Archive Jul 2019

Check out the shiny new website belonging to Women Make Movies and especially its very useful resources section for female filmmakers. Make sure you click the dropdown resources menu!

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Here's a hot opportunity for emerging filmmakers! The NZ Advertising Producers Group, in association with the NZ Film Commission, is seeking applicants for a three-month mentorship programme aimed at supporting female directors. The chosen four applicants will intern at five leading New Zealand commercial …

While that's good news for the screen and music production industries, however the NZOA report also says that Asian screen creatives, and women in music are still underrepresented. For some interesting stats, check out the helpful diagram below, or click here to read the rep…

We're thrilled to bring you our special New Zealand International Film Festival edition of e-news! There are so many 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 h…

We have a double pass to give away to Capital in the 21st Century, directed by Kiwi Justin Pemberton, co-produced by Catherine Madigan, and screening at the NZIFF.

Thomas Piketty's 700-page book Capital in the 21st Century is an account of how concentrated wealth shapes the …

Acting coach Miranda Harcourt joins acclaimed Hollywood-based story consultant Bobette Buster and London-based film culture tsar Adrian Wootton in headlining the biggest-ever collection of ticketed and open-to-the-public talks and seminars from the Melbourne International Film Festival's MIFF 37�South Market & Accelerator Lab. Suitable for…

A warm WIFT welcome to all our new members! Your support means a lot to us, and we hope you make the most of your membership. T?n? koutou, it's great to have you on board!
Liz McGregor, Migiwa Ozawa, Lauri Sharp, Talei Searell, Yalda Arm…

Cinematographers, here's a fantastic workshop opportunity for you! ARRI Australia is bringing ASC President Kees van Oostrum to New Zealand to run the country's first Large Format Camera and Lens Master Class. This class is a must for film and television production professionals who …

Support your fellow WIFTers and come along to their fabulous films screening at the New Zealand International Film Festival! Here are seven NZIFF feature films with WIFTers at the helm, in one way or another!

Capital In The 21st Centrury, co-producer Catherine Madigan

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And check out the wonderful work of these Wifters in the Short Connections section at the NZIFF!

The work of these two wonderful Wifters is featured in the New Zealand's Best section of the NZIFF!

Videographer and editor
Radio NZ

It's great to hear that producer Alix Whittaker and writer/director Claire van Beek will be representing New Zealand at the Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) next month, with their short film Daniel. Also, Claire that has been accepted into the MIFF 2019 Accelerator Programme. D…

If your kids are bored these holidays, switch them on to creative agency Augusto's new show on the TVNZ children's streaming platform Heihei. The series, called What's Your Problem? follows NZ YouTube star Joseph Herscher and his team as they make wacky contraptions using house…

The Vista Foundation 48Hours is all wrapped up for this year - now it's time to see the top films from each region in the City Finals screenings across the country. The atmosphere is electric and the films will blow your mind! Show our lo…

The Power of Inclusion is extremely excited to announce a new speaker, Maria Giese. Giese is an award-winning feature film director, who, in 2015, instigated the biggest industry-wide Federal investigation for women directors in Hollywood history. For more info on Maria, click here…

Filmmakers, screenwriters, actors, distributors, score composers, cinematographers...this is your chance to join the world's top 250 emerging filmmakers for a transformative week of talks, screenings, workshops and networking! The Berlinale Talents 2020 runs February 22-27. Boost your career with invaluable creative input from the le…

The September funding round is primarily for production applications that reflect and/or appeal to targeted audiences. If you're applying, and we hope that you do, here's what you need to know:
Scripted genres for this round include Children's, Drama and Comedy with applications being acc…

Thanks to Madman Entertainment, we have not one, not two, but three fantastic Kiwi-made documentaries to give away on dvd! Be in to win one copy of:

• The Chills: The triumph & tragedy of Martin Phillipps - Julia Parnell's brave and moving…

Ding ding! Round two of the 2019 New Zealand Writers Guild (NZWG) and New Zealand Film Commission (NZFC)  Seed and Seed Advanced grants pathways is open! The NZWG Seed grants allow writers to be innovative, brilliant, and to create something they own, just as …

Here's a Doc Edge clinic for filmmakers looking to move their documentary projects from the development phase into production. After the pitching process, filmmakers may have questions about how to move their projects into production. Find out from Leanne Pooley (below left, from Spacific Fi…

