Archive Dec 2021

A shout out to the team of High Tide Don't Hide which has been selected for the International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights (FIFDH) Industry programme Impact Days. High Tide was one of 16 documentaries to be chosen out of the 110 entries…

Be sure to check out the Bettina Hollings-produced documentary feature Mark Hunt: The Fight of His Life next year. It's screening in cinemas nationwide from 3 February 2022. 

Mark Hunt, which screened at this year's New Zealand International Film Festival, is a warts-and-all documentary following…

Congratulations to all those selected for the Strength In Numbers programme, run by Script To Screen. There were quite a few WIFT NZ members among them - we've highlighted you all below:

Amanda Jenkins AJ FILMS Ltd; Victoria Dabbs Aroha Productions Ltd; Fraser Brown &…

We have five double passes to Celine Sciamma's wonderful film Petite Maman up for grabs. To be in to win, click here to watch the trailer and answer the question below:

What school subject was the woman not very good at?

Email your answer and…

French filmmaker Celine Sciamma’s animation is obvious, even through the fuzzy lense of a Zoom meeting.

Sciamma, who wrote and directed the 2019 multi-award-winning Portrait of a Lady On Fire, lights up when discussing her latest feature, Petite Maman. 

Shot in her hometown, with some…

It's excellent to see WIFT members were among those who were successful in the third round of Public Interest Journalism (PIJ) funding. The $55 million Public Interest Journalism Fund aims to support New Zealand’s media to continue to produce stories that keep Kiwis informed and…

It's great to see WIFTers' work features in the mix of screen projects selected in the Interim Production Round of the $50 million Te Puna Kairangi Premium Fund.

Congratulations to South Pacific Pictures and producer and WIFT NZ Board member Kelly Martin, whose six-part drama…

Streaming now on TVNZ, Scribe: Return of the Crusader is compelling viewing.

Sacha Campbell edited it, and was also pivotal in the story telling and arc of the series, along with the producer Nigel McCulloch from the DownlowConcept and the director Chris Graham.

Sacha says…

There are some fantastic projects involving WIFTers that have recently received funding from NZ On Air. We're looking forward to seeing your work, you talented bunch!

Matewa Media receives up to $500,000 for Feature Animation Series - Lion King and Frozen Reo Māori for Māori…

Wellington filmmaker Marian Evans, aka former blogger Wellywood Woman, has created a comprehensive, global list of specialist all-year streaming sites and over 160 women’s film festivals. Available as an ebook, this essential guide is "for women-identified filmmakers, in all their diversity, who want to find…

Here's a congratulatory shout out to all those who received funding for their factual content from NZ On Air. We've listed you and your projects below.

Hex Work Productions receives up to $370,041 for The Male Gayz: Going Deep, and up to $368,072 for The…

The finalists have been announced for the NZ TV Awards! There are a lot of WIFTers in the mix - a LOT! and we're proud of you all.

Below are the names of WIFT member finalists (in bold), the award they're up for, and the…

Hooray! The lifting of Covid-19 restrictions in Auckland means the fabulous feature film Juniper is finally  screening in Auckland.

Support your fellow WIFT members by masking up and going to see it. Produced by Desray Armstrong and Angela Littlejohn and starring Charlotte Rampling, Juniper will…

A big congratulations to the team of Green, which includes writer/director Rachel Ross and producers Morgan Leigh Stewart and Samantha Dutton.

This short comedy drama won the 2021 SAE People’s Choice Award at the Show Me Shorts Film Festival where it made its world premiere.

We have such talented members! Filmmaker Julia Reynolds’ exhibition was cancelled due to Covid, so she’s hosting it herself online. Check out her interactive poetical documentary At The Horizon, available until 15 December. The work features Reynolds herself, her daughter Olivia and Reynolds' mother Jean…

Here's your opportunity to create fun and visible climate action for the regeneration of people, place and planet. 

REGENERATE Game Jam is 48-hours of reimagining farming via games. Science tells us that we need to shift to sustainable farming methods to mitigate the climate, soil…

A huge thank you to all those who have responded to our survey. This won't be the last time you hear about it as we have a couple more surveys to go, and we won't be closing any of them until enough people have responded.…

It's time to kick back and relax a little after what's been, shall we say, a year to remember! The WIFT office will be closed from 5pm on Friday 18 December and will re-open on Monday 10 January. Our eNews will return on Thursday 20…

Have you completed this survey? Have your friends and colleagues completed this survey? Please do complete it and share it with anyone you know in the industry - all responses are kept anonymous and there's a chance to win a case of wine!

This is…

Loading Docs is seeking applications from storytellers that are brave, provocative and harness the power of emotion. The deadline is midday, Friday 11 February 2022.  

