• Ara ki Te Puna Kairangi – The Premium Development Fund

    Funding Information

    Ara ki Te Puna Kairangi – The Premium Development Fund (‘Premium Development’) is designed to support projects that are ambitious and bold with significant international appeal and should represent a step change to support high quality productions...

  • NZFC Live Webinar 15 September 2021

    News
    Issue date: 23 Sep 2021

    On Wednesday 15 September the NZFC hosted a live webinar about Te Puna Kairangi - Premium Productions Fund Interim Production Round. The speaker was New Zealand Film Commission Co-Head of Te Puna Kairangi - Premium...

  • Ara ki Te Puna Kairangi – The Premium Development Fund Round 2 Opens Today

    News
    Issue date: 23 Sep 2021

    Round 2 of Ara ki Te Puna Kairangi -The Premium Development Fund opens today, Thursday 23 September with a deadline of 1pm, 14 October 2021.  Applications will only be accepted if they are submitted through the portal on the funding page of...

  • Ara ki te Puna Kairangi – The Premium Development Fund Deadline

    Event

    The deadline for Ara ki Te Puna Kairangi – Premium Development Fund is 1pm.

  • Honk If You're Horny

    Film

    Honk if You’re Horny is a ribald comedy about tall stories and our bizarre need to pretend to be something we’re not, as well as the folly of being too quick to judge a book by its cover. On a rainy night in Auckland city, an enigmatic...

  • Hot Mother

    Film

    Inspired by a true story, Hot Mother is a is the tale of a single mother and her contemptuous daughter, who go to a spa retreat to spend time together. Set over the course of one afternoon, the pair seem unable to connect; the divide between them is too...

  • Baby Done

    Film

    When arborists, Zoe and Tim find out they are having a baby, they resolve to not let parenthood change them. Tim runs towards being a Dad, while Zoe runs away from being a mum - trying to live out her long-deferred dreams. Terrified that her life won...

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    Hello, Here at the New Zealand Film Commission we fund the development and production of New Zealand films and we administer the New Zealand Government’s incentive scheme. We also support and encourage official and non-official co-productions to be made...

  • Te Puna Kairangi - Premium Fund Interim Production Funding Round

    News
    Issue date: 30 Aug 2021

    Tēnā koutou rau rangatira ma,  Kia tau iho rā ngā tauwhirotanga o te runga rawa ki a koutou katoa.   An extra opportunity for funding for the screen industry...

  • Te Puna Kairangi - Premium Fund Interim Production Funding Round Deadline

    Event

    The deadline for Te Puna Kairangi - Premium Fund Interim Production Funding Round is 1pm.

  • Te Puna Kairangi Premium Productions Fund Interim Production Funding Round Opens Today

    News
    Issue date: 14 Sep 2021

      An extra opportunity for funding for the screen industry, supported by the guilds was announced on 30 August by funding agencies Te Tumu Whakaata Taonga New Zealand Film Commission (NZFC), Te Māngai Pāho and Irirangi te Motu (NZ On Air). ...

  • Premium Fund Interim Production Round Deliverables

    Resource
    Issue date: 13 Sep 2021

    The deliverables, by format, for the Premium Fund Interim Production Round.

  • Premium Fund Interim Production Round Submission Checklist

    Resource
    Issue date: 13 Sep 2021

    The submission checklist for the Premium Fund Interim Production Round.

  • Kōpere Hou - Fresh Shorts 2021 Q&A Webinar

    News
    Issue date: 10 Sep 2021

    Join the New Zealand Film Commission and Script to Screen for a live webinar on Thursday 16 September at 5:30pm to hear about what's needed for Whiringa Tauatahi - Stage One and how to make your 2021 Kōpere Hou - Fresh Shorts ...

  • There is No I in Threesome

    Film

    Zoe and Ollie are in love, freshly engaged, and long distance. A couple of goofy creatives doing things their way. With two cold beds to fill and vows of undying commitment looming, both agree to cheat on the other. A risqué experiment in love and a...

  • Woodenhead

    Film

    Woodenhead is filmmaker Florian Habicht's first feature, in which he was not only director but also writer, producer, co-cinematographer and co-editor. The entire dialogue and soundtrack for Woodenhead was pre-recorded. The visuals...

  • Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen

    Film

    An intimate story of the birth of indigenous cinema told from the perspective of Merata’s son Hepi Mita. The sudden death of pioneering Māori filmmaker Merata Mita in 2010 led her son on a journey to uncover a story of a mother’s love that...

  • Beyond The Edge

    Film

    Sir Edmund Hillary’s incredible achievement remains one of the greatest adventure stories of all time; the epic journey of a man from modest beginnings who overcame adversity to reach the highest point on Earth. Both a classic triumph of the...

  • Jane Campion's The Power of the Dog Adds Telluride Film Festival to Festival Run

    News
    Issue date: 2 Sep 2021

    Acclaimed New Zealand filmmaker Jane Campion’s The Power of the Dog will have its world premiere in Venice on Thursday and has just been announced to premiere at Telluride Film Festival which runs 2 to 6 September. The much-anticipated film...

