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THE TATTOOIST was made by Singaporean and New Zealand co-production partners, from a New Zealand-originated script on locations in New Zealand and Singapore. The story centres on Samoan spiritual beliefs, in which the barrier between our world and the...

It's 1903: South African farmer Arjan can Diemen has lost everything - his wife, children, farm and home - in the brutal Boer War in which he fought against the colonising British.  Arriving in New Zealand, he is immediately hired by Major...

Producer Desray Armstrong is this year’s recipient of Te Tumu Whakaata Taonga New Zealand Film Commission’s Te Aupounamu  Māori Screen Excellence Award.   Awarded by nominations from their peers,...

Kimi lives inthe country with her grandmother and her Uncle Tau. One day at the end of summer, the big bus from the city gobbles up Uncle Tau and takes him away. Before he leaves, he promises to return when the watermelon is fully grown. The...

Director’s Notes - Peter Burger "In this film I wanted to capture the complexity of the idea of turangawaewae. For those Māori today, who no longer live in the place where their ancestors have lived for centuries, it becomes important to...

DIRECTOR’S NOTES - Michael Bennett “Making Kerosene Creek was both a great honour and a significant challenge for me. As a Māori writer and director, this film provided a unique opportunity to explore one of the most significant...

Havana 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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(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...

With its diverse landscape and being home to a talented group of filmmakers and storytellers, Rotorua is today celebrating its role as the lead location in Kiwi film Cousins. The film releases in nationwide cinemas today, following the world premiere in...

Gaysorn Thavat’s debut feature, The Justice of Bunny King, will have its World Premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival in the Viewpoints section where it will compete for the Nora Ephron Award for Best Female Filmmaker, and for the Best New Narrative...

Severe, 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...

Cowboy 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...

COWBOY BEBOP (L to R) JOHN CHO as SPIKE SPIEGEL, MUSTAFA SHAKIR as JET BLACK, DANIELLA PINEDA as FAYE VALENTINE and EIN in Cowboy Bebop Cr. GEOFFREY SHORT/NETFLIX © 2021 Filmed entirely in New Zealand, Cowboy Bebop is a live action...

(L-R) Laura Marano as Izzy, Mena Massoud as Prince Thomas in The Royal Treatment.  Cr. Kirsty Griffin/Netflix © 2021 Fast Facts 28 New Zealand cast (94%) 199 New Zealand crew (94%) 14 New...

Isabella (Laura Marano) runs her own salon and isn’t afraid to speak her mind, while Prince Thomas (Mena Massoud) runs his own country and is about to marry for duty rather than love. When Izzy and her fellow stylists get the opportunity of a lifetime to...

Bunny King (ESSIE DAVIS) is a mother of two, who is best described as a rough cut diamond with a sketchy past. Attempting to leave this past behind, she works intersections as a squeegee bandit using her quick wit to charm money from motorists....

The deadline for the Extended Screen Production Recovery Fund - Protection Framework Strand is 1pm.

A young girl battles an arcade claw machine over the fate of a cute plush toy. Unbeknownst to her, the machine houses a dark entity, hell-bent on harvesting the disappointment from any child that accepts the challenge of the alluring claw machine.

Epic Games today announced the return of the Unreal Engine Short Film Challenge in Australia and New Zealand, providing the opportunity for rising animators to have their work seen by some of the industry’s top experts. Following the success of the...

Applications for the Unreal Engine Short Film Challenge must be submitted by 1pm.

When a proudly-stubbled College student, Amon, is sent home to shave, he instead chooses to bunk indefinately. While chasing his own sexual-education, over one long afternoon, Amon is confronted by the complications, and repercussions, that come with...

Te Tumu Whakaata Taonga I The New Zealand Film Commission (NZFC) says Dame Jane Campion’s Oscar success will ultimately benefit all of Aotearoa New Zealand. Dame Jane has picked up the Academy Award for Best Director for The Power of the Dog ...

In January 1981, US President Ronald Reagan swept into power with a mission to out-develop and out-spend on nuclear technologies against the Soviet Union – the Cold War ideological foe of the West. That September, in response to the growing East-...

In 1979, a group of young filmmakers set out to make an adult film in rural Texas, but when their reclusive, elderly hosts catch them in the act, the cast find themselves fighting for their lives. Format  Film Production company A24 Producers...

COVID-19 UPDATE You will find a fact sheet around border entry for the screen sector here. New Zealand is known for delivering some of the largest and most complex international productions imaginable. You’ll find our natural and commercial...

A mother tries to comfort her grieving son, but on each attempt her son’s silence becomes more and more deafening. An outing to the local aquarium places further strain on their troubled relationship - until her son finds a reason to let his mother...

Adapted by Alan Sharp (Rob Roy), Dean Spanley is directed by UK-born, NZ raised Toa Fraser (No.2). A truly impressive international cast is led by eight-time Academy Award nominee Peter O’Toole (Venus, Lawrence of Arabia) and also features...

THE POWER OF THE DOG (L to R): BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH as PHIL BURBANK, JESSE PLEMONS as GEORGE BURBANK in THE POWER OF THE DOG. Cr. KIRSTY GRIFFIN/NETFLIX © 2021 Fast Facts 62% NZ cast 27 New Zealand cast...

"Pelorus is a personal story that I have grown up with. I’ve been friends with the Sigglekow family since the mid 1980’s, when Chris Sigglekow was at the height of his bungy jumping development. Now he is my father-in-law. To tell...

Even stray dogs remain elusive to Little Man, a nine-year-old boy who seeks to understand the remote world around him.  He finds refuge with Kid, his younger, autistic sister who provides Little Man with a brief glimpse of another world. When Kid is...

Te Tumu Whakaata Taonga I The New Zealand Film Commission congratulates Dame Jane Campion on the latest award recognition for The Power of the Dog. The BAFTA Awards announced this morning named The Power of the Dog Best Film and awarded Campion the Best...

We initially aimed for Tomo mai (the new NZFC portal) to go live on 23 February, however, some key functions have not yet been delivered and because of this we are postponing the go live date. This date is yet to be determined but we will reach out to...

Ralph Hotere is hailed as one of New Zealand's greatest artists, having exhibited throughout Europe, the USA, Canada, Japan, Brazil, England and Australia.  In New Zealand he has executed a number of large public works, designed theatre sets,...

When Freddy loses his job delivering pizza, he and his best buddy Marvin find work with a small-time crook Spiggs. After they botch a straightforward job, Spiggs sends them on a fool’s errand - to kill gangster Donny Kong who's been sleeping...

Six filmmaking teams have been selected for Kōpere Hou Fresh Shorts and each will receive project development and a grant of $15,000 to make their short film. The final six were selected from 112 applications received. 18 teams were shortlisted and...