Te Tumu Whakaata Taonga nei ka utua e mātou te whanaketanga me te huanga o ngā kiriata nō Aotearoa nei, ā, ka whakahaere mātou te manawarū kaupapa ā te Kawantanga. Ka tautokona, ā, ka ākina hoki e mātou kia hangaia ai ngā huanga kātipa me...

  • NZFC Data Room Available Now

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    Issue date: 10 Dec 2020

    The New Zealand Film Commission is committed to transparency across its activities and has developed a Data Room designed to inform the industry and ensure information is readily available to anyone wishing to access it. The Data Room includes...

  • COVID Advisory #5 - Screen Recovery Package Update

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    Issue date: 13 Aug 2020

    The resurgence of COVID-19 in Auckland this week, shifting the Auckland region to Alert Level 3 and the rest of the country to Alert Level 2 until midnight Friday 14 August, has created uncertainty for all filmmakers living and working here. We...

  • Production Funding

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    Production Funding offers production financing for your project. The funding comes in the form of equity investment - if we invest money in your film then we get a share of any profits made. We do not independently produce films....

  • 18 Teams Shortlisted for Kōpere Hou - Fresh Shorts 2020

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    Issue date: 24 Nov 2020

    New Zealand Film Commission and Script to Screen take great pleasure in announcing the 18 projects and teams who have been shortlisted for Kōpere Hou - Fresh Shorts 2020. A panel of external film industry assessors shortlisted 18 projects out...

  • Tim Roth to Star in New Local Feature Film Punch

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    Issue date: 11 Nov 2020

    Production has commenced in Auckland for Punch, a new local feature film starring British actor and Oscar-nominee Tim Roth (The Hateful Eight, Rob Roy, Pulp Fiction, Tin Star), alongside local actors Jordan Oosterhof (Cul de Sac) and Toi Whakaari...

  • Vale Bill Gosden

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    Issue date: 9 Nov 2020

    Te Tumu Whakaata Taonga The New Zealand Film Commission (NZFC) is mourning the loss of an industry stalwart, long-time New Zealand International Film Festival director, Bill Gosden, and pleased to confirm on behalf of his whānau that Bill’s memorial...

  • International Premiere for This Town at Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival

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    Issue date: 4 Nov 2020

    This Town will have its international premiere at the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, one of Northern Europe’s largest film festivals.  The film will screen In Competition in the ‘Rebels with a Cause’ section which features films from...

  • 28 October Live Webinar with NZFC, NZ On Air and Te Māngai Pāho

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    Issue date: 3 Nov 2020

    On Wednesday 28 October the NZFC, NZ On Air and Te Māngai Pāho held a live webinar to give an update on the Premium Production for International Audience Fund (PKA the $50M premium drama fund). The Fund is designed to support the production of...

  • Join Six60 for the Premiere of the Film Six60: Till the Lights Go Out

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    Issue date: 22 Oct 2020

    Fans will have the chance to buy exclusive tickets to join New Zealand’s biggest band at the Auckland and Dunedin premieres, before its nationwide release. To celebrate the release of the feature film Till the Lights Go Out, SIX60 are giving fans the...

  • Dawn Raid - The Untold Story That Inspired a Kiwi Generation Hits the Big Screen in 2021

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    Issue date: 28 Oct 2020

    387 Distribution is excited to release the first trailer for local feature film Dawn Raid ahead of its nationwide release on January 21, 2021. Directed by Oscar Kightley and from the producers of McLaren and The Dead Lands, Dawn Raid is the...