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These FAQs can assist with interpreting the New Zealand Screen Production Rebate Criteria for New Zealand Productions.

Use the relevant form below to apply for a Final Certificate in respect of the New Zealand Screen Production Rebate for New Zealand Productions:​ Final Application Form - Criteria dated 31 August 2023 Final Application Form - Criteria...

Use this form to apply for a Provisional Certificate in respect of the New Zealand Screen Production Rebate for New Zealand Productions. (Click here if you are applying for the Additional Rebate.)

Are you a new filmmaker? Here are some tips for scriptwriting, film production, distribution and marketing.  You will also find links to some useful websites and articles . We will regularly update this section but if you find anything...

Siaosi resents Katherine’s presence and is resistant to her speech therapy sessions. Anxious for progress, Katherine enlists her Tongan boyfriend Maka to translate. During this exchange, Katherine unwittingly offends Siaosi, who sternly tells them...

There are a number of industry organisations that support the careers of filmmakers. We work with these organisations to provide training, career development and networking opportunities for filmmakers.These industry organisations include:...

The Busan International Film Festival is Asia's largest film festival. What is it? A great place to discover new work from the region's filmmakers A standard stop for festival programmers looking for Asian titles An important destination for the...

Revenge of the Word Processors  is the story of a man who, while playing video games in his office computer, is attacked by creatures from it. He escapes and bumps into his boss in the corridor. She does not believe his story and returns to his...

A documentary showing the undertaking of a ten hour celebratory canoe voyage by the Tai Tokerau people of Northland. 100 paddlers journey from Waitangi to Whangaroa in a giant war canoe on a voyage of discovery and fulfillment. 

The brains responsible for (and subsequently seen in) Bad Taste belong to Peter Jackson - weaned on home movies, he became writer, director, actor and cinematographer. Then there were his mates - from their various different jobs, they...

Today's the day that the custody of Clare's son will be decided. Her son loves gorillas, but lawyers think they belong in a zoo. So does Clare's estranged husband, but he's the man who's ordered a singing valentine for his computer....

Waves have measured your arrival From the mirrored hearts in the moon Where the shores lap the skin Gods And all heaven cries in tune For blue Gods of mornings past Shall tonight dance in waters of fire Shattering veins of golden lust Sustaining...

Part of the E Tipu E Rea series, Eel  is the story of a teenage boy who learns about the bush and old Maori ways from his great uncle while he's skipping school. This experience prepares him for life in ways traditional schooling may never have...

Part of the E Tipu E Rea series, in Variations on a Theme, actor and Play School presenter Rawiri Paratene adapts three short scripts to suit a marae audience.  In one a bored schoolboy exchanges verbal barbs with a teacher.  In another a...

Part of the E Tipu E Rea series, Roimata tells the story of half-sisters, one raised in a rural area, the other in the city. The pair recoonect when the country-born sibling arrives in the city.  Before long, she has learned some harsh life lessons...

In a seedy waterfront bar, sometime during the '70s, a sideburned, bellbottomed singer begins his song. Sheltering from the rainy night, a man and a woman meet for the first time.  Or is it? Who are they? What brought them here? What bizarre...

A common garden sanil sets off on an epic adventure to claim a faraway lettuce. Many difficulties await him but nothing will stand in the way of his lunch... A quirky action comedy showing the world from a snail's perspective. This film uses time-...

Part of the E Tipu E Rea series, Thunderbox tells the story of a boy learning about hypocrisy through his unusual relationship with his father. This was the film debut for director Lee Tamahori after a long career in television commercials. Tamahori...

It's the 1870s, and charismatic Māori leader Te Wheke is fed up by brutal land grabs. He takes up arms and leads a bloody rebellion against the colonial NZ Government. In the process he provokes everyone affected by his actions — threatened...

"Here's a film about a place you've probably never been to; possibly never heard of. A place of peace and beauty surrounded by the South Pacific Ocean.It has snow-covered mountains, lakes, sub-tropical beaches and a modern economy. Its 3...

Death Warmed Up was a grand prize-winner at a French fantasy festival, David Blyth's splatterfest marked the first of many horrors funded by the NZ Film Commission. It was also the first local showcase of the smoothly-flowing Steadicam camera.

Sam Jamieson, Basil Beaumont-Foster, Brendon O'Keefe, Spud McGhee and Shorty Larsen eke out an existence in the small town of Kurikino, working seasonally at the local freezing works. The end of each day sees them gather in the local pub, the...

Life for Liz is circumscribed by the respectable veneer of an affluent community. The streets she walks are clean and safe. She sleeps between matched sheets, eats at good restaurants. She has never told a deliberate lie or used foul language in public...