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Slow West
FilmThe story centres on 17 year old Jay who has travelled from Scotland to Colorado to be reunited with the woman with whom he is infatuated. He is quickly confronted by the dangers of the frontier and so teams up with a mysterious traveller named Silas (...
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The Vintner's Luck
FilmThe Vintner’s Luck is a story of love, wine and angels; recounting the life of Sobran Jodeau, a peasant winemaker and his life-long ambition to produce a great wine - a wine that has never before been tasted. Set in Burgundy in the years spanning...
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The Strength of Water
FilmReleased in Kiwi cinemas in August 2009 - after winning praise at festivals in Berlin and Rotterdam - The Strength of Water marks the big-screen debut of Māori playwright Briar Grace-Smith, and Pākehā director Armagan Ballantyne. The film centres on a 10...
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The Ferryman
FilmThe Ferryman, a classic horror film set in the South Pacific, commenced principal photography on March 31 and wrapped on May 13, 2006. Filming took place on Auckland's Waitemata Harbour, Waiheke Island, Birkenhead Point and Kelly Park in Wainui north...
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Perfect Creature
FilmPerfect Creature is a highly original retelling of the vampire myth, set in an alternate version of the 1960’s. Science fiction and horror coalesce in a suspenseful, elegant, action film about race, serial killings and the capacity of human beings...
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In My Father's Den
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Nemesis Game
FilmA co-production between New Zealand, Canada and the UK, Nemesis Game began as an idea by director Jesse Warn to write a screenplay around the idea that riddles are a metaphor for life. Warn and his producing partner Matthew Metcalfe teamed up with...
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The Beatles: Get Back
ShowcaseIssue date: 26 Nov 2021Directed by three-time Oscar®-winning filmmaker Peter Jackson (The Lord of the Rings trilogy, They Shall Not Grow Old), The Beatles: Get Back takes audiences back in time to the band’s January 1969 recording sessions, which became a pivotal...
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Bonjour Timothy
FilmBonjour Timothy is a comedic teenage love story from director Wayne Tourell. Timothy Taylor is your average teenage whose life is disrupted by the arrival of a French Canadian exchange student. Because of a simple spelling mistake on a fax, the...
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Cops and Robbers
FilmJohn is having trouble with his ex-wife. He's also bankrupt. And he can't find buyers for his warehouse full of parrots. Because of all these troubles, he decides to blow his brains out. But his suicide attempt is interrupted by a cute young cop...
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Alex
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The Navigator
FilmA young boy is afflicted by apocalyptic visions in medieval Cumbria. Believing he is divinely inspired to save his village from the Black Death, he persuades a group of men to follow him into a tunnel. They dig deep into the earth and emerge ... in...
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NZFC Supported Productions Make the Finals of the New Zealand Television Awards
NewsIssue date: 25 Nov 2021Image: Macey Chipping (playing Issie Brown) and Blaze the horse in Mystic Nine productions which have received support from Te Tumu Whakaata Taonga New Zealand Film Commission (NZFC) have made the finals of the New Zealand Television Awards. All...
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Congratulations to the Kōpere Hou - Fresh Shorts 2021/22 Shortlisted Teams
NewsIssue date: 24 Nov 2021Te Tumu Whakaata Taonga New Zealand Film Commission and Script to Screen would like to thank all the filmmakers who applied for Whiringa Tuatahi – Stage One. There was a wealth of great ideas and some extremely strong talent to select from. From a...
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Whakawhanake Te Ao Niko - Interactive Development Fund Deadline
EventThe deadline foir Whakawhanake Te Ao Niko - Interactive Development Fund is 1pm.
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Screen Sector COVID-19 Capability Funding Deadline
EventThe deadline for Screen Sector COVID-19 Capability Funding is 1pm.
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My Life is Murder - Season One
ShowcaseIssue date: 30 Aug 2021Finding herself back home in Aotearoa (NZ) for the first time in years, Alexa can’t help herself when she is asked to look into a bizarre unsolved murder. And then – like an itch she can’t help scratching – Alexa quickly finds herself investigating other...
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When We Were Kids
FilmJade has joined her best friend Michelle for a day at the pools. She is in the throws of puberty, and she desperately wants to be older than her young thirteen years. Jade talks to a reluctant Michelle about sex, revealing she has heard her neighbours...
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Work For us: Business Change Analyst
NewsIssue date: 9 Nov 2021We have an exciting contract opportunity for a Business Change Analyst to support us in delivering portal implementation. This is a full-time contract role for up to 6 months. The role will be Wellington based. As a Business...
