Boost Your Work: Running A Successful Boosted Campaign (Wellington)
Posted Monday 13 Apr 2026
Crowdfunding a film is one thing. Keeping a campaign alive, building momentum, finding your audience, and turning strangers into supporters is something else entirely. This panel brings together filmmakers for an honest conversation about what it actually takes to run a successful creative crowdfunding campaign in Aotearoa.
We will have Flynn Robson from Boosted, New…
Cosy Crime (Auckland)
Posted Tuesday 24 Mar 2026
Some of the most successful TV shows in New Zealand over the last 5 years have been procedural/cosy-adjacent crime shows. What makes a cosy crime series thrive in the New Zealand screen landscape?
This panel brings together WIFT members Kate McDermott (co-creator and writer, Blue Murder Motel, and script producer and writer, My Life is…
WIFT Special Screening: Caterpillar
Posted Thursday 16 Apr 2026
This is a moment we all hope for.
Chelsie Preston Crayford, actor, writer, and force of nature, has made her debut feature film, and we're celebrating! Join us for a special WIFT screening of Caterpillar (2026), bubbles in hand, followed by a Q&A with the women who brought it to life.
Set in an early-2000s…
What's the "Drama" with "Vertical"?
Posted Thursday 16 Apr 2026
What's the 'Drama' with 'Vertical'?
Are there opportunities for vertical microdramas in NZ?
The vertical microdrama format has taken the world by storm. Short, punchy, shot for mobile, and built for binge-watching, it's generated extraordinary revenue in markets like China and is quietly gaining ground here in Aotearoa. But what is it? Where do we…
