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Show Me Shorts Award Nominees Announced
Thursday, 26 September 2024, 10:09 am | Show Me Shorts Film Festival
The award winners will be announced at an Awards Ceremony taking place as part of Industry Day, at 4.30pm on Sunday 13 October at The Classic in Auckland. Tickets to Industry Day are available here. More >>
Show Me Shorts 2024 Programme Announcement
Monday, 16 September 2024, 9:39 am | Show Me Shorts Film Festival
New Zealand’s Leading International Short Film Festival Will Screen 85 Shorts, Including 26 Local Films, In Cinemas Nationwide Across October More >>
Screenrights Announces $289K Funding For Six Projects Supported By 2024 Cultural Fund
Wednesday, 28 August 2024, 12:55 pm | Screenrights
For its seventh year Screenrights increased the total available funding pool by $AUD50,000, with $AUD300,000 available in 2024. More >>
Libertine Pictures’ Red Rocks Goes Into Production On Location In Wellington, New Zealand
Wednesday, 26 June 2024, 1:05 pm | The Public Good
Mystical live-action family series has engaged Wētā Workshop for Creature Effects, with WildBrain on board as distributor. More >>
New Local Documentary It Takes A Kāinga Sheds Light On The Maternal Health Crisis For Māori Mothers In Aotearoa
Wednesday, 8 May 2024, 1:20 pm | The Public Good
The short film offers an intimate look into motherhood, mental health and the resilience and struggles of wāhine navigating their maternity journey in a system borne out of colonialism. More >>
Nouvelle Zélande’s Biggest Film Festival, French Film Festival Aotearoa, 2024 Programme Released
Tuesday, 23 April 2024, 8:05 am | The Public Good
French Film Festival Aotearoa is back for its 18th edition in 2024, bringing une fantastique selection of French films to even more cinemas near you this winter. More >>
Jae Frew - A Solo Photography Exhibition Of Aotearoa’s Extinct And Endangered Birds | April 2024
Thursday, 28 March 2024, 5:03 am | The Public Good
During the 2020 / 2021 lockdowns, Frew began exploring & shaping Manu Koingo – Birds of Yearning, a concept that had been on his mind for many years – to create a series of works that speaks to and engages the interests of his youth while raising ... More >>
The Wiggles Groove Across Aotearoa
Wednesday, 13 March 2024, 8:56 am | The Public Good
Get Ready To Sing, Dance & Groove With The Wiggles’ Wiggle Groove Tour! <img src="https://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/2403/aa331649d2f262196b03.jpeg" width="720" height="384"> Embark on a musical adventure ... More >>
Screenrights Cultural Fund Opens For Applications
Friday, 2 February 2024, 10:46 am | Screenrights
Screenrights is pleased to announce that it is increasing its annual Cultural Fund grant pool to $300,000 for 2024, as it opens for applications today. The Fund supports projects that foster the creation and appreciation of screen content in Australia ... More >>
Screenrights Announces $266K Funding For Six Projects Supported By 2023 Cultural Fund
Wednesday, 23 August 2023, 5:54 pm | Screenrights
Screenrights has announced six projects will be supported by the 2023 round of its annual Cultural Fund, to total $265,763 in funding for this year’s focus of ‘New Visions’. “It’s wonderful that the Screenrights membership is able to support ... More >>
Kiwi Music Icons Strawpeople Reunite For 2023 Album Knucklebones
Friday, 4 August 2023, 6:40 am | The Public Good
New Zealand’s electropop icons Strawpeople return in 2023 with a brand new album, Knucklebones , which sees Paul Casserly and Fiona McDonald back together as the core of the project. Knucklebones is a collection of all-new material produced by Paul ... More >>
Waiata Anthems 2023: July Releases
Friday, 7 July 2023, 6:08 am | The Public Good
As the Māori New Year arrives, Waiata Anthems honours the rising of Matariki with a new release of waiata and video content, showcasing an exciting group of established and emerging artists sharing their experiences of creating reo Māori music. Throughout ... More >>
Screenrights Cultural Fund Opens For Applications And 2023 Focus Announced As "New Visions"
Friday, 3 February 2023, 11:06 am | Screenrights
Screenrights’ 2023 Cultural Fund is open for applications today, with up to $250,000 in funding available for projects that respond to the annual focus of New Visions. “New Visions aim to let us see something differently. Perhaps it’s a reimagining ... More >>
Brand New Local Series Sik Fan Lah! Coming To Tvnz This February
Monday, 23 January 2023, 5:07 pm | The Public Good
We are excited to celebrate the 2023 Lunar New Year with the announcement of Sik Fan Lah!, a brand new local series coming to TVNZ 1 and TVNZ+ this February. Sik Fan Lah! is a culinary adventure across Aotearoa uncovering hilarious and hearty ... More >>
Peter Ellis, The Creche Case & Me: A True Crime Series About A Crime That Never Happened
Tuesday, 10 January 2023, 10:11 am | The Public Good
In Newsroom’s extraordinary eight-part series Peter Ellis, the Creche Case & Me , a multi-award-winning investigative team takes audiences inside New Zealand’s greatest true crime story about a crime that never happened - when a kind of madness ... More >>
Kingfisher Film & Blinder Film In Association With Southern Light Films Announce New Six Part Drama Series THE GONE
Tuesday, 13 September 2022, 6:36 am | The Public Good
Starring Richard Flood ( Grey’s Anatomy , Shameless , Crossing Lines ) & Acushla-Tara Kupe ( Under the Vines , Mr Corman ) with Michelle Fairley ( Game of Thrones , Gangs of London , Fortitude ) Carolyn Bracken ( The Quiet Girl , You Are ... More >>
Screenrights Announces $213k Funding For Five Projects Supported By 2022 Cultural Fund
Wednesday, 17 August 2022, 11:02 am | Screenrights
Screenrights has announced five projects - including two from Aotearoa New Zealand - will be supported by the 2022 round of its annual Cultural Fund, to total $213,083 in funding for this year’s focus of ‘New Opportunities’. Celebrating its fifth ... More >>
The Wiggles Are Wiggling Their Way To New Zealand With Their 2022 Big Show Tour!
Tuesday, 7 June 2022, 9:17 am | The Public Good
New Zealand, get ready to Wiggle! The Wiggles are coming to perform for you in August as part of their Big Show Tour! This show will see Anthony, Tsehay, Lachy and Simon singing and dancing their way around New Zealand with all their Wiggly Friends; Captain ... More >>
Go North This Autumn With The Inaugural Volvo Scandi Film Festival Aotearoa 2022
Thursday, 24 March 2022, 6:04 pm | The Public Good
Tickets have today gone on sale for the inaugural Volvo Scandi Film Festival Aotearoa 2022 . From 21 April, the festival will showcase the best of contemporary Scandinavian cinema in five centres around the country: Auckland, Hamilton, Wellington, Nelson ... More >>
Now Streaming: Milked - The Kiwi Documentary That Exposes The Whitewash Of NZ Dairy
Tuesday, 22 March 2022, 6:47 pm | The Public Good
Pictured: The latest MILKED billboard near the NZ Parliament buildings in Wellington. The same billboard has also been installed in Auckland, down the road from Fonterra HQ. Design inspired by the 'Got Milk?' campaign. Image created by Menkay, a former ... More >>