Get your submissions in for the newly launched Rangatahi Film Fund! Doc Edge and the Rei Foundation have teamed up to offer support for documentary films targeted at kids aged 11 - 17. There's up to $80,000 available to support four projects being made …

We're thrilled to see the hard work of these WIFT members is paying off via funding from the Catalyst He Kauahi. The fund supports New Zealand filmmakers to progress their talents and make exceptional, high-end narrative short films that will be the catalyst for ch…

Award-winning director, artist editor and producer Thom Zimny will lead a Masterclass for filmmakers in Auckland in August. Known for his award-winning documentaries, Zimny will take filmmakers inside his process from the research phase through to the edit, with special focus on the edit proc…

Get your entries in to the Huawei New Zealand Television Awards! The Awards recognise excellence in television, and honour the special skills and unique talents of the companies and individuals who create, produce, and perform in television programmes in New Zealand. There are 39 aw…

Cantabrians, here's your chance to enjoy a get-together with like-minded folk and to discuss your Regional Film Office's progress to date and forward direction, among other things! Drinks are BYO.

We have many WIFT members at New Zealand On Air, and we so appreciate their ongoing support. This month NZOA is celebrating 30 years!

Commissioner Drama & Scripted Comedy
TVNZ

The earlybird deadline is fast approaching to the Women in Film and Television Alberta's third annual film festival! Note that WIFT members get a discount on submissions, so make the most of this opportunity to enter an international festival that's focused on providing women and femme-identifying pe…

Wifters reigned supreme for the latest NZ On Air funding round! Three intriguing new Rautaki M?ori dramas won funding, alongside two returning favourites and a powerful true story. We're looking forward to seeing the work of Great Southern Television, South Pacific Pictures, Screentime NZ, Greens…

Oscar-winning director Andrea Arnold's loss of creative control over the acclaimed TV series Big Little Lies has created an industry uproar. The Guardian's Danny Leigh unpicks what happened.

This DEGNZ Rehearsal & Performance series provides hands-on opportunities for directors and actors to practise their craft. This Wellington workshop is with director Chris Dudman (Harry, James Patterson's Murder is Forever) and aims to explore a workshop scene in groups (one director, two actor…

And they're celebrating in style with a literary concert, an event they've promised will be studded with terrific writers! We're grateful to The Women's Bookshop for supporting WIFT over the years with WIFT member discounts instore. Happy 30th birthday, and here's to many more!

SAE Auckland is throwing open its doors! Grab the chance to do a full tour of all SAE's state-of-the-art studio facilities by SAE campus staff, who will also give short presentations about all available programmes, potential careers in the industry and the achievements of…

A big round of applause for members who have received funding from NZ On Air for factual content, in the latest round. We're looking forward to seeing the work of Emmeline Pictures, Digital Alchemist, Paua Productions, Magnolia Lowe Film Communications, Ruckus Media, Rogue Productions, Screen…

Six movies, six cities and three countries! And entry is free! The German Film Festival is on from 22 August to 15 September, offering film lovers the latest movies from Germany, Austria and Switzerland. In cooperation with the embassies of these three nations, the Goethe-Insti…

Don't miss this interactive and practical workshop that will help you navigate through the complexities of writing a feature film. Script to Screen brings you this rare opportunity to learn from IIML's Master of Scriptwriting programme director, Ken Duncum. This one-and-a-half day course on wri…

A shoutout to Kate Roydhouse who has been appointed as a co-executive producer at Sweetshop New Zealand.  Roydhouse has shot all over the world, on everything from lean documentaries to large-scale productions. She spent four years in London leading WPP's content marketing agency Colloquial …

Executive Producer
Toonz Entertainment NZ Limited

Calling all feature film scriptwriters, you have just three weeks to go to apply for this wonderful five-day workshop. Script To Screen's Story Camp Aotearoa 2019 is a residential feature film workshop that fosters craft, voice and vision. Selected participants workshop their projects with excepti…

More from the indomitable Stephen Follows! Check out his findings on the most profitable low-budget films. He discovered four clear patterns which reveal the types of low-budget films that typically break out.

The atmosphere is electric and the films will blow your mind, so go along and support our local filmmakers at the Vista Foundation 48Hours Grand Finals! WIFTNZ and Dame Gaylene Preston are showing our support for female directors and filmmakers with two prizes: the …