Archive Aug 2020

From producers Karpal Singh and Belindalee Hope, comes Impossible, a short film about unconditional love, and an audacious homage to movie musicals. 
The hardworking team behind this project has already reached 105% of their Boosted target - but donate anyway! Becoming a sponsor is the…

Check out Kathleen Mantel's documentary series on Maori Television about Flaxmere resident Peleti Oli-Alainu'uese (pictured above) and the M?ori and Pacific community of men who frequent his Hastings barbershop.

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We missed mentioning in the last issue that Kathleen is one…

Singer Tami Neilson was the surprise performer at the 2018 WIFT Awards - who will it be this year? We're sure Tami won't mind us hijacking her promo with this quick reminder that the 2020 WIFT Awards are coming up on 8 October! Meanwhile the…

As you'll know, this is a very important course and we strongly recommend every industry producer, director and head of departments to do it - there's no charge and all participants will receive a ScreenSafe Professional Respect Training certification.

The initiative designed and implemented by…

We're thrilled for Claire van Beek who won the Madman Entertainment Best Emerging Film-Maker award at the NZIFF this year for her short film Daniel. Directed and written by Claire and produced by Alix Whitaker, Daniel follows the journey of a young novice at an…

Actors, here's a fantastic opportunity to recharge your acting muscles. This twice weekly, five-week masterclass will train you to create believable characters and emotionally connected relationships on screen. Working in pairs with scripts, you'll learn the Art of Relating from acting coach, editor, director and pro…

High fives to Roseanne Liang whose action horror flick will screen at the Toronto International Film Festival in September! The film, Shadow in the Cloud, stars Chlo� Grace Moretz (pictured below) as a WWII pilot traveling with top secret documents who encounters an evil pres…

Support a fellow Wifter and go along to see the horror film The Turn Of The Screw. Produced by Nicola Peeperkorn and Emma Beale and fresh from its run at The Shanghai International Film Festival, The Turn Of The Screw is a film adaptat…

Our second give away is for something a little grittier. From acclaimed director Eliza Hittman (Beach Rats) comes the sensitive, powerful and profoundly moving coming-of-age drama, Never Rarely Sometimes Always.

The synpsis: Autumn is a typical teenage girl in rural Pennsylvania, until …

We're so pleased to be able to run competitions for you again and we have two on offer this week! First up we're giving away five double movie passes to This Town, a Kiwi comedy produced by Kelly Martin and directed by David …

Kelly Martin's first feature film is being released in 115 cinemas nationwide, and she is, understandably, frantically busy. The chief executive of South Pacific Pictures, active WIFT member and now executive film producer squeezed in a quick chat with us between meetings.

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Share The Knowledge, the industry training/recruitment/mentorship programme wants to know what crew shortages the film industry is experiencing right now. The information will help inform its film crew training course content for the next 12 months. STK says while it appreciates there are shortages across…

We've discovered this great podcast, hosted by British actress Georgie Grier and well worth a watch for a bit of inside knowledge about what working in the industry can really be like. The Screenster Podcast takes a closer look at the film and television world…

Here's a great way to meet a film industry sister from the other side of the world! UK producer Nicole Lieberman and UK actor Liza van der Smissen have just launched the Female Film Club, a new online networking platform for international female filmmakers. As…

Let's hear it for the Whickers - they've extended their deadline for the 2020 Radio & Audio Funding Awards! This is awarded annually to an emerging audio producer based anywhere in the world to create an original radio or audio documentary between 28-45 minutes. This…

A six-week campaign launched by 27 of Australia's top cinematographers aims to boost the number of women employed in camera teams and encourage greater diversity across the screen industry.

If.com.au reports that the social media campaign, using the hashtag #whoisinyourcrew, targets heads of department as…

For those of you who saw actor Yara Shahidi interviewed at The Power of Inclusion last year, here's her latest move! Shahidi rose to fame after starring in ABC sitcom Black-ish and its spin-off series Grown-ish.

And if you missed her conversation in Auckland with…

Filmmakers, this wonderful festival, is celebrating its 19th edition next March 4-7, and is sure to feature an incredible slate of films directed by women from around the world - including yours! Enter now!

Regular Deadline: August 31, 2020

Late Deadline: November 30,  2020

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A final reminder to get your nominations in now for the New Zealand Television Awards!

Entries close 9 August so don't leave it until the very last minute!

The helpful NZTVA team have put together this little reminder of what you'll need ready when nominating:

- A…

What jobs are becoming more common in film? And which are declining? To answer this, film data sleuth Stephen Follows studied the credits of 7,905 feature films which were released in North American cinemas between 2000 and 2018, inclusive.

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Script To Screen is bringing the Hamish Bennett workshop Storytelling with Compelling Characters to Wellington! Hamish is the writer and director of the acclaimed feature Bellbird, starring Annie Whittle and Marshall Napier (above), and in this workshop he will explore character and sto…

We love the way the Academy Cinema team keeps coming up with new creative ideas for engaging with their audience! Make the most of this latest one - for $25 per person, you can sign up to become an Academy Cinema member fo…

Flex, stretch and pump your writing and producing muscles at this valuable bootcamp offered by Script To Screen. Six writer/producer teams with an outstanding series concept and evidence of talent and ability will be selected to go through a two-stage development process.

At sta…

The Rei Foundation and Doc Edge Film Fund are now accepting submissions from New Zealand and international filmmakers. The Fund is a significant opportunity for filmmakers to make a short documentary film for a youth audience. Up to NZ$80,000 (that's about US$50,000) is availabl…

Do you have a story that needs to be told in film? Apply for Script To Screen's Story Camp Aotearoa, a residential feature film workshop that cultivates exceptional film by fostering voice, honing craft, and clarifying vision and kaupapa. Eight selected screenwriters or creative t…

This interactive and practial one-day workshop on writing a feature film looks at strategies for Coming up with a Cinematic Concept, growing Captivating Characters, locating the Core of your story and establishing your personal Connection to it. Over the course of the d…

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