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Exploring cultural differences, Eating Sausage tells the story of a recent Korean immigrant trapped in Auckland's suburbia while her husband works. When one of the neighbours invites her to go to their weekly swimming lessons, she finds her place in...

Te Ahi Kā ('the home fire') is an initiative to ensure New Zealand films have a life far beyond their festival premiere or initial release. It will ensure that future generations can enjoy our films for years to come. Celebrating New Zealand...

Ivy is packing up an expansive old Victorian home after the recent death of her in-laws. Her husband Jack, wheelchair bound from a stroke, haunts the halls moaning and muttering incoherently. Ellie, Ivy’s estranged daughter, shows up at the front...

They are one of the most successful racing teams in Formula 1 history. 182 races won.12 Driver's Championships. 8 Constructor's Championships. Some of the greatest drivers to ever compete in F1 made their names winning titles for them: Emerson...

With unique access to high-ranking candidate Helen Clark, award-winning filmmaker Gaylene Preston casts a wry eye on proceedings as the United Nations chooses a new Secretary General. Her cameras explore the cracks between the diplomats, the embedded...

Need some help getting a film project off the ground? The Film Commission has a variety of initiatives to help aspiring and new filmmakers develop their projects and skills. 

We want New Zealand films to be enjoyed both here and overseas.  Local We expect all the films we fund to be seen in New Zealand cinemas. We know New Zealand films need help going up against international films with far larger budgets and...

Once you have developed a script for a feature or short film then you will want to make it. There are many legal and financial requirements for making a film, which can take a lot of work. Some hard work early on can save a lot of time and money in...

Find out about all the different funding programmes we have to develop films and careers at every level. 

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Kia ora, Kei Te Tumu Whakaata Taonga nei ka utua e mātou te whanaketanga me te huanga o ngā kiriata nō Aotearoa nei, ā, ka whakahaere mātou te manawarū kaupapa ā te Kawantanga. Ka tautokona, ā, ka ākina hoki e mātou kia hangaia ai ngā huanga kātipa me...

Shot in the Wellington suburb of Newtown in November and December of 2015, One Thousand Ropes is the second feature together for director Tusi Tamasese and producer Catherine Fitzgerald.

Leaving her dying father’s bedside, singer Maisie rushes to perform at an indie music gig in town. But as she sings the opening song, it’s hard for her to ignore the heartfelt story she’s just been told – the story of how her dad...

Chasing Great follows Richie McCaw through his final season as he attempts the goal of captaining the All Blacks to the first ever-back-to back Rugby World Cup Wins. Woven through that final season the film tells the story of Richie’s life....

Mt. Zion is a family-oriented story starring Australian Idol winner Stan Walker in his acting debut and Temuera Morrison (Once Were Warriors, River Queen). Written and directed by Tearepa Kahi (writer/director of award-winning short film Taua), the...

The Girl On The Bridge is a feature documentary directed by award winning New Zealand filmmaker Leanne Pooley.  It is a glimpse into a world few of us comprehend and a response to our collective anguish about the suicide crisis in our communities...

Production Funding offers production financing for your project. The funding comes in the form of equity investment - if we invest money in your film then we get a share of any profits made. We do not independently produce films....

In this disturbing drama, a group of tough young men walk down a deserted street at night.  They're drinking and boasting about a fight. Kev, the younger brother, is sober and is clearly uncomfortable with everything that is going on.  When...

Joan lives in an isolated convent in rural New Zealand where she finds comfort in the simplicity of routine and the promise of redemption. However - on the eve of her consecration - Joan’s world is challenged when one of the girls is dangerously...

Director’s Statement: Sima Urale “On reading Coffee & Allah, I was immediately attracted to the main character Abeba, a Muslim Ethiopian woman, and her journey in a strange new land. Beingan immigrant myself, I could easily relate to the...

Gerry is young and restless and unemployed. He lives in an isolated small town in the far north of New Zealand, so when the car gives him the chance to head to a big city, he moves fast and starts looking for excitement. John is older and slightly...

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Ngā Mihi Ka rere tonu ngā mihi a Te Tumu Whakaata Taonga ki ngā rangatira me ngā kaumātua o te ao whakaata, nā rātou i whakatū ngā pou taketake o tō mātou ahumahi. Ko mātou kei te whai i ō rātou tapuwae, ā, hei tūtohu tō rātou whakaaro nui me ā rātou...

If you have finished your film and need some help to get it across the finish line, you can apply for post production funding. Depending on the scale of the work needed to finish your film, there are several options. If you need more than $60,000,...

We want New Zealand films to be seen both here and overseas. We expect all the films that we fund to be seen in New Zealand cinemas but we understand that in a competitive market your film might need help to reach its audience. We...

Siblings in a colonial New Zealand household discover one snowy night that they are orphans. Henry, the impressionable middle child is haunted by the ghost of their abusive father. He resists his cross-dressing older brother's attempt to mother the...

A social commentary watching the lives of five 15 & 16 year olds as each “slice of their life” is revealed on the hour from 12 midnight until 5am. Sometimes real life needs no verbal explanation. Sometimes life gets in the way of...

A couple searches the West Coast bush for a wasps’ nest. He is a tracker of signals, but can’t seem to read what she wants. She cuts back a fallen tree to keep the fertile natural world at bay but when she comes across a dying mouse on her...

Dean returns to his small town home where he finds the tight-knit community is still against him. When his live-wire older brother Jon ignites local tensions the brothers retreat into the wilderness with their hunting gear.  As an old animosity...

This urban coming-of-age story begins when Leke (14) runs away from home after yet another beating from his frustrated father. Alone in the early hours of the morning outside a shop in Manurewa, Leke is approached by a young accolyte who takes him to...

We follow a writers’ meticulous morning routine as he prepares to conceive a great work of art. His list of preparations grows longer and more specific, revealing his love and obsession with writing, until finally, he sits down to write, feeling...

Shadow Cut is a poignant and lyrical drama centred on the intimate relationship between Boy and Girl, two teens drawn to a world beyond the restrictive walls of rural New Zealand. Boy and Girl decide to take the long way home after school. When Girl...