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FACT SHEET Multipartite Co-Productions
ResourceIssue date: 10 Feb 2025Co-productions involving more than two territories are referred to as multipartite co-productions. This fact sheet provides advice and examples.
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FACT SHEET Co-Production Certification - The Assessment Process
ResourceIssue date: 10 Feb 2025This document details the assessment process and criteria for Official Co-production Certification.
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Co-Production Treaties & Arrangements
ResourceIssue date: 10 Feb 2025Below are New Zealand's current co-production treaties or agreements with Australia, Canada, China, Chinese Taipei, Denmark, France, Germany, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Poland, The Republic of Korea, Singapore, Spain, South Africa and...
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Short Film Festival Marketing Guide 2025
ResourceIssue date: 10 Feb 2025The latest guide designed to help answer your most frequently asked festival-related questions and to support targeted release strategies for short films.
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NZFC Statement of Intent 2024-2028
ResourceIssue date: 2 Jul 2024The NZFC's Statement of Intent for the years 2024 - 2028
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Future releases
ShowcaseM3GAN2 Predator: Badlands Klara and the Sun Chief of War The Wrecking Crew Avatar: Fire and Ash East of Eden
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Terms of Trade
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Feature Film Production Investment FAQs
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Feature Film Development Guidelines Scripted
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Feature Film Development Guidelines - Documentary
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NZFC Deliverables
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Māori Content Information Sheet
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NZFC Code of Conduct
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5% Uplift – Sustainability Resources
ResourceIssue date: 18 Oct 2023The 5% Uplift now requires productions to submit a Sustainability Action Plan and report on their carbon emissions. Productions can use the tools and resources developed by Greenlit and the Sustainable Production Alliance to draft these:...
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Wolf Man
ShowcaseIssue date: 16 Jan 2025Wolf Man is a 2025 American horror film directed by Leigh Whannell from a screenplay he co-wrote with Corbett Tuck. A reboot of The Wolf Man (1941), the film stars Christopher Abbott, Julia Garner,...
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Heart Eyes
ShowcaseIssue date: 14 Feb 2025For the past several years, the “Heart Eyes Killer” has wreaked havoc on Valentine’s Day by stalking and murdering romantic couples. This Valentine’s Day, no couple is safe… Format Film Production companies Spyglass Media Group, Divide/...
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ASH
ShowcaseIssue date: 12 Mar 2025On a distant planet, a woman wakes up to find the crew of her space station has been killed. She must decide if she can trust the man sent to rescue her. Format Film Production companies XYZ Films, GFC Films, IPR.VC Director Flying...
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A Minecraft Movie
ShowcaseIssue date: 16 Apr 2025From Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures and starring Jason Momoa and Jack Black, “A Minecraft Movie,” directed by Jared Hess, is the first-ever big screen, live-action adaptation of Minecraft, the best-selling video game of all time. Format...
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Spartacus: House of Ashur
ShowcaseIssue date: 16 Sep 2025The story is based on the assumption that Ashur did not die on Vesuvius in the denouement of the second season of the original fiction. Format Series Production companies DeKnight Productions, Starz Originals Created by Steven S....
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Zombies 4: Dawn of the Vampires
ShowcaseIssue date: 15 Oct 2025Zombies 4: Dawn of the Vampires is an upcoming American science fiction musical film. It is the fourth installment in the Zombies series, and is a sequel to the 2022 film, Zombies 3. It is scheduled to be released on Disney...
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Beyond Goodbye
ShowcaseIssue date: 6 Nov 2024This is the story of a woman who loses her fiancé in an accident and the man whose life he saved — a beautiful yet heartbreaking romance about two people at the mercy of fate that begins with a bittersweet "goodbye." Saeko (Kasumi Arimura) loses the...
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Under the Vines Season 3
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Dark City: The Cleaner
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Collecting demographic data at the NZFC
ResourceIssue date: 27 Jun 2023Collecting demographic data at the NZFC High quality demographic data about the screen sector is vital for the NZFC to better understand the make-up and needs of the industry, and to help develop policies that will support a diverse and inclusive sector...
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Annual Report 2023/24
ResourceIssue date: 29 Nov 2024This is the NZFC's Annual Report for 2023/24.
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Our Flag Means Death Season 2
ShowcaseIssue date: 25 Sep 2023Fast 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...
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The Brokenwood Mysteries Season 10
ShowcaseIssue date: 6 Jun 2024From a brutal murder with a Jurassic twist to a spooky crime scene on the Day of the Dead, Brokenwood's alarming murder rate continues to keep detectives Shepherd (Neill Rea), Sims (Fern Sutherland), and Chalmers (Jarod Rawiri) busy. Format TV...
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Sweet Tooth Series
ShowcaseIssue date: 6 Jun 2024About Shooting Season 3 Sweet Tooth, filmed its third season concurrently with the second season in New Zealand. This allowed the production team to maximize resources and maintain continuity in the show's captivating storyline and unique...
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Avatar: The Way of Water
ShowcaseIssue date: 5 Dec 2022(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...
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Statement of Performance Expectations 2024-25
ResourceIssue date: 2 Jul 2024This is the Film Commission's Statement of Performance Expectations for 2024-25.
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1. Statement of Intent 2022-2026
ResourceIssue date: 1 Jul 2022The NZFC's Statement of Intent for the years 2022 - 2026
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Toitū carbonreduce certification June 2023
ResourceIssue date: 21 Jun 2023This document certifies that the New Zealand Film Commission is a Toitū carbonreduce certified organisation.
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Example Transaction Checklist
ResourceIssue date: 1 Aug 2019This form is an example of a transaction checklist that can be used for the financial closing of a film that the NZFC invests in. Please note that some items included here may not be relevant to your film, and that additional items may be required. The...
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Diversity and Inclusion Resources
ResourceIssue date: 11 May 2022A list of organisations and tools that inspire diversity, inclusion and equity in the Aotearoa screen sector. The organisations included in this list are a helpful resource and their inclusion should not be viewed as an official NZFC endorsement or...
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Time Bandits
ShowcaseIssue date: 31 Jul 2024An unpredictable journey through time and space with a ragtag group of thieves and their newest recruit: an 11-year-old history buff named Kevin. Together, they set out on a thrilling quest to save the boy's parents, and the world. Creators Jemaine...
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After the Party
ShowcaseIssue date: 31 Jul 2024Penny loses everything when she accuses her husband of a sex crime against her daughter's teenage friend, and no one believes her.