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The International Co-Development Fund (ICF) supports New Zealand producers who are working with an overseas partner on developing feature films.  What we fund It is anticipated that projects applying to the International Co-Development Fund...

The Producer International Travel Fund supports producers to travel to international festivals and markets. Given very strong demand on the PITF structure in the 2023/24 financial year (1 July 2023 to 30 June 2024), the fund’s annual allocation has been...

Feature Film Production Investment supports the making of diverse New Zealand feature films that are original, exciting and culturally significant. What we fund Feature films – whether they are large, small, narrative, or documentary. Each year we...

Feature Film Post Production Investment helps exciting projects to get over the finishing line. What we fund Post production financing to help finish films for the big screen. This is in the form of equity investment up to $500,000 (although it is...

The Documentary Development Fund (DDF) supports the development of documentary films that have the potential to become compelling cinematic releases. What we fund Early and advanced development of feature-length documentaries suitable for a theatrical...

The 2024/25 Industry Development Fund combines the previous Strategic training Fund and the NZFC administered On-the-Job Development programme for internships, mentorships, attachments and professional placements. It has a focus on devolving support to...

Te Tumu Whakaata Taonga New Zealand Film Commission (NZFC) provides core operational funding for New Zealand screen guilds and industry organisations. This funding helps support these organisations to build networks, develop capacity and deliver a wide...

The Early Development Fund supports the development of scripts, that have the potential to make great New Zealand feature films. What we fund The early development of feature film scripts. Grant up to $25,000 per application Up to a total...

The Premium Contingency Fund is a special purpose discretionary fund that has been established to respond to unforeseen challenges to Premium Productions. The Fund will support Premium Productions in unexpected circumstances and to avoid abandonment,...

Lucy, a former child actor, seeks enlightenment at a retreat led by spiritual leader Elon while she navigates her close yet turbulent relationship with her stunt-performer daughter, Dylan. Format  Film Production company Protagonist Pictures...

New Zealand Writers Guild (NZWG) Seed grants offer an opportunity for writers to develop feature film scripts without a producer attached. NZWG Seed funds supported by New Zealand Film Commission: Assistance for writers with the development of...

Fast Facts 96% New Zealand crew 78% New Zealand cast Production based at Kumeu Film Studios Post-production took place in Auckland 10 New Zealand HODs...

The He Ara Development Fund supports established filmmakers to tell authentic and exciting Māori and Pacific Island stories on screen.  If you are experiencing difficulties in understanding how to apply, please feel free to email us at ...

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The Feature Film Finishing Fund helps independent filmmakers over the final hurdle of post production and into cinemas. What we fund The final stages of post production for feature-length films that require a theatrical digital finish (full HD or...

Far North is a 6 x one-hour scripted series telling the (mostly) true story of how the most comically inept gang to ever join forces got half a billion dollars’ worth of meth to New Zealand shores – and nearly to market. And they would have got away with...

Luciane Buchanan and Matt Whelan in The Tank Fast facts 100% shot in New Zealand 16 New Zealand cast 75% New Zealand crew Shot in Auckland “As a kiwi coming home...

Oregon, 1978. Ben Adams and his wife Jules are in for a surprise when they inherit an abandoned coastal property that Ben’s recently deceased mother never told them about. Not knowing what to expect, the couple travel to the secluded home with their...

Cami has it all, the perfect job and boyfriend but she feels that something is missing, and that feeling begins to grow when she meets Rex and an old love returns to her life. Format  Film Production companies Netflix Producers Melanie Turner...

When a young Irish couple vanishes from a small town in the North Island of New Zealand, Irish Detective Theo Richter teams up with Kiwi Detective Diana Huia to find them. Starring Richard Flood and Acushla-Tara Kupe.  Format  TV Series...

Fast facts 10 New Zealand cast 280 crew 6,500 litres of fake blood Shot in Auckland The iconic horror franchise returns with, Evil Dead Rise, written...

(L-R): Ronal, Tonowari, and the Metkayina clan in 20th Century Studios' AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER. Photo courtesy of 20th Century Studios. © 2022 20th Century Studios. All Rights Reserved. “I think what audiences can prepare themselves for is the...

Evil Dead Rise is a terrifying new instalment in the iconic horror franchise created by Sam Raimi in the 1980s. A new group of young people uncover the Necronomicon, inadvertently unleashing the mother of all evil. Moving the action out of the woods and...

As a deadly new wave of the Sick bears down, Gus (Christian Convery) and a band of fellow hybrids are held prisoner by General Abbot (Neil Sandilands) and the Last Men. Looking to consolidate power by finding a cure, Abbot uses the children as fodder for...

Fast facts 215 New Zealand crew. 9 New Zealand cast. 124 New Zealand extras. X, Pearl and Mr. Corman  bundled under the NZSPG – International criteria. Written...

Ko te Tohu Kairangi Kiriata Māori (Te Aupounamu), he wāhanga o te Rautaki Māori o Te Tumu Whakaata Taonga. Ka tukuna tēnei tohu ia tau, hei whakanui i ngā mema o te hapori kiriata Māori, kua takoha kounga nei ki te ao kiriata, kua eke rānei ki ngā...

Seventeen-year old Jim is a small-town boxing hero who carries the hopes and dreams of his father Stan on his shoulders. His growing relationship with local boy, Whetu, forces him to confront the truth about his sexuality, and choose his own future....

Under The Vines follows Rebecca Gibney and Charles Edwards as two unlikely city slickers who inherit a failing vineyard in rural New Zealand. Format  TV Series Production companies Libertine Pictures, EQ Media Group, Hardy White Pictures...

He Kauahi Catalyst aims to support 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. What we fund He...

Boost Funding supports the growth of producers and screen businesses who have a slate of strong projects to develop, along with a strategic vision and a plan to deliver on it.  Who can apply New Zealand Screen...

(from left) M3GAN and Cady (Violet McGraw) in M3GAN, directed by Gerard Johnstone. Fast facts 15 New Zealand cast 245 New Zealand crew The lobby of the Toy Company was filmed on campus at the Auckland...

Detention brings together five disparate high schoolers, but a killing — and secrets — keep them together as a cat-and-mouse murder mystery unfolds. Based on a Karen M. McManus novel, a series from “Elite” co-creator Darío Madrona. Format ...

She’s more than just a toy. She’s part of the family. From the most prolific minds in horror—James Wan, the filmmaker behind the Saw, Insidious and The Conjuring franchises, and Blumhouse, the producer of the Halloween films, The Black Phone and The...

Set more than a decade after the events of the first film, "Avatar: The Way of Water" begins to tell the story of the Sully family (Jake, Neytiri and their kids), the trouble that follows them, the lengths they go to keep each other safe, the battles...

The Distribution Fund helps distributors of NZFC-funded New Zealand films maximise the domestic theatrical audience. What we fund Financial assistance for domestic distributors of  NZFC-funded New Zealand feature films to help maximise the New...

Filmmaker Ti West returns with another chapter from the twisted world of X, in this astonishing follow-up to the year’s most acclaimed horror film. Trapped on her family’s isolated farm, Pearl must tend to her ailing father under the bitter and...