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First Time Feature Film By Samoan Director
Monday, 11 October 2010, 11:04 am | New Zealand Film Commission
Production will commence this month on The Orator , a powerful tale of honour, courage, love and redemption by Samoan-born and raised debut feature filmmaker, Tauti Tusi Tamasese. More >>
Film Commission worried about hobbit fight
Tuesday, 28 September 2010, 2:48 pm | New Zealand Film Commission
New Zealand Film Commission CEO, Graeme Mason, today expressed concerned about the impact the current industry dispute involving The Hobbit will have on the New Zealand film industry community. More >>
NZ Short Film invited to New York Film Festival
Tuesday, 28 September 2010, 1:18 pm | New Zealand Film Commission
Wellington short film Day Trip, by filmmakers Zoe McIntosh and Costa Botes, has been selected for the prestigious 48th New York Film Festival in September/October. More >>
World Premiere In Toronto For New Zealand
Wednesday, 25 August 2010, 1:35 pm | New Zealand Film Commission
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 prestigious world premieres. Included in the selection is New Zealand film Matariki, from first ... More >>
NZ Short Film wins award at Mexican film festival
Tuesday, 10 August 2010, 9:18 am | New Zealand Film Commission
Wellington filmmakers Zoe McIntosh and Costa Botes have been awarded a top international prize for their short film Day Trip at the Guanajuato International Film Festival, Expresión En Corto Film Festival in Mexico Day Trip premiered at the prestigious ... More >>
World War Il Film Starts Filming In Wellington
Monday, 9 August 2010, 10:14 am | New Zealand Film Commission
Principle photography has begun in Wellington, New Zealand on World War II Horror pic, THE DEVIL’S ROCK. More >>
NZFC Announces New Low Budget Short Film Scheme
Wednesday, 14 July 2010, 4:31 pm | New Zealand Film Commission
The NZ Film Commission is pleased to announce Fresh Shorts, a new low budget short film scheme for up-and-coming and emerging filmmakers. Fresh Shorts will be run in-house by the short film team at the NZFC. More >>
Five NZ Short Films Selected for Melbourne
Friday, 9 July 2010, 1:23 pm | New Zealand Film Commission
Australia’s largest and most critically acclaimed film festival, the Melbourne International Film Festival, has selected five short films from some of New Zealand’s most promising filmmaking talent. More >>
Commission Welcomes Review
Thursday, 1 July 2010, 10:44 am | New Zealand Film Commission
The New Zealand Film Commission today said it welcomed the suggestions for improvements that have emerged from a Review by Sir Peter Jackson and David Court. More >>
Boy Enters Parliament
Tuesday, 29 June 2010, 2:07 pm | New Zealand Film Commission
The New Zealand Film Commission is delighted that Youth Parliamentarians will get the opportunity to learn from the experiences of Taika Waititi, writer and director of New Zealand box office hit Boy, during this year’s Youth Parliament. More >>
NZ Short Film Wins At Computer Animation Festival
Tuesday, 29 June 2010, 10:14 am | New Zealand Film Commission
NZ short film 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 ... More >>
NZ short film ‘Warbrick’ honoured in Montreal
Thursday, 24 June 2010, 9:44 am | New Zealand Film Commission
New Zealand film making brothers Meihana and Pere Durie have been awarded the TEUEIKAN prize at Montreal First People’s Film Festival in Canada. More >>
Piracy of Boy illustrates threat to film industry
Wednesday, 23 June 2010, 12:35 pm | New Zealand Film Commission
Revelations of the piracy of New Zealand film Boy illustrates the growing threat of online copyright theft to the New Zealand film industry. More >>
Preston Takes Home by Christmas Around the World
Wednesday, 9 June 2010, 5:20 pm | New Zealand Film Commission
Following successful screenings at Cannes Cinephiles, HOME BY CHRISTMAS has now been selected for a further three international film festivals – the Sydney Film Festival, Melbourne International Film Festival and the Shanghai Film Festival. More >>
NZFC Acknowledges The Passing Of Merata Mita
Monday, 31 May 2010, 6:05 pm | New Zealand Film Commission
It is with much sadness that the New Zealand Film Commission acknowledges the passing of respected Māori filmmaker Merata Mita. More >>
Low budget film maker bootcamp starts
Monday, 31 May 2010, 3:43 pm | New Zealand Film Commission
The New Zealand Film Commission’s new low budget feature film initiative, Escalator, inaugural Bootcamp will kick off tomorrow afternoon, Tuesday, 1st June, in Wellington. More >>
Waititi Green Lit in Green Lantern
Tuesday, 16 March 2010, 10:24 am | New Zealand Film Commission
Taika Waititi has joined the cast of fellow New Zealand director Martin Campbell's Green Lantern. Produced by Warner Bros Pictures the filming is set to start later this month in New Orleans. The film is scheduled for a mid-2011 release. More >>
Local filmmaker takes a crack at Kiwi gems
Tuesday, 2 March 2010, 5:25 pm | New Zealand Film Commission
Local filmmaker, Jamie Lawrence, is shooting his second short film this week titled Darryn Exists, financed by the Screen Innovation Production Fund (a partnership between the New Zealand Film Commission and Creative New Zealand). More >>
New Zealand Short Film Wins At Sundance
Thursday, 28 January 2010, 10:59 am | New Zealand Film Commission
Mark Albiston and Louis Sutherland’s short film The Six Dollar Fifty Man has won the top prize- the Jury Prize in International Short Filmmaking- at the 26th Sundance Film Festival in Utah. This award further qualifies The Six Dollar Fifty Man for ... More >>
NZ Film Boy Premieres at Sundance Film Festival
Monday, 25 January 2010, 10:37 am | New Zealand Film Commission
Taika Waititi’s feature film BOY premiered to a sell out house on Friday night at the opening weekend of the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. The Festival is widely regarded as the premiere US showcase for American and international independent ... More >>
