Archive Jul 2018

Te Tumu Whakaata Taonga The New Zealand Film Commission (NZFC) is seeking to appoint a full time permanent Development Executive. The position is based in Wellington and will report to the Head of Development and Production. The Development Executive plays a key role in suppor…

Te Tumu Whakaata Taonga The New Zealand Film Commission (NZFC) is seeking to appoint a full time permanent Investment Executive. The position is based in Wellington and will report to the Head of Development and Production. AThe role involves assisting the New Zealand Film Commis…

Te Tumu Whakaata Taonga The New Zealand Film Commission (NZFC) is seeking to fill the newly created position of personal assistant support to the Head of Marketing and Head of Business Affairs. The role will include diary and email management, travel coordination through to assis…

June really was April Phillips' month. The multitalented WIFTer won the Best Director award at the Short Film Awards, New York (SOFIES). Her film R.E.M. was nominated in seven categories including Best Editing, Outstanding Technical Work, Best Actor, Best Narrative Short Film, and for Phillips herself;…

Congratulations to Images and Sound's Alana Cotton, whose colour grading skills can be seen in no less than four of the six films selected by Leon Narbey as finalists in the NZIFF's annual New Zealand's Best Short Film Competition. In case you were wondering …

Here's your chance to catch the best films from the Wairoa M?ori Film Festival. M?ori Film Week and the New Zealand International Film Festival will showcase a selection for your viewing pleasure, in Auckland. It's a great opportunity to see the works of award win…

Amsterdam's IDFA Forum is a bit like speed-dating for documentary makers. The Forum (the International documentary co-financing and co-production market) is one of the largest and most influential meeting places for documentary filmmakers, producers, commissioning editors, funds, private financiers and other documentary stakeholders. Over …

This 250th post from Stephen Follows (published on the 5th anniversary of his popular film data blog) is full of his trademark dry humour, and insightful advice for filmmakers, and well-worth a read. You can even cut out and keep the graphic he made…

The group behind the prestigious Oscars film awards has invited 928 artists and executives to join the Academy Awards body - almost half of whom are women, the BBC reports. Of those invited by the US Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, just o…

The M?oriland Charitable Trust hit the road this wee, touring the North Island and offering workshops and screenings to film-focused folks. The 'M?oriland Presents' is a series of pop-up screenings around the island to celebrate five years of the M?oriland Film Festival. The E Tu? Wha…

Support your fellow WIFTers and come along to their fabulous films! Here are the six feature films with WIFTers at the helm, in one way or another:

Dancing With Atoms

Produced, written and directed by Shirley Horrocks

Shirley Horrocks delivers an invaluable surv…

Here they are folks, the list dates and venues for the 2018 Show Me Shorts Film Festival are live! Put 'em in your diary now. Key locations are:

Check out the website for the f…

Congratulations to all members involved in this year's NZIFF selection! Whether behind-the-scenes or out in front, your roles are vital, and we acknowledge your commitment and hard work. We also know there are many more of you whose credits cannot be listed in the N…

An unprecedented 30 films direct from the Cannes Film Festival are confirmed to screen at NZIFF 2018! Eleven of those are from the Competition section of the festival, including Palme d'Or winner Shoplifters, Jury Prize winner Capernaum and Best Screenplay winners (tied) 3 Faces…

We're celebrating with the WIFTers involved in this year's best New Zealand short films, as chosen by guest selector and cinematography legend Leon Narbey, from a shortlist of 84 entries. Here they are, with film notes by Leon Narbey.

Book your tickets to s…

Picture this: a couple enters a bustling hotel lobby. After checking in, they are escorted to their suite. They enter the room, closing the door behind them. What happens next is up to you!
Harper's Bazaar and Esquire are teaming up with The Ritz-Carlton…

What's the one thing you would change to build a more open world, and how would you go about it? Here's your chance to tell the world! Enter The Economist's Open Future competition with a 60 second video. The winner will be flown to H…

We're happy that Anna Duckworth's short film Mum Jeans, will screen before the Brazilian feature film Loveling in Wellington and in Auckland. Written and directed by Duckworth, Mum Jeans is about a young woman struggling to find a balance between individualism and motherhood. Duckwort…

It's fantastic to see so many WIFTers chosen for Script to Screen's inaugural Episodic Lab Aotearoa. Chelsie Preston-Crayford, Sophie Henderson, Shoshana McCallum, Roseanne Liang and Kerry Warkia are among the 19 selected. All up, 95 creative teams submitted 116 TV series' concepts in what i…

But wait, there's STILL more for film fans to indulge in! Book your seats for the HP48Hours Grand Finals now, if you haven't already, so you don't miss out! There will be 17 awards and $100k prizes of cash and services to be presented includ…

Here's a brilliant opportunity for members wanting to develop, polish and hone their acting skills. Two of NZ's most experienced casting directors for film and television are running developmental classes for beginners and advanced actors. Liz Mullane and Rachel Bullock have worked on -…

So many of you were nominated in the NZTV Awards last year, making the awards night a wonderful celebration - let's do it again this year! There are 39 awards categories, and the awards are open to traditional, subscription and digital broadcast platforms.

