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New Zealand Film Commission - Latest News [Page 12]
New Zealand Film Qualifies For Oscar Consideration
Wednesday, 20 January 2010, 11:29 am | New Zealand Film Commission
Mark Albiston and Louis Sutherland’s short film The Six Dollar Fifty Man has taken out the top prize at Flickerfest 2010 19th International Short Film Festival in Australia which qualifies the film for consideration for the 2011 Academy® Awards. More >>
NZFC Appoints New Head Of Sales & Marketing
Wednesday, 13 January 2010, 10:52 am | New Zealand Film Commission
NZFC CEO Graeme Mason is pleased to announce the appointment of James Thompson as NZ Film’s new Head of Sales and Marketing with immediate effect. More >>
European Premiere For Taika Waititi’s Boy
Friday, 18 December 2009, 11:57 am | New Zealand Film Commission
European Premiere In Berlin For Taika Waititi’s Boy Taika Waititi’s latest feature film, BOY, has been selected in competition at the prestigious 60th Berlin International Film Festival, which will be held from February 11th – 21st. The film will screen ... More >>
The Six Dollar Fifty Man Selected
Tuesday, 8 December 2009, 11:21 am | New Zealand Film Commission
Mark Albiston and Louis Sutherland’s New Zealand short film THE SIX DOLLAR FIFTY MAN has been chosen to screen in competition at the acclaimed 26th Sundance Film Festival, held in and around Park City in Utah each January. This year the Festival's ... More >>
Premiere in Sundance for Taika Waititi's "Boy"
Thursday, 3 December 2009, 4:04 pm | New Zealand Film Commission
Taika Waititi's latest feature film, BOY, has been selected in competition at the Sundance Film Festival, held in and around Park City, Utah each January and widely regarded as the premiere US showcase for American and international independent film. ... More >>
European Premiere for Topp Twins Movie
Monday, 12 October 2009, 3:56 pm | New Zealand Film Commission
The Topp Twins: Untouchable Girls has been invited to screen at the prestigious International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA). More >>
Classic NZ Films Returned To New Zealand
Friday, 31 July 2009, 11:18 am | New Zealand Film Commission
Local rights to seven New Zealand feature films produced in the 1980s have been restored in an historic deal negotiated by NZ Film, who have been working for several years to secure the rights. The films, known as the ‘Mirage catalogue’ went out of ... More >>
Topp Twins Movie Selected For Toronto
Wednesday, 22 July 2009, 1:58 pm | New Zealand Film Commission
Following the film’s recent successful season at the NZ box office, The Topp Twins: Untouchable Girls is going international. The film has been invited to the prestigious Toronto International Film Festival in September. More >>
World Premiere In Toronto For The Vintner’s Luck
Thursday, 16 July 2009, 12:08 pm | New Zealand Film Commission
Confirming its position as the prime North American launch pad for independent features, the Toronto International Film Festival has added more world premieres to its line-up. Among the new titles announced today is New Zealand director Niki Caro’s The Vintner’s ... More >>
New Zealand Short Wins Prize At Cannes
Monday, 25 May 2009, 4:49 pm | New Zealand Film Commission
New Zealand short film The Six Dollar Fifty Man has been awarded the Special Distinction in the Short Film Competition of the 62nd Festival De Cannes in France today. More >>
Simone Horrocks’ Debut Feature, with Antony Starr
Monday, 4 May 2009, 11:27 am | New Zealand Film Commission
Principal photography has begun on AFTER THE WATERFALL, the debut feature from award-winning New Zealand writer/director Simone Horrocks, with actor Antony Starr (Outrageous Fortune, In My Father’s Den) in his first lead in a feature film. Starr plays forest ... More >>
Two New Zealand Shorts Chosen For Cannes
Thursday, 30 April 2009, 9:34 am | New Zealand Film Commission
Two New Zealand short films The Six Dollar Fifty Man and Lars and Peter have been selected In Competition at the most important film festival in the world, the 62nd Festival De Cannes in France. They join seven other international short films selected ... More >>
Commission Launches Classic Kiwi Titles On DVD
Thursday, 19 March 2009, 5:11 pm | New Zealand Film Commission
The NZ Film Commission and distributor Screenline today announced the release of the first group of 25 classic kiwi feature films to be made available on DVD over the next 18 months. More >>
NZ Film Commission appoints CEO
Wednesday, 11 March 2009, 10:44 am | New Zealand Film Commission
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. More >>
NZ Short Wins Top Prize At Berlin Intl Film Fest
Monday, 16 February 2009, 11:08 am | New Zealand Film Commission
New Zealand short film Aphrodite’s Farm has been awarded the Crystal Bear for best short film in the Generation 14 plus section of the 59th Berlin International Film Festival at an awards ceremony in the Babylon theatre held on Friday evening. More >>
The Volcano Finds Transmission
Monday, 2 February 2009, 2:43 pm | New Zealand Film Commission
Transmission Films has acquired New Zealand rights to The Volcano (aka Tama), the highly anticipated second feature film from Eagle vs Shark writer/director Taika Waititi. The Volcano is a tragicomedy inspired by Taika’s award-winning, Oscar-nominated ... More >>
Premieres In Rotterdam And Berlin For Kiwi Film
Friday, 16 January 2009, 12:45 pm | New Zealand Film Commission
The debut feature from Auckland-based director Armagan Ballantyne, The Strength of Water, has been selected for two of Europe’s oldest and most prestigious film festivals. More >>
'This Is Her' Selected For Acclaimed Sundance
Tuesday, 9 December 2008, 12:20 pm | New Zealand Film Commission
Katie Wolfe’s New Zealand short film THIS IS HER has been chosen to screen in competition at the 25th Sundance Film Festival, one of the most acclaimed international film festivals in the world. More >>
NZFC Reports Increased Investment
Tuesday, 2 December 2008, 2:46 pm | New Zealand Film Commission
Investment totaling more than $20.7million to support twelve New Zealand feature films is reported by the New Zealand Film Commission in its annual report which was published today. It had also committed finance for the completion of seven digital ... More >>
Creatively Developing LoBudget Feature Films
Friday, 21 September 2007, 5:15 pm | New Zealand Film Commission
“Knowing how to bring your lo-budget film in on budget will not make it good, it just makes it possible. What do you need to know to ensure your film is worth shooting in the first place?" More >>
