A $175,000 budget Kiwi film from two twenty-something actors turned writer, director, and producers is set to make a splash at the New Zealand International Film Festival, and is attracting international interest. After years in front of the camera, James Napier Robertson (The Tribe, Power Rangers, Shortland Street, Being Eve) and Tom Hern (The Tribe, [ Read More ]
A Song of Good uses internet in innovative promotion
February 26, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Chaos ensued after Gregory King’s award winning feature film A Song of Good streamed free on the internet to the New Zealand public a week ago. The online experiment, a first of its kind for New Zealand, was highly successful. Initial estimates of 500 viewers, were exceeded after reports on Close-Up, TV One News and [ Read More ]
Vincent Ward’s new feature Rain Of The Children wins film festival selection
September 11, 2008 By 1 Comment
Vincent Ward’s new feature Rain Of The Children is winning selection in some of the world’s leading film festivals. It has been selected for two competitions: at the Hawaii Film Festival and the Chicago Film Festival. “The Chicago selection is full circle for me,” says Ward. “The new film evolved from my 1980 documentary In [ Read More ]
Under the Mountain Feature Film starts shooting
August 4, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Under the Mountain, the motion picture adaptation of the popular, award-winning Maurice Gee novel of the same name, will begin principal photography on Monday August 11, 2008. The film’s locations around Auckland, include the iconic Rangitoto Island, a volcano in the Hauraki Gulf. The production will conclude in early October 2008. The film will be [ Read More ]
Ngai T?hoe to attend Rain of The Children Film premiere
July 11, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Vincent Ward’s RAIN OF THE CHILDREN premieres on Saturday 12th July, 6.15pm at the Civic theatre, in the 40th Auckland International Film Festival. The New Zealand premiere will host approximately 400 members of Ngai T?hoe Tribe who will make the trip from around the North Island to be at this prestigious event, and a packed [ Read More ]
Filmmaker Gregory King off to Amsterdam for latest project
July 10, 2008 By 3 Comments
Award winning New Zealand filmmaker Gregory King has won selection to the prestigious Binger Film Lab in Amsterdam to develop a new feature film project Tane’s Krystal. The Binger Film Lab is a leading international film development centre staffed by a line up of internationally acclaimed mentors and advisors. Once each year a handful of [ Read More ]
Maori Film Festival programme announced
May 12, 2008 By 1 Comment
The organisers of the third Wairoa Moari Film Festival are proud to announce the launch of its programme, available online at the Official Website: www.manawairoa.com. This year’s festival event will occur at the dawn of the Matariki celebrations, over Queen’s Birthday Weekend May 30th to June 2nd. The festival will celebrate Maori and indigenous film [ Read More ]
Vintner's Luck feature film – cameras set to roll
February 18, 2008 By 1 Comment
Niki Caro, Jeremie Renier, and Keisha Castle-Hughes Filming will begin tomorrow (February 19, 2008) on director Niki Caro’s new movie project, the much anticipated film adaptation of The Vintner’s Luck. New Zealand actress and Oscar-nominee Keisha Castle-Hughes, who came to worldwide attention in Niki Caro’s Whale Rider, is re-uniting with Caro for the project. The [ Read More ]
The Tatooist feature film secures US deal
November 1, 2007 By 1 Comment
The Tatooist Ghost House Pictures has acquired North American rights to The Tattooist, the supernatural thriller starring Jason Behr. Ghost House Pictures is owned by Robert Tapert and Spiderman’s Sam Raimi, who recently visited NZ to talk with the film’s director Peter Burger and producer Robin Scholes about the final cut and to help guide [ Read More ]
NZ Film Commission and Film Fund invest in UK/ NZ co-production
November 1, 2007 By 4 Comments
The New Zealand Film Commission and the Film Fund announced today that they are investing in a co-production to be shot in the United Kingdom and New Zealand. Three UK investors are providing the majority of the financing. The principal investor is Aramid Entertainment, with Lipsync Productions and Screen East’s content investment fund. The film, [ Read More ]