An overview of the New Zealand Screen Production Industries including Film, Television, Gaming, Handheld and Internet.
Manurewa, directed by Sam Peacocke, was awarded a Crystal Bear in the Generation 14plus Youth Section of the competition. The jury awarded the film the prize with these comments on the strength of the project: In a very short time this film synthesises and skilfully compresses independent story lines and characters, merging them together into [ Read More ]
Once again Lee Tamahori has made a Sundance worthy independent film. Lee Tamahori has shot two independent films in his nearly two-decade career as a director, and both have taken him to Sundance: He made his first trip in 1995 with his feature directorial debut, “Once Were Warriors,” a violent tale of domestic abuse in [ Read More ]
At the HISTORY MAKERS AWARDS in New York on the 27th January 2011, Gaylene Preston’s feature film HOME BY CHRISTMAS, will be alongside a selection of many other promising historical films and television story telling produced last year.
Popularity and fame a definite surprise, but welcomed by all local NZ film makers debuting in the Doha Tribeca Film Festival . The visual effects supervisor for Weta does not usually get mobbed for autographs. Nor does he normally have people queuing to have their picture taken with him. That sort of crazed fan behaviour [ Read More ]
What an amazing acheivement for NZ Film and for first time film director Michael Bennet. Bennet’s feature film Matariki is set to be featured in the Toronto International Film Festival. Confirming its position as the prime North American launch pad for independent features, the Toronto International Film Festival has today announced its line up of [ Read More ]
Principle photography has begun in Wellington, New Zealand on World War II Horror pic, THE DEVIL’S ROCK. Written by Paul Finch, Paul Campion and Brett Ihaka, The Devil’s Rock is award-winning short film director Paul Campion’s debut feature film. His short films Night of the Hell Hamsters and Eel Girl have screened at every major [ Read More ]
Image from the set of ‘Careful with that cross bow-One of five NZ short films picked to be shown at the Melbourne Film Festival Australia’s biggest and most well respected film festival, the Melbourne International Film Festival, has choosen five short films from some of New Zealand’s most gifted and hopeful filmmaking talent. The 59th [ Read More ]
NZ short Film Poppy awarded for its innovation of motion capture and flawless facial animation. Poppy has been awarded the Computer Animation Festival’s Jury Prize ahead of the SIGGRAPH 2010 International Conference and Exhibition on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques, which is being held in Los Angeles on the 25th – 29th July.