Archive Jan 2019

What a great start to the new year! Huge applause from us on behalf of all WIFT members to Gaylene Preston, who was made a Dame Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit. Preston has written, produced and directed numerous feature films and documenta…

Keep that applause going, this time for Shirley Horrocks and Gina Dellabarca who have been appointed Members of the New Zealand Order of Merit in the New Year Honours for services to the film industry. Award-winning documentary maker Horrocks is being honoured for her …

Loading Docs wants your stories that speak to the theme of POWER. As a creative motivation, be it physical, internal, social, political, emotional or psychological, POWER challenges documentary makers to propose shorts that can excite audiences with the power of a documentary story well t…

Writers and producers it's time to team up! Set up by the New Zealand Film Commission and NZ On Air, the Raupapa Whakaari Funding initiative is designed to stimulate and grow opportunities for New Zealand feature film and drama producers and writers to participate…

Here's a fantastic and inspiring funding opportunity for filmmakers. Catalyst He Kauahi is a new fund that aims to support New Zealand filmmakers to progress their talents to the next stage and make exceptional, high-end narrative short films that will ignite the flame an…

Every March, film makers and film lovers from all over the world descend on the small town of ?taki for five days of screenings workshops, art exhibitions and special events. And it will happen again - and be bigger and better - very soon. The si…

And still more congratulations to these members whose work will feature at the prestigious SXSW Festival in Austin, Texas in March. The Chills: The Triumph & Tragedy of Martin Phillipps is directed by Julia Parnell, co-directed by Rob Curry and produced by Nicola Peeperkoorn,…

But wait, there's more good news! Congratulations also to these members whose films will feature in the 2019 Berlinale:
Armagan Ballantyne, writer/director and Maria Ines Manchego, writer/DOP, Hush; Zia Mandviwalla, director Chef's Table - Asma Khan; Vea Mafile'o director/screenwriter Vincent Burke executive producer, Margot …

The British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) has published new guidelines which include a key change to the classification of films which include scenes of rape and other forms of sexual violence. The change means that no film that contains depictions of rape and st…

Titles helmed and co-helmed by women account for 60% of the features screening in this year's South by Southwest Festival Competition categories. Seven of the 10 films in the Documentary Feature Competition are helmed or co-helmed by women, and of the 10 films in…

For one weekend only, the Auckland Art Gallery will open its doors to Doc Edge Pride for a plethora of real-life stories that have queer culture at their heart. Ahead of their mid-year festival, the Documentary Edge International Film Festival (Doc Edge) has curat…

Find out which film festivals have now committed to the 5050x2020 Gender Parity Pledge by checking out the list on the Women and Hollywood website. To date, there are 26 festivals and counting!

If you live in the capital and are writing a feature film, this residency could be for you. The Wellington WRITE ROOM is an initiative in partnership with director Rob Sarkies and Vicky Pope. Guest selector and mentor for 2019 will be producer Desray Armst…

We hope you had a great break, and are enjoying all that a Kiwi summer has to offer. We're looking forward to sharing lots of new opportunities, events, jobs and funding applications with you this year, but we also want to hear from you! Drop…

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