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Te Aupounamu Māori Screen Excellence Award has been established alongside Te Rautaki Māori o Te Tumu Whakaata Taonga, the New Zealand Film Commission’s Māori Strategy. The annual award is our way of recognising and celebrating members of the Māori...

 The New Zealand Film Commission (NZFC) is pleased to announce the appointment of Taima Anne (Annie) Murray (Te Arawa) to the position of Chief Executive Officer for a five-year term.  NZFC Board Chair Alastair Carruthers, in making the...

Te Tumu Whakaata Taonga The New Zealand Film Commission (NZFC) is looking to engage an experienced Team Administrator for a fixed term period, initially for six (6) months.  This role is primarily responsible for coordinating and ensuring the smooth...

Feature Film Production Investment  At the March 2023 Board Meeting the NZFC Board approved conditional offers of funding totalling over $2.8M to two new feature films.  Moss & Freud (Feature Drama)  Logline: Over a period of nine...

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

KEEPING THINGS PRACTICAL   Walt Disney Studios and the NZFC invite applications to attend a free workshop on practical effects hosted by Sir Richard Taylor and his colleagues at Wētā Workshop.   The workshop will provide the...

Te Tumu Whakaata Taonga The New Zealand Film Commission (NZFC) is a Crown Agency governed by an eight-member board appointed by the Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage. We support a diverse range of New Zealand and international stories to be...

From the producers of The Breaker Upperers, Cousins and Hunt for the Wilderpeople, Red, White & Brass is the debut feature film for director Damon Fepulea’i who co-wrote with co-producer Halaifonua (Nua) Finau. The film stars John-Paul...

Te Māngai Pāho welcomes its inclusion in the Screen Production Recovery Fund NGĀ WHAKAPUTANGA PĀPĀHOMEDIA RELEASES 27 January 2023 Te Māngai Pāho is pleased that the COVID-19 Screen Production Recovery Fund will be expanded to include Te Māngai Pāho...

He Kauahi Catalyst supports New Zealand filmmakers to progress their talents to the next stage and make exceptional, high end narrative short films that will ignite the flame and be the catalyst for change in their career. Three teams have been offered...

Bad Behaviour is the directorial debut for Alice Englert, who also wrote the screenplay and stars in the film alongside Jennifer Connelly (pictured) and Ben Whishaw with Ana Scotney, Dasha Nekrasova, Marlon Williams, Karan Gill and  Beulah Koale...

Thirteen years after Director James Cameron brought the world the ground-breaking Avatar, we return to Pandora for “Avatar: The Way of Water”. Live Action shooting for the much-anticipated sequel was performed in New Zealand with...

Screen sector urged to have a say  Te Tumu Whakaata Taonga The New Zealand Film Commission is urging the screen sector to engage in the future funding of the screen industry in New Zealand.     The Minister of Arts, Culture and Heritage...

Principal photography is underway on the new feature film ‘One Winter’ starring Julian Dennison of Ngāti Hauā (Hunt for the Wilderpeople, Godzilla v Kong), Minnie Driver (Circle of Friends, Good Will Hunting), Rhys Darby (Yes Man, Flight of the...

The New Zealand Film Commission (NZFC) would like to pay tribute to film industry trailblazer Judith McCann who passed away on the 4th of October in Canada.    New Zealand born McCann was raised and educated in Canada.  She spent eight...

Muru, written and directed by Tearepa Kahi, is New Zealand’s contender for the 2023 Academy Awards Best International Feature Film category. Starring Cliff Curtis, Jay Ryan, Manu Bennett, Tame Iti, Simone Kessell, Roimata Fox, Ria Te Uira Paki and...

Transmission Films and Eight Productions in association with Te Tumu Whakaata Taonga the New Zealand Film Commission (NZFC) have today released the trailer for feature documentary Dame Valerie Adams: MORE THAN GOLD about Olympic champion...

Tearepa Kahi’s Muru will have its Asian premiere in the Flash Forward competition section of the 27th Busan International Film Festival. Selected to screen in the opening weekend of the Toronto International Film Festival, Muru, written and...