  • Ara Ki Te Puna Kairangi - Premium Development Fund Round 2 Postponement

    News
    Issue date: 27 Aug 2021

    Tēnā koutou rau rangatira ma,  Kia tau iho rā ngā tauwhirotanga o te runga rawa ki a koutou katoa.   The CEOs of Te Tumu Whakaata Taonga (NZFC), Te Māngai Pāho...

  • New Zealand Actor Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi, Rising Star at Toronto International Film Fesitval 2021

    News
    Issue date: 1 Sep 2021

    Up and coming Aotearoa New Zealand actor, Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi, was named today as a TIFF Rising Star at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival. Schuster-Koloamatangi stars as Will ‘Ilolahia in New Zealand mini-series The...

  • He Ara Deadline

    Event

    The deadline for He Ara Development is 1pm

  • Manurewa

    Film

    The last light of a cold winter’s day sees Isaac, a 17-year old boy, traversing the vacuum of industrial wasteland and empty suburbia. Meanwhile a young mother worships in the warm sphere of a Sikh Gurdwara; her husband Navraj stuck working at the...

  • Day Trip

    Film

    A gang member wakes up one morning and decides he needs a day off. Inspired by a newspaper advertisement he impulsively decides to take a short ferry trip between islands. With his tattooed face, black leather clothing, and prominent gang patch, the...

  • It's Business as Usual says Film Commission CEO

    News
    Issue date: 13 Aug 2021

    Te Tumu Whakaata Taonga New Zealand Film Commission (NZFC) CEO David Strong said New Zealand’s international reputation continues to attract global interest, following this morning’s announcement that Amazon Studio’s 'The Lord of the Rings' series will...

  • Mr. Corman

    Showcase
    Issue date: 5 Aug 2021

    Fast facts 47% New Zealand cast 46 New Zealand cast members 88% New Zealand crew 208 New Zealand crew 16 New Zealand HoDs Approx 200 New Zealand vendors...

  • Wait

    Film

    Joyena (7) trails behind her mother and brothers after school as they walk to a hospital. Waiting for hours, she jumps excitedly up and races towards her father, Shen Wei, as he emerges from the wards. Shen Wei is surprised to see his family at his...

  • Workplace Support Administrator

    News
    Issue date: 11 Aug 2021

    The Workplace Support Administrator is an important part of our team responsible for the smooth running of our workplace premises.  This hands-one role reports to our Resource Manager.    With a focus on our...

  • Southland's Home

    Film

    Southland’s Home is a quirky, dark comedy set in rural Southland, 1972. Nell is a timid teenager who ends up a resident at a Home for disturbed young women… but why is she there? The last of its kind, the home is downtrodden and neglected,...

  • Strategic Training and Screen Sector Capability Funds Open

    News
    Issue date: 28 Sep 2020

    The Strategic Training and Screen Sector Capability Funds are now open to applications. The Strategic Training Fund partners with organisations to deliver effective training and skills development. The NZFC has allocated up to $200,000...

  • Mr. Corman

    Showcase
    Issue date: 6 Aug 2021

    From writer, director, executive producer, and starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt (500 Days of Summer, Inception, Don Jon), Mr. Corman follows the days and nights of Josh Corman, an artist at heart but not by trade. Things haven’t been going his way...

  • Early Development/Documentary Development/Hāpaitia I te Kaupapa Kiriata: Māori Feature Film Support and Tuhinga Reo Māori: Te Reo Māori Development Fund (November round) Decision Date

    Event

    The decisions for the November round of Early Development, Documentary Development, Hāpaitia I te Kaupapa Kiriata: Māori Feature Film Support  and Tuhinga Reo Māori: Te Reo Māori Development Funding will be made by 5pm.

  • Early Development/Documentary Development/Hāpaitia I te Kaupapa Kiriata: Māori Feature Film Support and Tuhinga Reo Māori: Te Reo Māori Development Fund Decision Date

    Event

    The decisions for the June round of Early Development, Documentary Development, Hāpaitia I te Kaupapa Kiriata: Māori Feature Film Support  and Tuhinga Reo Māori: Te Reo Māori Development Funding will be made by 5pm.

  • Early Development/Documentary Development/Hāpaitia I te Kaupapa Kiriata: Māori Feature Film Support and Tuhinga Reo Māori: Te Reo Māori Development Fund Decision Date

    Event

    The decisions for the August round of Early Development, Documentary Development, Hāpaitia I te Kaupapa Kiriata: Māori Feature Film Support  and Tuhinga Reo Māori: Te Reo Māori Development Funding will be made by 5pm.

  • Go The Dogs

    Film

    Brittany is a thirteen-year old girl with autism, a keen football fan and a supporter of Melbourne’s Western Bulldogs. When she spies a real bulldog sitting outside her window, she slips out of the house. She unwittingly embarks on a strange...

  • CE Expenses 2020/21

    Resource
    Issue date: 30 Jul 2021

    The CE's expenses 1 July 2020 - 30 June 2021