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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...

Capture of Demographic Data [nzfc:data-embed:0] What Data is Captured? [nzfc:data-embed:1] Counting Key Creatives Our reporting focuses on comparing the entire application pool against those projects that are offered funding by the NZFC. It should...

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....

New Zealand Film Commission and Script to Screen take great pleasure in announcing the 18 projects and teams who have been shortlisted for Kōpere Hou - Fresh Shorts 2020. A panel of external film industry assessors shortlisted 18 projects out...

Stage Two applications for Kōpere Hou- Fresh Shorts are due at 1pm.

Application pointers for those wishing to apply for Kōpere Hou-Fresh Shorts funding

Here you can find a table outlining the share that New Zealand feature films have received at the New Zealand box office since 1993.   

What economic impact does the New Zealand film industry have on the economy? Find out in this 2017 report from the NZIER (New Zealand Institute of Economic Research).  

The Film Commission regularly conducts research on the films they fund. The audience research below profiles the audiences for New Zealand films and investigates what drives audiences to cinemas.

A list of feature films made in New Zealand from 2013 onward.

The iGeneration report which was released in May 2017

A list of feature films made in New Zealand before 2013

This paper includes gender information based on short films offered funding from the New Zealand Film Commission (NZFC) between 1 July 2014 to 30 June 2019.

This paper includes gender information based on feature films with financing offers of discretionary equity investment from the New Zealand Film Commission (NZFC) between 1 July 2014 to 30 June 2019.

A report outlining the aggregated results of a pulse survey of stakeholders undertaken in December 2019.

The December Board Meeting will be held 1 & 2 December 2020.

Production has commenced in Auckland for Punch, a new local feature film starring British actor and Oscar-nominee Tim Roth (The Hateful Eight, Rob Roy, Pulp Fiction, Tin Star), alongside local actors Jordan Oosterhof (Cul de Sac) and Toi Whakaari...

Te Tumu Whakaata Taonga The New Zealand Film Commission (NZFC) is mourning the loss of an industry stalwart, long-time New Zealand International Film Festival director, Bill Gosden, and pleased to confirm on behalf of his whānau that Bill’s memorial...

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...

A six part New Zealand thriller TV series; A detective’s personal and professional life start to unravel when she is involved in a fatal car accident and begins to lose her memory. Format TV series Production companies Screentime NZ, Lippy Pictures,...

This Town will have its international premiere at the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, one of Northern Europe’s largest film festivals.  The film will screen In Competition in the ‘Rebels with a Cause’ section which features films from...

On Wednesday 28 October the NZFC, NZ On Air and Te Māngai Pāho held a live webinar to give an update on the Premium Production for International Audience Fund (PKA the $50M premium drama fund). The Fund is designed to support the production of...

The answers to additional questions asked during the live webinar on 28 October 2020 relating to the $50M Premium Production for International Audience Fund.

Fans will have the chance to buy exclusive tickets to join New Zealand’s biggest band at the Auckland and Dunedin premieres, before its nationwide release. To celebrate the release of the feature film Till the Lights Go Out, SIX60 are giving fans the...

387 Distribution is excited to release the first trailer for local feature film Dawn Raid ahead of its nationwide release on January 21, 2021. Directed by Oscar Kightley and from the producers of McLaren and The Dead Lands, Dawn Raid is the...

A discussion document relating to the Premium Productions for International Audiences Fund which is part of the Screen Sector Recovery Package announced on 1 July 2020.

Please join the New Zealand Film Commission, New Zealand On Air and Te Māngai Pāho for a live webinar on Wednesday 28 October at 5pm for an update on the Premium Production for International Audience Fund (PKA the $50M premium drama fund). The Fund is...

The Kōpere Hou - Fresh Shorts Stage One applicants who will be invited to apply for Whiringa Tuarua - Stage Two will be announced the week beginning 16 November 2020.

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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Partnering for Success will tell you more about China-New Zealand screen collaboration. In Chinese 

Partnering for Success will tell you more about China-New Zealand screen collaboration. In both English and Chinese.