We leaped at the chance to chat with British film and theatre industry veteran Sheila Hancock a few days ago, about her eponymous role in Edie (playing in NZ cinemas now). She talked to us on the phone from France, where she's writin…

We're so excited to bring you this special NZIFF edition of e-news! There are a number of you involved in various ways in the NZIFF films and we'd just like to say, while we can't name you all, we acknowledge the hard work and commitm…

We have five double passes to give away to the fabulous film, Edie, starring Sheila Hancock! (see our interview with her above). Hancock is at her sublime best as Edie, an elderly woman who, in the aftermath of the death of her controlling husband, dec…

Here's a grand opportunity to talk with a director and an actor about their film. Following the screening of the acclaimed film Leave No Trace, Saturday 28 July, and you'll get to hear director Debra Granik and her Kiwi lead actress Thomasin Harcourt McKenzie, talk about the ma…

Our warmest congratulations to Bay of Plenty director Alison Titulaer, whose film Manawa Bay won the Gaylene Preston and WIFT Best Female Director Award at the HP48HOURS. It was one of six gongs awarded to Titulaer's film; the others were Best Director (Titulaer), Best Cinematog…

Hold up a minute folks, there's news from NZ On Air about the October funding round! Because of constrained funding available, and the high number of projects currently in development, NZOA won't be accepting proposals for new development projects for October.
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Director Zoe McIntosh says she's been called "a painful optimist" when describing her attitude toward women in film. McIntosh, whose short film The World In Your Window has picked up multiple awards at international festivals, told Radio New Zealand that, despite the lack of w…

This event has proved to be so popular that it's moved to a bigger venue and bumped up the ticket numbers!

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Script to Screen's Episodic Lab is your chance to pick the brains of a group of international TV adviso…

Beam yourself over to Wellington's Nga Taonga Sound & Vision which is screening a number of local films in its Sci-Fi July series. Find the right portal and you can catch these films that our members worked on:

Event 16, Catherine Fitzgerald, producer

To support Plastic Free July VIMEO has chosen Alyx Duncan's award-winning short film, The Tide Keeper as one of its Staff Picks - a big thankyou for sharing it with us!

A haunting blend of fantasy and reality, the film stars Duncan's father, conservationist Lee Stua…

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Saoirse Ronan is everywhere lately - not that we're complaining! This week we have five double passes to give away to On Chesil Beach starring Ronan, and Billy Howle. Based on the best-selling novel by Ian McEwan, the film is a powerful, insightful drama a…

The teasers for Dr Who, starring the first ever female Doctor, have been released, and the lead actress, Jodie Whittaker, has said she hopes the BBC's decision to cast a woman as the iconic Time Lord (Lady?) for the first time in the show's 55-y…

We're glad to see a strong female representation on the list of visiting filmmakers at this year's NZIFF. As well as Debra Granik (see item above), the list of those offering a couple of post-screening Q&A sessions includes:

Tina Brown, who will travel fro…

You only have three weeks left to get your entries in to the NZTV Awards, so why not be the early bird and get cracking now! The Awards recognise excellence in television, and honour the special skills and unique talents of the companies and individu…

Ding ding! Round 2 of the NZ Writers Guild SEED/SEED Advanced for 2018 is now open, so dig those ideas out of hibernation and apply! Applications close Friday 7 September 2018 (midday), and SEED/SEED Advanced recipients will be announced Friday 26 October 2018 (5pm).

Wellingtonians, check out this intriguing doco about the woman behind many of Australia's best-loved films. Screening as part of the NZIFF 2018, and executive-produced by Sue Maslin, Jill Bilcock: Dancing The Invisible focuses on the life and work of one of the world's leading …

Curated by Emmy-winning filmmaker and global health advocate, Lisa Russell, the Women Deliver 2019 Conference Film Festival will be a dynamic exhibition of the power of arts and storytelling. The conference runs  from 3 - 6 June, 2019 in Vancouver, Canada and showcases the …

Grab your team of film and TV content geeks and prepare to battle it out against your peers! The first annual New Zealand Writers Guild Pub Quiz Fundraiser is your chance to show off your encyclopaedic knowledge of the local film and TV industry …

Calling all NZ documentary-makers! News and current affairs website The Spinoff and Wrestler are accepting proposals for their Frame short documentary series, exploring current affairs and contemporary life in New Zealand. The series, funded by NZ on Air, has explored the sex industry in Hawera, ex…

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