An overview of the New Zealand Screen Production Industries including Film, Television, Gaming, Handheld and Internet.
The New Zealand International Film Festival 2011 (NZIFF) will screen 20 short works as part of the MIC Homegrown Short Film Programme. 2011 has been a successful year for NZ short films and many of the films selected have screened to acclaim at international film festivals including Cannes, Sundance, Berlin and Tribeca in New York. [ Read More ]
The 2011 Wairoa Maori Film Festival was drawn to an impressive close at a packed awards ceremony at Kahungunu Marae, Nuhaka. And the winners are… Best Actor – Short Film (Aotearoa Audience Award) HARLEN HOANI THOMPSON IN “KORO’S MEDAL” DIRECTED BY JAMES BARR Best Male Actor – Feature Film (2011 Aotearoa Drama) RANGIMOANA TAYLOR IN [ Read More ]
THREE NEW ZEALAND FILMS PREMIERE AT SHANGHAI INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL Desert, Love Birds and Tracker have all been selected to screen in the Panorama section of the Shanghai International Film Festival this year. International Panorama is one of four major sections at the festival and showcases a wide selection of films from around the world. Desert, the debut feature film from [ 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 ]
A review of the New Zealand Film Commission supplied by Sir Peter Jackson and David Court was well recieved today, The Film commision said that it welcomes all suggestions for improvement that have emerged. NZFC Board Chair, Patsy Reddy, said “the Board is pleased to have such a strong affirmation of the importance of the [ Read More ]
The NZFC Board is pleased to announce the appointment of Graeme Mason as the new CEO of the New Zealand Film Commission with effect from early April 2009. “Graeme has an extensive international career in the film industry and the wider multi-media environment. He has a strong passion for film and has wide experience in [ Read More ]
We are pleased to announce some new additions to the NZ on Screen website that you may be interested in Full Length Te Po Urirui Awatea, a young warrior, is enraged when his lover Te Po, a high-born chief’s daughter, enters an arranged marriage. Retribution is swift and brutal. Set in the late 16th century [ Read More ]
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 ]
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 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 ]