WIFT NZ News (12)
The WIFTI Summit 2023
Posted Tuesday 06 Jun 2023
Every year Women in Film and Television International (WIFTI) gathers participants from six continents and (now) 40 member associations to experience the powerful dynamic that can only be WIFTI!
WIFT NZ members are WIFTI members - so you're invited! And this year's summit is in Helsinki, Finland.
The event opens a view to the global…
Whina screening plus Q&A with co-director Paula Whetu Jones
Posted Tuesday 06 Jun 2023
If you are in or around Tauranga on 22 June, get yourself to the Village Community Cinema to enjoy a screening of the feature film Whina followed by a Q&A with its co-director and writer Paula Whetu Jones (Te Aitanga a Mahaki, Whakatōhea, Ngāti Porou).
Paula has directed and produced a range of works over…
WIFT NZ members enjoy slice of NZOA funding pie
Posted Tuesday 06 Jun 2023
It's great to see WIFT NZ members in the mix for NZ On Air's latest funding round for children's content.
Gisborne-based Amo Studios (which includes Felicity Letcher and Sam Witters) receives up to $1,900,000 for Black Sand Beach, for TVNZ+.
Gibson Group receives up to $596,849 for Mr. Hugo’s Little Library for TVNZ+ and RNZ.
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NZ FC Extended Screen Production Recovery Fund
Posted Thursday 01 Jun 2023
The NZFC's Extended Screen Production Recovery Fund remains open to applications from eligible productions that have been affected by a COVID-19 event (as defined in the Guidelines). Applications can be submitted up until 31 July 2023.
The NZFC's advice is to apply as soon as possible after a COVID-19 Event given that funding is limited.
…The International Format Awards
Posted Thursday 25 May 2023
The International Format Awards are the leading awards for the global format business, recognising creativity and excellence across a range of categories. They are a coproduction between leading players in the formats business; C21Media, FRAPA and EMC, in association with Mipcom Cannes.
The awards will be judged by a panel of international formats buyers. The…
Reminder: NZ On Air special Scripted funding round
Posted Thursday 25 May 2023
This is due to open 29 June, with a deadline of 4pm Thursday 20 July and decisions notified 22 September.
NZOA said the deliberate timing of this round takes into account an expected decision from government about eligibility of domestic productions to apply for the NZ Screen Production Grant alongside NZ On Air funding.
NZOA…
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Use your WIFT discount for the Showrunner TV Drama Exchange
Posted Tuesday 06 Jun 2023
Calling all those interested in the art of TV Showrunning! Now in its 24th year, MediaXchange’s flagship programme provides international participants with an opportunity to absorb transferrable insights from the US creative process and make new connections in the drama industry.
The Showrunner TV Drama Exchange is an intense, week-long schedule of direct meetings and…
Record number of women competed for Cannes top prize
Posted Tuesday 06 Jun 2023
There were a record seven women among the 21 entries in the competition at Cannes this year, reports The Washington Post, and Palme d'Or winner Justine Triet, who won for French crime drama Anatomy of a Fall, is only the third winner of that award, following Julie Ducournau in 2021 for Titane, and Jane Campion…
Women outnumber men as directors at this year's Tribeca Festival
Posted Tuesday 06 Jun 2023
Here's another milestone! For the first time, this festival will have more women than men vying for prizes, reports nytimes.com. A considerable 68% of all competition films this year were directed by women. Why? nytimes.com quotes Stacy L. Smith, who founded the Inclusion Initiative, who says many film institutes and film festivals have started a…