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 ]
Ipad now has NZ on screen coverage
July 29, 2010 By 1 Comment
NZ Film Commision approves new plan for low budget short films
July 16, 2010 By Leave a Comment
The NZ Film Commission is delighted to announce Fresh Shorts, a new low budget short film scheme for promising and emerging filmmakers. Fresh Shorts will be run in-house by the short film team at the NZFC. Each year Fresh Shorts will fund eight $10,000 short films and eight $30,000 short films, with the level of [ Read More ]
Melbourne Film festival to showcase five NZ short films
July 12, 2010 By Leave a Comment
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' wins at Computer Animation Festival
June 29, 2010 By Leave a Comment
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.
'Warbrick' NZ short film honoured in Montreal Film festival
June 28, 2010 By 1 Comment
New Zealand short film ‘Warbrick’ honoured in an international film festival in Montreal, Canada. New Zealand film making brothers Meihana and Pere Durie have been awarded the TEUEIKAN prize at Montreal First People’s Film Festival. Warbrick is a short drama based on the true story of Joe Warbrick and the 1888 New Zealand Natives rugby [ Read More ]
Leading Film Maker Merata Mita has passed away.
June 1, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Merata Mita collapsed while in Newmarket, Auckland and died a short time later on Monday 31 May 2010. Merata Mita was a key figure in the story of M?ori filmmaking. Through documentaries, interviews, public speaking and her 1987 dramatic feature Mauri, she was a passionate voice for M?ori and an advocate for social change. Merata [ Read More ]
New project offers aspiring film-makers to get in front of Peter Jackson
November 30, 2009 By 1 Comment
New Zealand will be the star of a new project that’s offering aspiring film-makers the chance to get their work in front of director Peter Jackson. Launched in Wellington today, Tourism New Zealand’s 100% Pure New Zealand ‘Your Big Break’ competition will see five budding film-makers direct and produce their own three-minute short films on [ Read More ]
Young Kiwi Filmmakers break mould with "I'm not Harry Jenson"
July 8, 2009 By 3 Comments
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 ]