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Wayne is the near improbable true story of 1987 World Motorcycle Champion Wayne Gardner’s triumphant journey from riding a $5 dirt bike to the summit of his global sport. At its heart Wayne is also a love story, with girlfriend, Donna-Lee...

Toa Fraser's second English-set film (following 2008's quirky drama Dean Spanley) dramatises a real life siege at the Iranian Embassy in London, when gunmen held 26 people hostage in April 1980. Fraser and Dead Lands writer Glenn...

It’s hard enough being a teenager, working in the family falafel truck with her mother, who’s in the ninth year of grieving the loss of her husband, but fifteen-year-old Nofar Azrian sells falafel to soldiers perpetually ready for war,...

A Canadian/New Zealand co-production, Turbo Kid is the world’s first post-apocalyptic coming-of-age splatter actioner with a dash of romance. A bloody but sweet-natured love letter to 80s nostalgia and the tale of an orphaned outcast...

The story centres on 17 year old Jay who has travelled from Scotland to Colorado to be reunited with the woman with whom he is infatuated. He is quickly confronted by the dangers of the frontier and so teams up with a mysterious traveller named Silas (...

The Vintner’s Luck is a story of love, wine and angels; recounting the life of Sobran Jodeau, a peasant winemaker and his life-long ambition to produce a great wine - a wine that has never before been tasted. Set in Burgundy in the years spanning...

Released in Kiwi cinemas in August 2009 - after winning praise at festivals in Berlin and Rotterdam - The Strength of Water marks the big-screen debut of Māori playwright Briar Grace-Smith, and Pākehā director Armagan Ballantyne. The film centres on a 10...

The Ferryman, a classic horror film set in the South Pacific, commenced principal photography on March 31 and wrapped on May 13, 2006. Filming took place on Auckland's Waitemata Harbour, Waiheke Island, Birkenhead Point and Kelly Park in Wainui north...

Perfect Creature is a highly original retelling of the vampire myth, set in an alternate version of the 1960’s. Science fiction and horror coalesce in a suspenseful, elegant, action film about race, serial killings and the capacity of human beings...

A co-production between New Zealand, Canada and the UK, Nemesis Game began as an idea by director Jesse Warn to write a screenplay around the idea that riddles are a metaphor for life. Warn and his producing partner Matthew Metcalfe teamed up with...

Bonjour Timothy is a comedic teenage love story from director Wayne Tourell. Timothy Taylor is your average teenage whose life is disrupted by the arrival of a French Canadian exchange student. Because of a simple spelling mistake on a fax, the...

John is having trouble with his ex-wife. He's also bankrupt. And he can't find buyers for his warehouse full of parrots. Because of all these troubles, he decides to blow his brains out. But his suicide attempt is interrupted by a cute young cop...

A young boy is afflicted by apocalyptic visions in medieval Cumbria. Believing he is divinely inspired to save his village from the Black Death, he persuades a group of men to follow him into a tunnel. They dig deep into the earth and emerge ... in...

Image: Macey Chipping (playing Issie Brown) and Blaze the horse in Mystic Nine productions which have received support from Te Tumu Whakaata Taonga New Zealand Film Commission (NZFC) have made the finals of the New Zealand Television Awards. All...

Te Tumu Whakaata Taonga New Zealand Film Commission and Script to Screen would like to thank all the filmmakers who applied for Whiringa Tuatahi – Stage One. There was a wealth of great ideas and some extremely strong talent to select from. From a...

Jade has joined her best friend Michelle for a day at the pools. She is in the throws of puberty, and she desperately wants to be older than her young thirteen years. Jade talks to a reluctant Michelle about sex, revealing she has heard her neighbours...

We have an exciting contract opportunity for a Business Change Analyst to support us in delivering portal implementation. This is a full-time contract role for up to 6 months.   The role will be Wellington based.    As a Business...

The final production funding round for Te Puna Kairangi will open on Monday 6 December 2021 with a deadline of Tuesday 22 February 2022.  Updated Premium Production Fund Guidelines, Terms of Trade and Submission checklists are available...

When we meet Flip she is living in a cycle of abuse with a beastlike soldier, Helmet. She has managed to keep her daughter Plug relatively safe, fed, alive and so far Helmet has not turned his attentions towards her. Plug is the light in her life, the...

On 15 October in 2007, with new anti-terrorism powers, the New Zealand Police swooped on the people of Tūhoe, raiding homes in the small town of Rūātoki in the Bay of Plenty, Aotearoa. Among the many arrested under suspicion of domestic terrorism...

Set in small town New Zealand in the 80’s, Midnight Till 8 follows Cam, a 10-year-old boy who’s having trouble connecting with his father. He joins his dad on the Midnight Till 8 shift where home rules don’t apply. Cam helps with the...

As two Irish workmen scale the scaffolding of a London high-rise, their jovial storytelling, kindly lessons imparted and joke sharing rapidly descends into distrust, as the boss suspects his young apprentice of being involved with his wife. Upset and...

New Zealand audiences are able to experience Coming Home in the Dark at home early with a fast-tracked digital release to rent and buy now on  NZ Film On Demand, Apple TV and Google Play. Following its World Premiere at the...

Te Tumu Whakaata Taonga New Zealand Film Commission (NZFC) welcomes the $37.5 million in Delta support for the arts and culture sector announced today by Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage (MCH), Hon. Carmel Sepuloni. As part of the support package...

In a world where a deadly virus is wiping out humanity, a 12-year-old girl with Down syndrome is left in the care of her survivalist uncle. Frank, at ease with a gun and living off the land, has little sympathy for a kid like Izzy. The frosty...

3 Māori cousins. Mata, introverted, watchful, a seer of spirits, the child of a Māori mother and an abusive Pākehā (white) father. Makareta, raised to be the princess of her tribe, spoilt and educated in both worlds. Missy, cheeky, insecure and often...

On Wednesday 15 September the NZFC hosted a live webinar about Te Puna Kairangi - Premium Productions Fund Interim Production Round. The speaker was New Zealand Film Commission Co-Head of Te Puna Kairangi - Premium...

Round 2 of Ara ki Te Puna Kairangi -The Premium Development Fund opens today, Thursday 23 September with a deadline of 1pm, 14 October 2021.  Applications will only be accepted if they are submitted through the portal on the funding page of...

Honk if You’re Horny is a ribald comedy about tall stories and our bizarre need to pretend to be something we’re not, as well as the folly of being too quick to judge a book by its cover. On a rainy night in Auckland city, an enigmatic...

Inspired by a true story, Hot Mother is a is the tale of a single mother and her contemptuous daughter, who go to a spa retreat to spend time together. Set over the course of one afternoon, the pair seem unable to connect; the divide between them is too...

When arborists, Zoe and Tim find out they are having a baby, they resolve to not let parenthood change them. Tim runs towards being a Dad, while Zoe runs away from being a mum - trying to live out her long-deferred dreams. Terrified that her life won...