Archive Aug 2014

Here's your chance to win a copy of The Red House, the fabulous and critically acclaimed film written by a WIFT member - Who was it?

Email answers please to office@wiftnz.org.nz with the name of the writer in the subject line.

Answers …

S cript to Screen and  Show Me Shorts are now calling for applications for the 2014 Short Film Lab.

Successful applicants will be offered a place in a one-day workshop as well as an opportunity for individual follow-up sessions. Participants in the 20…

Sales agents from across the world yesterday voted NZ WIFT member Emma Slade as the producer at the 37� South Market who most deserves a spot at the UK's Production Finance Market (PFM) in October, plus $1,860 (A$2,000) in travel assistance.

Runner-ups Steve Kearney and…

The Big Screen Symposium 2014 is here! The symposium will take place on 27/28 September at the University of Auckland Business School.

*EARLY BIRD TICKETS ARE ON SALE NOW*

2014 THEME IS 'THE POWER OF VOICE'

The Big Screen Symposium 2014 will celebrate The Powe…

Great Southern Television and South Pacific Pictures, two of WIFT's generous and dedicated corporate sponsors, have received a total of $18 million to make more local drama across the three free-to-air channels. A boost to the local employment market we hope!  See NZonAir website…

The Uni Shorts 2014 committee is pleased to announce an exciting lineup of Kiwi filmmakers as guest speakers for this year's festival on 12-14 September. More speakers will be confirmed in the coming weeks.

Sophie Henderson (Fantail)
Sima Urale (Apron Strings)
Michael Bennett (Matariki)
Dean…

The launch of Film for Change Aotearoa will take place 14th of August from 6pm to 8pm at the Film Archive in Wellington.

Film for Change is a charity that makes films for other charities and organisations with charitable purposes, striving to up-skill its volu…

TONY BRIGGS JOINS LINE-UP

Acclaimed Australian actor and stage and screen writer Tony Briggs joins Sheri Candler on the line-up of industry experts heading to Auckland for Tropfest NZ's Roughcut on 4 September 2014. More presenters to be announced soon.  More about Tony Brig…

Greenstone TV and owners CJZ  announced the appointment of Richard Driver to the position of Managing Director of New Zealand's Greenstone TV. Richard replaces founder and MD John Harris.

" I am enthusiastic and energized by the prospect of working with the team at Gree…

March 5th - 8th, 2015

Now in its 10th year, the Vancouver International Women in Film Festival showcases an impressive line-up of short, mid-length and feature films (narrative, documentary, experimental and animation) by established and emerging women filmmakers from around the world.

The…

Documentary Edge Festival is New Zealand's only and Australasia's premiere international documentary film festival held annually in Auckland and Wellington. The Festival includes Awards, Q & A sessions with filmmakers, DOC Talks, special events and more.

The 10th annual Documentary Edge Festival will b…

Heritage Hotels - one of WIFT's discount providers, are proud to support the annual Storylines Festival where popular children's authors, illustrators and storytellers share the magic of stories.

Dyslexic wombat-tamer and Australian Children's Laureate Jackie French (Diary of a Wombat, Gorilla Grab) and adventure fiction…

Off-Script: Creating Drama Through Improvisation with Robert Marchand (AUS)

EVENT: Wed 27 August, 6-7pm, Nga Taonga Sound and Vision (formerly The Film Archive), WGTN

Wellington Writers' Room with Australian director and academic  Robert Marchand. Robert will talk to story advisor and acting coach  Bri…

Women in Film Dallas is now accepting short film submissions for the 13th Annual Chick Flicks Film Festival!

They accept narrative, documentary, animated, and experimental short films in any genre with a runtime of 35 minutes or less. Our 2014 categories are Female Filmmakers and F…

WIFT members in Auckland get two bangs for their buck on August 25 and 27. There are two significant events that have been organised - a panel discussion on August 25 concerning the future of women in film making and an important presentation by …

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This is a great little website - well quite a big website in that it has had over 2 million followers a month. It's pitched at film school students in the US but also includes festivals and opportunities for international film makers - and i…

Script to Screen event: Tuesday 2 September,

The Classic, 7:30-8:30pm

Join your fellow industry members for a discussion delving into the creative process of low budget feature films as experienced by recipients of funding from the NZ Film Commission's Escalator scheme. This is an opp…

Oceania Pitch 2015 will take place during FIFO 2015 in Tahiti, from January 31st to February 8th 2015.

Organisers are looking for oceanian documentary film projects of all lengths in development or production phase, preferably with international interest.

Once again they will be inviti…

REMINDER! Applications close 4th September 2014!

Script to Screen and  Show Me Shorts are now calling for applications for the 2014 Short Film Lab.

Successful applicants will be offered a place in a one-day workshop as well as an opportunity for individual follow-up sessions. P…

On Friday 5 September WIFT member Zoe McIntosh's accomplished feature film is showing at the Film Archive in Wellington as part of their Soup and Seat series of lunchtime screenings.  Here's a rundown on the plot...

Pinnacle Films have 5 double passes to give away to ROCK THE CASBAH, opening in NZ cinema's on September 25.

Just answer this simple question: Name the film (starring Bogey and Bergman) whose title is a famous city in Morocco.

Email answers only to office@wiftnz.org.…

Win tickets to Woody Allen's charming romantic comedy starring Colin Firth and Emma Stone, MAGIC IN THE MOONLIGHT.

We have 5 double passes to give away - just tell us the name of the character that Firth played in the film of Bridget Jones' Diary

Email…

Kissing Babies - A lighthearted look at NZ politicians and how issues were represented in the 20th Century with archival moving image.

Until 19 September 2014

Ng? Taonga Sound & Vision, Auckland

(formerly The Film Archive -  more about their new name here)

In light of the upcoming general electi…

Aeroplane Music MD Jan Hellriegel is excited about Songbroker - a new resource to help New Zealand music users find New Zealand music.

"Songbroker really does do what it says on the tin", she says. "It hooks you up with the music you need."

Songbroker…

From the origins of football in Germany to a Kiwi musician helping Germans rediscover their musical roots, the new look Goethe-Institut German Film Festival has a lot to offer. Coinciding with the 25th anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall, 25 films (18 fea…

New Zealand's video game scriptwriting guru Edwin McRae will present an interactive story workshop for non-fiction filmmakers at Doc Edge Lab 2014 this September. 

DOC EDGE LAB is an intensive two-day incubator with inspiring presentations from international non-fiction transmedia experts that will educate and inf…

A must for anyone in the industry - the politicians (and a few others) speak!

Auckland Broadcasting Debate
This Sunday, August 31st 2014, 6.30pm (doors open 6.15pm)
Pioneer Women's Hall
High Street, Auckland City

Moderator:
Guy Williams - Comedian

Speakers:
Maggie Barry - Na…

Notable Pictures' latest New Zealand documentary, directed by Julia Parnell, presents a fascinating look inside a new alternative justice model - through the stories of convicted criminals.

Trapped in a cycle of substance abuse, addiction and crime, thousands of New Zealanders face a bleak future of criminal…

Last night in Auckland (Monday August 25) the Directors & Editors Guild of NZ picked up the baton and assembled a great panel to discuss this riveting subject. With Kim Hill as Chair and an articulate panel of Gaylene Preston, Cushla Dillon, Annie Goldson …

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