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The Tank
ShowcaseIssue date: 23 May 2023Oregon, 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...
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Choose Love
ShowcaseIssue date: 31 Aug 2023Cami 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...
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The Gone
ShowcaseIssue date: 17 May 2023When 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...
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The Beatles: Get Back
ShowcaseIssue date: 25 Nov 2021The Beatles: Get Back is a Disney+ original docuseries from three-time Oscar-winning New Zealand Director Peter Jackson. Made entirely from never-before-seen footage restored at Park Road Post Production in Wellington. Peter Jackson’s “The Beatles: Get...
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Evil Dead Rise
ShowcaseIssue date: 17 Apr 2023Fast 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...
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Evil Dead Rise
ShowcaseIssue date: 20 Apr 2023Evil 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...
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Sweet Tooth Season 2
ShowcaseIssue date: 27 Apr 2023As 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...
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Pearl
ShowcaseIssue date: 13 Sep 2022Fast 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...
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Punch
ShowcaseIssue date: 30 Jul 2022Seventeen-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....
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Under the Vines Season 2
ShowcaseIssue date: 23 Feb 2023Under 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...
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M3GAN
ShowcaseIssue date: 19 Jan 2023(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...
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One of Us is Lying Season 2
ShowcaseIssue date: 20 Oct 2022Detention 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 ...
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M3GAN
ShowcaseIssue date: 25 Nov 2022She’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...
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Avatar: The Way of Water
ShowcaseIssue date: 25 Nov 2022Set 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...
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Distribution Fund
Funding InformationThe 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...
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Pearl
ShowcaseIssue date: 7 Sep 2022Filmmaker 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...
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He Pounamu Te Reo Māori Feature Film Initiative
Funding InformationHe Pounamu Te Reo Māori Feature Film Initiative is an annual fund for the production of narrative feature films in Te Reo Māori. This fund aims to increase the number of films produced in Te Reo Māori and create a culturally approriate...
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Muru
ShowcaseIssue date: 1 Sep 2022Taffy (Cliff Curtis) on horseback - Muru 2022 © Jawbone Pictures, Wheke Group Limited. Photo Christopher Pryor Inspired by actual 2007 events, Muru is a response to the illegitimate raids by Government armed forces on the people of Tūhoe. Muru...
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The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power
ShowcaseIssue date: 2 Sep 2022The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power brings to screens for the very first time the heroic legends of the fabled Second Age of Middle-earth's history. This epic drama is set thousands of years before the events of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit and...
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The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power
ShowcaseIssue date: 26 Aug 2022Fast Facts 1,250 New Zealand crew 80% New Zealand HODs 38 New Zealand locations 7 stages 87 sets built 68% series shot in studio...
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Power Rangers Dino Fury Season 28
ShowcaseIssue date: 1 Feb 2021When an army of powerful alien beings is unleashed on Earth threatening life as we know it, a brand-new team of Power Rangers, fueled by the prehistoric power of the dinosaurs, are recruited to deal with the threat. Format TV series Production...
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Power Rangers Dino Fury Season 29
ShowcaseIssue date: 1 Jul 2022When an army of powerful alien beings is unleashed on Earth threatening life as we know it, a brand-new team of Power Rangers, fueled by the prehistoric power of the dinosaurs, are recruited to deal with the threat. Format TV series Production...
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Destination Love
ShowcaseIssue date: 1 Jan 2022Madison has the chance to pursue her love of event management when her two best friends announce their engagement. Finding a pre-planned wedding package on a remote island vineyard in New Zealand, Madison teams up with David, the handsome vineyard owner...
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Love Knots
ShowcaseIssue date: 2 Feb 2022Jodie fears that her family's sail-making company will be torn down after a luxury developer looks to expand their port. When she meets Will, the architect behind the expansion, she hopes she can harmonize his plans with local businesses. Format ...
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Written in the Stars
ShowcaseIssue date: 1 Mar 2022Kelsey's magazine approves her article about a sceptic's take on horoscopes and love. She's teamed up with astrology guru, Carter, to write about a local meteor shower festival, and through fate they discover that love can be written in the stars....
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Prehistoric Planet
ShowcaseIssue date: 5 Aug 2022Travel back 66 million years to when majestic dinosaurs and extraordinary creatures roamed the lands, seas and skies. Format Mini series Production companies Apple TV+, BBC Studios Series Producer Tim Walker Directors Andrew R. Jones, Adam...
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A Wave in the Ocean: Aotearoa Pop Up Film Intensive
Funding InformationIt struck me, that the conditions in which I was given a true opportunity to be a filmmaker are not available today and have never been in Aotearoa. In 1981 I was lucky enough to attend film school in Australia where everyone was not...
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Don't Make Me Go
ShowcaseIssue date: 12 Jul 202220 New Zealand cast 350+ New Zealand crew 800+ Extras Shot June – August 2021 31 Shoot days: 9 days South Island, 22 days Auckland...
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Whina
ShowcaseIssue date: 22 Jun 2022100+ New Zealand cast and crew 200+ locals hired as background talent 7 weeks filming in Hokianga and Waitangi, Northland New Zealand Open set so community members...
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Don't Make Me Go
ShowcaseIssue date: 20 Jun 2022When single father Max (John Cho) discovers he has a terminal disease, he decides to try and cram all the years of love and support he will miss with his teenage daughter Wally (Mia Isaac) into the time he has left with her. With the promise of long-...
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Nude Tuesday
ShowcaseIssue date: 15 Jun 2022Fast Facts 100+ New Zealand crew 33 New Zealand cast 21 shoot days in Makarora and Cardrona 8 shoot days in Auckland Nude Tuesday stars Jackie van Beek (What We Do In...
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Nude Tuesday
ShowcaseIssue date: 16 Jun 2022In an effort to rekindle the spark in their troubled marriage, 40-somethings Laura and Bruno head to a three day couples’ retreat run by relationship and sexual healing guru Bjorg Rasmussen. Upon arrival, the path to their reconnection is met with...
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No Exit
ShowcaseIssue date: 22 Feb 2022Havana Rose Liu as Darby in No Exit. © 2022 20th Century Studios. All Rights Reserved. Fast Facts 300+ New Zealand crew 40 shooting days 700+ Weta Digital VFX 20+ New Zealand extras...
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X
ShowcaseIssue date: 23 Mar 2022(L-R) Owen Campbell, Brittany Snow, Mia Goth, Scott Mescudi, Jenna Ortega. Photo Credit: Christopher Moss. 200+ New Zealand crew 6 New Zealand cast Shot on location in Whanganui, Otaki, Foxton and...
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The Power of the Dog
ShowcaseIssue date: 11 Nov 2021Severe, pale-eyed, handsome, Phil Burbank is brutally beguiling. All of Phil’s romance, power and fragility is trapped in the past and in the land: He can castrate a bull calf with two swift slashes of his knife; he swims naked in the river, smearing his...
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Cowboy Bebop
ShowcaseIssue date: 19 Nov 2021Cowboy Bebop is an action-packed space Western about three bounty hunters, aka “cowboys,” all trying to outrun the past. As different as they are deadly, Spike Spiegel (John Cho), Jet Black (Mustafa Shakir), and Faye Valentine (Daniella Pineda) form a...