Posted Monday 05 May 2014
Script to Screen Event Wednesday 14 May, drinks 5:30pm, talk 6-7pm,
The Film Archive, 84 Taranaki Street. $5 koha appreciated.
"Language is the very lifeblood of the theatre. . . and film is at its most potent when it expresses what i…
/news/news-archive/2014/may/keeping-it-fresh-theatre-voices-in-screen-wellington/Posted Monday 05 May 2014
The Outlook for Someday presents its fourth annual series of free sustainability film-making workshops.
42 one-day workshops are planned to take place throughout New Zealand from May to August 2014.
The workshops are open to students from school years 7 to 13…
Posted Monday 05 May 2014
The Smalls Film Festival is a short film festival based in London, UK and they have opened their Call for Submissions for their 9th annual festival. The Smalls is an online community of over 9,500 filmmakers and creative, with over 10,000 sho…
/news/news-archive/2014/may/the-smalls-film-festival-call-for-submissions/Posted Monday 05 May 2014
If you are in Auckland this weekend here are two films from the Kete Aronui series, Merata Mita and John Miller.
Screening Saturday, 10 May 2014 at 1 pm
Auckland Art Gallery
Merata Mita
New Zealand | 2007 | 28mins | Director: Rhonda Kite
The episode follows f…
Posted Tuesday 06 May 2014
Wednesday 7 May
Death in the Family (1987, dir. Peter Wells and Stewart Main, 48 min, PG) screens alongside Pansy (2001, dir. Peter Wells, 52 min, Exempt)
Mediatheatre 7 pm
A Death in the Family is a human drama about sexuality, death and th…
/news/news-archive/2014/may/film-archive-screening-in-wellington-this-week-1/Posted Tuesday 06 May 2014
Entertainment Presentation Scheduler
SKY TV
We are looking for an enthusiastic person to assist with the co-ordination and production of assigned SKY Channels and S…
/news/news-archive/2014/may/jobs-jobs-jobs/Posted Tuesday 06 May 2014
Michelle Turner and Nick Ward talk about their recent experience as short film Executive Producers. How they selected their …
Posted Tuesday 06 May 2014
We've had a steady stream of new members come on board since February - so we would like to extend a big welcome to:
Aly Cook, Kira Strongman, Andrew Cooper, Jane Warren, Gervais Laird, Alison Heath, Kelly Chen, Elspeth Carroll, Stacey Morrison, Kirsten Green, Je…
/news/news-archive/2014/may/welcome-to-new-members/Posted Tuesday 06 May 2014
As autumn rolls in and we all have more time inside (and inevitably in front of our screens) it feels like a good time to remind members of a few things�
We are always open to ideas and suggestions for workshops or information events…
/news/news-archive/2014/may/how-you-can-help-wift/Posted Monday 19 May 2014
Welcome to the first programme announcements for NZIFF 2014.
Two great music-filled documentaries head-up the announcements: 20,000 Days on Earth; and Jarvis Cocker, Sheffield's, in Pulp: A Film about Life, Death and Supermarkets. Both films are guaranteed to find enthusiastic audiences in New Zealand, the Pulp f…
/news/news-archive/2014/may/nziff-first-films-announced-for-2014/Posted Monday 19 May 2014
The Sydney Film Festival is on from 4-15 June 2014 and has a stunning line up but the big news is that the festival will close with the Australian premiere of the New Zealand vampire mockumentary, What We Do in the Shadows, the new film …
/news/news-archive/2014/may/sff-the-closing-film-belongs-to-us/Posted Monday 19 May 2014
Our own Jane Campion (currently leading the judges at Cannes) is nearing a deal to direct an adaptation of Rachel Kushner's New York Times bestseller "The Flamethrowers," according to The Guardian. The legendary filmmaker told the newspaper that Scott Rudin is on board to produce…
/news/news-archive/2014/may/jane-campion-near-deal-to-direct-adaptation-of-the-flamethrowers/Posted Monday 19 May 2014
Great Southern Television (a long-time WIFT sponsor) has announced the appointment of WIFT member Carmen Leonard as their new Head of Production.
Carmen has a 28 year track record in NZ Broadcasting, working on a number of hugely successful productions in the drama, factual and docum…
/news/news-archive/2014/may/new-appointment-at-gstv/Posted Monday 19 May 2014
Representatives from Women in Film & Television (WIFT) NZ and the Wairoa Maori Film Festival Inc. are proud to announce that the 2014 WIFT Mana Wahine Award will be presented to Kay Ellmers at the Gala Festival Awards at Kahungunu Marae, Nuhaka, on Saturday May…
/news/news-archive/2014/may/the-2014-wift-nz-mana-wahine-award-recipient-is/Posted Monday 19 May 2014
Loading Docs is launching ten distinctive and original three-minute documentary shorts from Aotearoa New Zealand on 27 May 2014.
