APPLICATION DEADLINE: 17^th SEPTEMBER 2013

Are you developing ideas for short film? Don't miss out on the opportunity to take part in New Zealand's fourth Short Film Lab!

Show Me Shorts and Script to Screen are now calling for applications for the 2013 Short Film Lab. …

Woody Allen's BLUE JASMINE will open in cinemas on September 5 and we have 3 x double passes to giveaway for the opening weekend.

Email us at: office@wiftnz.co.nz with the answer to this question: Which film shot in NZ has Cate Blanchett appeared in? A…

New Zealand's only Academy Awards� accredited film festival, Show Me Shorts, has launched a campaign to crowd-fund a People's Choice prize. This new award category will give audiences the chance to vote for their favourite short film during the festival in November.

The 'Show Shor…

The Goethe-Institut  are delighted to present "The Transformation of the World into Music" a documentary by Werner Herzog - in cooperation with the New Zealand Film Archive.

When: Wednesday, 4 September, 6pm

Where: NZ Film Archive, Cnr Taranaki and Ghuznee Streets, Wellington

(normal admission fees apply)

Pl…

Rialto Cinemas-SDGNZ

GARDENING WITH SOUL

SPECIAL PREVIEW SCREENING WITH THE FILMMAKERS

6PM THURS 12 SEPTEMBER

RIALTO NEWMARKET

Rialto Cinemas New Market, in association with the Screen Director's Guild NZ will be hosting a special preview screening of this year's SMASH HIT of the …

For the first time, WIFTI has chosen to join with the Women In Film Foundation (WIFF) to grant Film Finishing Funds(FFF) to two films.  Each year we send out the application to all of the Chapters to give their members the opportunity to appl…

Tributes poured in for vivacious, thrill-seeking, highly respected New Zealand television director Caroline Johnstone who plunged more than 150 metres to her death at Whakapapa skifield a couple of weeks ago. WIFT President and Top Shelf producer Deb Kelleher worked with Caroline and shared t…

WIFT would like to acknowledge all Penelope has done in nearly ten years at the helm of SPADA (Screen Production and Development Association) through some very challenging times for us all. She has worked tirelessly for the wellbeing of the screen industry, SPADA and…

Did you know that as a WIFT member you get exclusive discounts on Kahurangi Wines?  They are a valued sponsor and Kahurangi is one of New Zealand's premier wine brands and it's available at very special prices to WIFT members. You drink it all …

25 September 2013

Working with Maori Television

6 pm Maori Television, 9 - 15 Davis Crescent, Newmarket

Maori Television supports programming that revitalises Maori language and culture. Annie Murray, Tumuaki Hotaka A Waho, Head of Department External Programming will introduce the network's programming strat…

Thursday 19 September

BNZ Lounge, EPIC Centre, 96 - 106 Manchester Street

5pm

James Thompson, formally on staff at the NZFC, comes to Christchurch for the evening on the 19th September to talk to you as a solicitor about:

Funding? Rights? Warranties? Privacy? Defama…

Tomorrow! Wednesday 18 September

NZFC Boardroom, 3rd floor, 119 Ghuznee Street

11:30pm - 12.30pm

Co-producing The Weight of Elephants,

Producer Leanne Saunders discusses a model for "unofficial" co-production.  Who brought what to the party; juggling producer responsibilities, investor requirements and creative contributors.

WIFT NZ AGMs alternate between Auckland and Wellington.  This year it's Auckland, on 10 October at 6pm.  Great Southern Film and TV is kindly providing the venue - 4 Galatos Street, Newton. We hope that you are marking the date in your diaries so …

It's THAT TIME OF YEAR AGAIN! WIFTI needs our TWO entries for the 2013 Women in Film & Television International's Short Film Showcase. This is a great opportunity for members to showcase their work, last year some of the selected films received distribution deals! …

The 11th Pacific International Documentary Film Festival (FIFO Tahiti) will take place from 3 to 9 February 2014 in Papeete (Tahiti - French Polynesia).

We would like to remind you that film submissions for the 11th FIFO are open and that the pre-selection committe…

As part of their growth initiative Documentary Edge are very proud to launch the Documentary Edge Regional Tour 2013. The tour has been developed to bring a taste of the annual festival to NZ regions that wouldn't have experienced it like Auckland and Wellington. T…

Script to Screen Event: Tuesday 24 September 2013, Auckland

Drinks 7pm, talk 7:30-8:30pm,

The Classic, 321 Queen Street,

$5 koha appreciated.

Pushing the boundaries of comedy in all directions, the characters of Super City's second season are at once more relatable and more outr…

Industry professionals and actors are encouraged to take part in this new Screen Acting Short Course, facilitated by Vicky Yiannoutsos. This course develops beyond the work undertaken during the Jeremiah Comey Film Acting workshop held at Unitec in February 2013.?This course combines an advanced practical and theore…

Congratulations to Leanne Pooley! Her 3D feature film about Sir Edmund Hillary's monumental and historical ascent of Mt. Everest in 1953 - an event that stunned the world and defined a nation was second runner up in the documentary section at this year's Toronto Internati…

We are absolutely delighted to welcome a whole new swag of members to WIFT over the last few months. We really appreciate your support and encourage you to bring along more new members to the fold...

Briar Grace-Smith, Chantelle Burgoyne, Kirsty Griffin, Anna Duckworth…

The NZ Broadcasting School in Christchurch have interns available for placement at the end of this year.

More than a third of their students have been 'booked' already - but they still have more available.

If you have an internship opportunity for …

Following a meeting with the AFIFO team, the festival organisers have decided to extend the registration date until 15th October instead of 1st October as initially stated. This year registration has indeed been disrupted as the offices of the association have moved in orde…

SMS has just announced their festival dates and locations for this year, so get out your diary. The Auckland season launches on 6 November, followed by Wellington and our other regional locations from 14 November.

They have some BIG prizes for winners of the a…

Kansas City Women in Film and Television would love to see some entries from WIFT NZ - so have a look below at the details and think about entering....

The contest is exclusively for female writers (or scripts co-written by a woman), and offers a …

Annual General Meeting is at 6pm on Thursday 10 October, in Auckland. You are all welcome to attend although you must be a Full current member or Life Member to vote. We shall be providing a drink and nibbles so do come along and t…

Show Me Shorts' are running a campaign to introduce a brand new People's Choice award. They want the audience to be able to vote for their favourite film during the SMS festival, and for the winner of that award to receive a cash prize.…