Eight teams will be selected to make documentaries with durations of up to ten minutes and receive high level mentorship…

If you're intending to apply to this round please complete this simple Expression of Interest form.

Ara Ki Te Puna Kairangi – The Premium Development Fund - is designed to support projects that are ambitious and bold with significant international appeal. 

Joint heads of the…

The Co-Pro Pitching Sessions are the most anticipated part of the Series Mania Forum, and present a selection of series projects in development to an audience of key industry decision-makers. 
Fifteen projects will have the chance to pitch their project to key decision-makers and secure…

A funding announcement by Te Māngai Pāho and NZ On Air is due mid-December, so RNZ is getting its ducks in a row in case funds are available for a Co-fund round in early 2022 .

With that in mind, RNZ is seeking expressions of…

But that's not all from RNZ! For productions who are already talking to, or have secured Primary Platform support other than RNZ, but are interested in RNZ as a Secondary Platform, please express your interest by 4pm, Monday, January 24 2022 via commissioning@rnz.co.nz

Please note:

• Any…

The team at Doc Edge is hoping you'll register before New Year's Eve though!

They're offering WIFT members a 25% discount for Doc Edge Pitch 2022, so now is the time to sort out your material and plans for this worthwhile initiative.

Click here to…

Do you have a funny, humorous, amusing, or even downright hilarious idea for a podcast? RNZ would love to hear from you!

RNZ Podcasts is looking to commission a new, seasonal comedy podcast to produce and air in 2022. It should be bold, creative, audio-friendly and…

Could this newly created role at the University of Canterbury be for you? 

The University is investing in New Zealand's creative economy through building capability, facilities, and technology for the digital screen industry, at scale. As Programme Manager you will be responsible to the Programme…

Imagine eight-weeks of focused creativity surrounded by nature! If that sounds like something you need, then apply now for the Artist in Residence, this year in Auckland's Waitākere Ranges Regional Park.

This residency was created to reveal often overlooked and undervalued aspects of our parks…

Something for your morning tea break! Attend this free New York Women In Film & Television conversation with writer/director Maggie Gyllenhaal who will be discussing her film The Lost Daughter, which is receiving rave reviews. The film won Best Screenplay at this year's Venice Film…

Hot off the press! Here comes another sector review to cap off the year!

The Government has announced a review of its direct funding into the screen sector "to ensure the screen sector has a more secure long-term future".

The New Zealand Screen Production Grant…

The early bird catches the better Big Screen Symposium 2022 ticket price! There are a limited number of Earlybird tickets available until 30 January or until sold out. The ticket gets you two days of sessions with local and international speakers, morning tea, lunch, afternoon…

Celebrate industry luminaries of vision and achievement at the 2021 New York Women in Film & Television Muse Awards on Thursday 16 December at 1 PM EST (that’s the very civilised hour of 7am in New Zealand!) Watch the celebration online and stay for virtual…

Applications for the New Zealand Film Commission's Whakawhanake Te Ao Niko-Interactive Development Fund are open!

On offer is a grant of between $25,000 and $50,000 per project to enable the development of interactive content with significant New Zealand creative and cultural outcomes.

The fund is…

To help with planning your shoots over the next month or so, here are the holiday hours for these organisations.

The Film Offices and Councils will be closed from Friday 24 December 2021.
The Film Queenstown Lakes office and Film Dunedin offices will re-open on…

The deadline for applications to these roles has been extended to Sunday 12 December.

Film Otago Southland (FOS) has been supported by the New Zealand Film Commission (NZFC) to develop a series of workshops targeting skill gaps in the regional film crew base.
 
FOS is…

Based in Portsmouth in the UK and now in its tenth year, the Making Waves Short Film Competition is open to international filmmakers.

Prizes include:

Jury Prize (open to all official selection films)

Best International Film (non-UK)

The Young Film Maker Award (Director and/or Producer…

You may well ask!

Jordan Peele’s Oscar-winning film tops the Writers Guild of America’s just-released list of the 101 Greatest Screenplays of the 21st Century (So Far). 

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The Social Network, Parasite, No Country for Old Men and Moonlight round…

It took playing a woman who is empowered by becoming a film director in HBO series The Deuce for actress Maggie Gyllenhaal to imagine becoming one herself, writes IndieWire's Anne Thompson. As soon as she did, after binging the books of Elena Ferrante from My…

Are you a digital content creator or social media guru looking for a start in the professional entertainment publicity and marketing space?

Kid Sister, an upcoming Greenstone TV production for TVNZ OnDemand, is looking for a social media star who would like to learn more…

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