Following the premiere screening at Auckland's Academy Cinemas, all ten films will be available to view and share on the Loading Docs website ( www.loadingdocs.net).
Rep…
Posted Monday 19 May 2014
Something from the international files....
The International Women's Media Foundation (IWMF) are proud to announce the recipients of their 2014 Courage in Journalism Award. Recent targeted attacks on journalists around the world underscore the importance of supporting and recognizing those individuals who risk their …
/news/news-archive/2014/may/the-2014-courage-in-journalism-awards/Posted Monday 19 May 2014
We all have to start somewhere and to celebate WIFT 2014 award recipient Jane Campion's prestigious role as jury president at Cannes 2014, NZ on Screen are showing her first film Peel This tale of a "family road trip from hell" won the Palme d…
/news/news-archive/2014/may/nz-on-screen-campion-s-first-film/Posted Monday 19 May 2014
The 9th annual Documentary Edge Festival is starting soon at Auckland's Q Theatre from 21 May - 2 June and Wellington's Roxy Cinema from 5-15 June with an exciting and diverse range of documentaries on offer.
We have three double passes up for grabs for WIFT members for A…
/news/news-archive/2014/may/giveaways/Posted Tuesday 20 May 2014
Internship Program for Film & TV Production
Broadcast & Film New Zealand Ltd
Internship in a Film & TV production company. You will learn to operate cameras, film lights and sound equipment. It is for someone wants a career.
/news/news-archive/2014/may/all-the-latest-paid-and-unpaid-positions/
Posted Tuesday 20 May 2014
Market Update from Cannes
Wednesday 11 June 2014
Come and hear an informal market update from our own Catherine Fitzgerald, Jasmin McSweeney and Robin Laing hot on the heels of t…
Posted Tuesday 20 May 2014
Board member Jasmin McSweeney is the Marketing Executive at the New Zealand Film Commission and has been involved with the international promotion of most NZFC fund…
Posted Tuesday 20 May 2014
WIFTI Short Film Showcase - NZ Entrants Special Screening
Wednesday 28 May 2014
The applicants for the 2014 WIFTI Showcase were of such a high standard that we decided we would lik…
Posted Friday 30 May 2014
Film Ink, Australia's influential online news site that deals with film and television, has given top billing to the opening there of Gardening with Soul produced by WIFT member Vicky Pope. Here's the tagline:
"Finally, for something completely different to the blockbusters that …
/news/news-archive/2014/may/gardening-with-soul-opens-in-oz/Posted Friday 30 May 2014
WIFT member Robin Murphy has been working on a project (with her mum) called Food For Thought. This project has a strong emphasis on women telling women's stories, with age not being a barrier, which she thinks members would be interested in it.....
Here's th…
/news/news-archive/2014/may/food-for-thought-needs-your-support/Posted Friday 30 May 2014
And of course some of them are WIFT members! So congratulations to Gillian Ashurst and Miriam Smith (and to Script to Screen for this exciting initiative).
The six talented writers that have been chosen to take part in the first Writers' Lab Aotearoa are: Gi…
/news/news-archive/2014/may/six-writers-chosen-for-writers-lab-aotearoa/Posted Friday 30 May 2014
Script to Screen is excited to announce the second mentor for their inaugural Writers' Lab Aotearoa in July - the Academy Award winning screenwriter, David Seidler.
I think of a script in terms of music: of ebb and flow, of rhythm. - David…
/news/news-archive/2014/may/oscar-and-bafta-winner-david-seidler-to-mentor-at-writers-lab-aotearoa/Posted Friday 30 May 2014
Wile away a wet afternoon or two by catching up with this selection of Kiwi classics, thanks to NZ on Screen...
Havoc and Newsboy's Sell-Out Tour - Gay Man's Rock
The infamous episode that had the Mayor of Gore thundering: "God help th…
/news/news-archive/2014/may/three-kiwi-classics-on-nz-on-screen/Posted Friday 30 May 2014
Under the Public Records Act 2005, members of the public have the opportunity to comment on recommendations for the disposal of records.
http://archives.govt.nz/advice/intentions-dispose
Agency Name: Television New Zealand Archive, Ministry for Culture and Heritage
General Description:
This appraisal covers public records of the Te…
/news/news-archive/2014/may/tvnz-archive-to-be-transferred-to-culture-and-heritage/Posted Friday 30 May 2014
Bored with Hollywood blockbusters? Over trite English comedies? Short of time to view anything???
Try some homegrown talent instead! Ten distinctive three-minute documentaries have just been launched online on the Loading Docs website ( www.loadingdocs.net) and are available to share and embed via Vimeo.
Congra…
/news/news-archive/2014/may/loading-docs-launches-ten-new-zealand-documentary-shorts/Posted Friday 30 May 2014
Just in case you were thinking about submitting.... go on! Get that snappy entry together... you have nothing to lose!
June
13 June - Montreal World Film Festival (shorts)
13 June - London Film Festival (shorts)
19 June - Cork Film Festiva…