An independent review commissioned by the Board of the New Zealand Film Commission on its conflict of interest management policy and processes, has found that nothing improper occurred but said disclosure and management of interests and potential...

We would like to acknowledge and thank Dame Kerry Prendergast as she finishes a remarkable six year tenure as NZFC Chair. It’s been an extraordinary time in the film sector throughout Dame Kerry’s two terms, marked by significant successes and huge...

It is with sadness the NZFC acknowledges the passing of respected actor, playwright and artist, Marshall Napier (22 October 1951-14 August 2022) Born and raised in Lower Hutt, Napier’s first professional acting role was for the Downstage Theatre in...

Tearepa Kahi’s action thriller MURU, will premiere in the opening weekend of the Contemporary World Cinema programme of the prestigious Toronto International Film Festival in September. Set in 2007, Tāneatua on the East Coast of New Zealand, Muru is...

New Zealand’s screen industry is continuing to grow at an unprecedented rate and it is the job of Te Tumu Whakaata Taonga I The New Zealand Film Commission (NZFC) to support our creative and talented filmmakers.    We have an exciting...

Production is underway for Piki Films’ new feature film starring Erana James, Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei and Waikato Tainui (The Wilds, The Changeover), Nathalie Morris (Bump, Petrol), new talent Manaia Hall, Ngāi Tūhoe, Ngāti Manawa, Ngāti Pukenga, and...

tēnā koutou i tēnei ahiahi  Ko Mladen Ivancic ahau, acting CEO at Te Tumu Whakaata Taonga New Zealand Film Commission. It’s a great pleasure to be here, at an industry event, after so long. Thank you to Jackie Dennis and the team at Script to...

Four New Zealand feature films and a New Zealand short have been selected to screen at the Edinburgh International Film Festival.  Whina and Nude Tuesday will have their European premieres at the festival while Juniper and Millie Lies Low will...

The enthralling trailer for upcoming Kiwi film Millie Lies Low has today been released, ahead of the comedy-drama’s general release on September 29th. Bringing the story of Millie to life is actor, artist and theatre-maker Ana Scotney (Cousins, The...

The trailer for this year’s opening night film of the Sydney Film Festival, We Are Still Here, released today ahead of its New Zealand premiere at the Whānau Mārama, the New Zealand International Film Festival. The film will also screen in the state of...

Now in it’s fifth week of release, Whina has taken over one million dollars at the New Zealand box office and remains in the top ten chart of films currently in theatrical release. Written by Paula Whetu Jones, James Napier Robertson and James Lucas,...

Four wāhine Māori drama producers and one Takatāpui have been announced as this year’s New Zealand Film Commission 2022 Gender Scholarship recipients. Under the patronage of Producers Ainsley Gardiner and Desray Armstrong, five...

Aotearoa New Zealand has a globally competitive and thriving screen sector.  We are renowned for our creativity and innovation, our diverse and accessible landscapes, and our highly skilled and experienced crew. We produce world class productions...

Academy Award winner Jennifer Connelly is set to star with Ben Whishaw in Bad Behaviour, Australian/New Zealand actress and filmmaker Alice Englert’s directorial debut. The film is a dark comedy about Lucy (Connelly), a former child actress who...

Te Tumu Whakaata Taonga New Zealand Film Commission sadly acknowledges the passing of director Luit Bieringa (10 September 1942 - 21 June 2022). Originally from The Netherlands, Luitjen Hendrik Bieringa spent most of his life in Aotearoa New Zealand and...

From writer and director Tearepa Kahi, Muru will release in nationwide cinemas on 1 September. On the eve of Matariki, the trailer for new action-drama film Muru has today been unveiled ahead of its nationwide general release on 1 September, 2022...

Jane Campion, Academy Award®-winning Best Director for her latest film The Power of the Dog, has announced a new project, A Wave in the Ocean, a popup intensive course for New Zealand’s emerging film directing talent. The independent...

We're excited to announce the finalists for Whānau Mārama New Zealand International Film Festival’s (NZIFF) New Zealand’s Best short film competition, as selected by this year’s Guest Selector, celebrated filmmaker Florian Habicht....