New Zealand Short Film – CARGO The New Zealand short film CARGO has been selected for the short film competition of the 7th Tribeca Film Festival in New York City next month. This will be the North American premiere for Cargo, written and directed by New Zealander Leo Woodhead and shot in Prague. This follows [ Read More ]
SHOWCASE – Short Film – Ennui
March 17, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Saatchi New Directors Showcase call for entries
March 14, 2008 By Leave a Comment
The Saatchi & Saatchi New Directors Showcase, the very successful creative event held each year at Cannes (outside the main event), has issued its call for entries. “This is a brilliant opportunity for NZ directors to get onto the global stage and be seen by some of the world’s top creatives,” says Saatchi NZ’s Mike [ Read More ]
Special mention for NZ short film at Berlin Film Festival
February 19, 2008 By 3 Comments
Take 3 NZ short film Roseanne Liang’s short film Take 3 received a special mention in the Generation 14plus competition of the 58th Berlin International Film Festival. The award ceremony was held in the Babylon theatre in Berlin on Friday night. Writer/director Liang was in attendance at the ceremony along with producer Owen Hughes and [ Read More ]
Pollywood Short Film submissions open
November 1, 2007 By Leave a Comment
Submissions have just re-opened for next years Pollywood season set to re-launch Early March 2008. With 5 successful years of exhibiting Pacific Island Short Film, POLLYWOOD has gone from strength to strength. Promoting Pacific Island Stories, Culture, ideas, lifestyles and vision with the world! If you would like your film to be considered for the [ Read More ]
Maori TV showcases more NZ Short Films
September 26, 2007 By 1 Comment
Maori Television continues to showcase critically-acclaimed New Zealand short films and filmmakers in the weekly slot, ITI POUNAMU, every Monday at 9.30 PM. Filmmakers Ainsley Gardiner and Tearepa Kahi are hosting the series which features short films every week followed by a critique from the presenters and interviews with filmmakers or industry professionals. Films previously [ Read More ]
Call for Entries for Maori & Indigenous Film Festival
September 20, 2007 By Leave a Comment
The organisers of the 3rd Wairoa Maori & Indigenous Film Festival are proud to announce the dates of next year’s festival, and to open Call for Entries for Maori film-makers in Aotearoa and indigenous film-makers around the world. In 2008, the festival will return to the Matariki Queen’s Birthday Weekend, with the event occuring from [ Read More ]
NZ film in running for World's Best 60 sec film
September 19, 2007 By Leave a Comment
A new Zealand made film – ‘GRAHAM’ has made the 2007 Filminute Shortlist! 25 films have been chosen from 800 submissions from 45 countries to be presented from September 1-30. ‘GRAHAM’ is the only NZ submission to be selected which is pretty cool. The film is a kooky mix of a animation and sound design [ Read More ]
Another NZ Short Film selected for Venice
August 31, 2007 By Leave a Comment
Cargo New Zealand Short Film A second New Zealand short film has been selected for competition of the 64th edition of the Venice Film Festival. Cargo, a short film written and directed by a New Zealander and shot in Prague will have its world premiere with Coffee & Allah at the prestigious festival this month. [ Read More ]
Prime Minister opens New Zealand Film Commission's new premises
August 8, 2007 By Leave a Comment
The Prime Minister, Helen Clark said today that New Zealand films had played a major role in giving New Zealanders cultural confidence and a sense of their own identity. She added “The Film Commission’s ongoing support for New Zealand films and filmmakers has helped to create a burgeoning screen production industry, one that is far [ Read More ]