• Mortal Engines trailer reveals another world created in New Zealand

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    Issue date: 7 Jun 2018

    The latest trailer for Mortal Engines has revealed another world created in New Zealand.  Mortal Engines is set thousands of years after civilization was destroyed by a cataclysmic event, humankind has adapted and a new way of...

  • Fresh Shorts Funding Announcement

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    Issue date: 14 Jun 2018

    Six films have been offered funding in the January Fresh Shorts round, two at the $10,000 level,  three at the $30,000 level and one at $15,000. At the $10,000 level: The Sauna Writer/director: Lucy Knox, Producer: Evie Mackay At an idyllic spa...

  • Interactive Development Fund Announcement

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    Issue date: 15 Jun 2018

    We are excited to announce the successful applicants for this year’s Interactive Development Fund. The programme supports concept development of original, narrative-focused, interactive and games content delivered on any platform (including mobile,...

  • The Meg

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    Issue date: 10 Aug 2018

    The Meg is a large-scale science fiction action thriller starring English actor Jason Statham (Spy, Furious 7, The Expendables films) and award-winning Chinese actress Li Bingbing (Transformer: Age of Extinction, Forbidden Kingdom, The Message), and also...

  • Mortal Engines

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    Issue date: 13 Dec 2018

    Mortal Engines is set thousands of years after civilization was destroyed by a cataclysmic event, humankind has adapted and a new way of living has evolved.  Gigantic moving cities now roam the Earth, ruthlessly preying upon smaller traction...

  • Mission Impossible: Fallout

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    Issue date: 27 Jul 2018

    Ethan Hunt and his IMF team, along with some familiar allies, race against time after a mission gone wrong. Format Feature Film  Production Company Paramount Pictures Producers Tom Cruise, Christopher McQuarrie, Dana Goldberg, J...

  • 125 Fund Opens

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    Issue date: 21 Jun 2018

    The 125 Fund opened to applicants today. The fund, which will make an investment of up to $1.25 million into up to two dramatic feature films, led by women, is open to dramatic features in any genre (not documentaries). The deadline for...

  • A Wrinkle in Time

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    Issue date: 9 Mar 2018

    From visionary director Ava DuVernay comes Disney’s A Wrinkle in Time, an epic adventure based on Madeleine L’Engle’s timeless classic which takes audiences across dimensions of time and space, examining the nature of darkness versus light and,...

  • New Zealand Film Commission and Taipei Film Commission to Launch a Professional Screenwriters Exchange

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    Issue date: 25 Jun 2018

    The New Zealand Film Commission (NZFC) and Taipei Film Commission (TFC) have launched a Professional Screenwriters Exchange. Under the exchange one professional screenwriter from Taiwan will travel to New Zealand and one professional screenwriter...

  • China and Taiwan Activity

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    Issue date: 29 Jun 2018

    The New Zealand Film Commission (NZFC) led a delegation of leading New Zealand producers, post-production companies and specialist service providers from throughout New Zealand to Shanghai, Qingdao and Taipei from 15-25 June. On the first day NZFC...