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Te Puna Kairangi Premium Productions Fund Final Production Round Opens Monday 6 December
NewsIssue date: 5 Nov 2021The final production funding round for Te Puna Kairangi will open on Monday 6 December 2021 with a deadline of Tuesday 22 February 2022. Updated Premium Production Fund Guidelines, Terms of Trade and Submission checklists are available...
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Juniper
ShowcaseIssue date: 28 Oct 2021On returning home from boarding school, a self-destructive teenager discovers his gin-soaked grandmother has moved in. A battle of wills ensues which enables him to embrace life again, and her to face her own mortality. Format Feature Film...
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Film Festivals in New Zealand
ResourceIssue date: 19 Oct 2018The following is a selection of annual film festivals in New Zealand that screen New Zealand films. Whānau Mārama: New Zealand International Film Festival Whānau Mārama: New Zealand International Film Festival is a national event featuring a programme...
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Partner Organisations
PageThe Film Commission has a number of strong partnerships with funding bodies and film-related organisations both in New Zealand and overseas. New Zealand Funding Bodies Creative New Zealand NZ On Air Te Māngai Pāho Film-Related...
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Flip
FilmWhen we meet Flip she is living in a cycle of abuse with a beastlike soldier, Helmet. She has managed to keep her daughter Plug relatively safe, fed, alive and so far Helmet has not turned his attentions towards her. Plug is the light in her life, the...
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New Action-Drama Film Muru, a Response to the Tūhoe Raids, Announced for Nationwide Release on 3 February, 2022
NewsIssue date: 15 Oct 2021On 15 October in 2007, with new anti-terrorism powers, the New Zealand Police swooped on the people of Tūhoe, raiding homes in the small town of Rūātoki in the Bay of Plenty, Aotearoa. Among the many arrested under suspicion of domestic terrorism...
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Te Aupounamu Māori Screen Excellence Award Decision
EventThe decision date for Te Aupounamu Māori Screen Excellence Award is 6 December 2021.
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Black Widow
ShowcaseIssue date: 8 Jul 2021In Marvel Studios’ action-packed spy thriller Black Widow, Natasha Romanoff aka Black Widow confronts the darker parts of her ledger when a dangerous conspiracy with ties to her past arises. Pursued by a force that will stop at nothing to bring her...
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A Love Yarn
ShowcaseIssue date: 3 May 2021The owner of a quaint New Zealand yarn shop, Sophie Markham, gets her world flipped upside down after learning her top supplier of yarn, King Farms, is stopping production. Much to her surprise, the charming yet stuck-in-his-ways Samuel King has traveled...
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Together Forever Tea
ShowcaseIssue date: 9 Jul 2021Marketing whiz Lara Thompson is living a fast-paced life in the big city when she's summoned to the sleepy town of Kissing Falls to settle the affairs of her late Aunt Vivienne who owned a tea shop. Screen Incentives New Zealand Screen Production...
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Catalyst He Kauahi Deadline
EventThe deadline for Catalyst He Kauahi is 1pm.
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Midnight Till 8
FilmSet in small town New Zealand in the 80’s, Midnight Till 8 follows Cam, a 10-year-old boy who’s having trouble connecting with his father. He joins his dad on the Midnight Till 8 shift where home rules don’t apply. Cam helps with the...
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Topping Out
FilmAs two Irish workmen scale the scaffolding of a London high-rise, their jovial storytelling, kindly lessons imparted and joke sharing rapidly descends into distrust, as the boss suspects his young apprentice of being involved with his wife. Upset and...
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Kiwi Thriller Coming Home in the Dark Fast Tracked to Video on Demand
NewsIssue date: 1 Oct 2021New Zealand audiences are able to experience Coming Home in the Dark at home early with a fast-tracked digital release to rent and buy now on NZ Film On Demand, Apple TV and Google Play. Following its World Premiere at the...
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Government Announces Delta Support For Screen and Wider Arts & Culture Sectors
NewsIssue date: 29 Sep 2021Te Tumu Whakaata Taonga New Zealand Film Commission (NZFC) welcomes the $37.5 million in Delta support for the arts and culture sector announced today by Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage (MCH), Hon. Carmel Sepuloni. As part of the support package...
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The Meek
FilmIn a world where a deadly virus is wiping out humanity, a 12-year-old girl with Down syndrome is left in the care of her survivalist uncle. Frank, at ease with a gun and living off the land, has little sympathy for a kid like Izzy. The frosty...
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Cousins
Film3 Māori cousins. Mata, introverted, watchful, a seer of spirits, the child of a Māori mother and an abusive Pākehā (white) father. Makareta, raised to be the princess of her tribe, spoilt and educated in both worlds. Missy, cheeky, insecure and often...