Archive Apr 2022

Also streaming on Stuff is the seven-part documentary series Seasick: Saving The Hauraki Gulf, produced by Angela Hovey.

Initiated by the release of many bleak reports on the state of the gulf, the documentary investigates the history of fishing, commercial and recreational, fisheries management in…

We're so happy to have workshops up and running again! A big shout out to WIFT member Mark Westerby and the team at Taia Studios in Kilbirnie, Wellington for the use of their spacious Studio 1. As you can see in the pic of last…

We're so lucky to live in a relatively peaceful country, a fact highlighted by the war in the Ukraine. 

Take a few minutes to read a letter from Russian film critic Maria Kuvshinova, shared with us by our sisters at WIFTI in their latest newsletter.…

Here's something to watch with the young person in your life. In 2019 students across the globe took to the streets demanding immediate action to avert cataclysmic climate change. The Rebel Film Collective (including WIFT members Niva Kay and Nia Phipps who co-produced and co-directed)…

Great news from Sam Ramlu, whose Method Studios has launched a new games company here in Aotearoa, with studios in Tāmaki Makarau and Ōtepoti. 

Sam's Method Studios created Mad Carnival over 10 years ago and with a $250,000 Scale Up grant from the Dunedin-based New…

Freya Daly Sadgrove is an emerging New Zealand poet, riding the success of her collection Head Girl — but acutely aware that something has to come next. With her multi-poet show Show Ponies, she’s determined to jam together poetry, punk, sex, sizzle and theatre, shaking…

The team at MFM Productions, Hweiling Ow, Morgan Leigh Stewart and Mia Maramara, clearly had fun filming this promo for their Boosted campaign! Hweiling is directing the short Vivie, "a heartwarming tale about a woman's relationship with her body" - specifically her vagina. A 'vagina…

She is the longest-lived and longest-reigning British monarch. Ever. Queen Elizabeth II is the longest-serving female head of state in the history of the world. There’s hardly anyone on the planet who hasn’t grown up with her face, her presence, her image constantly around them…

Investment Coordinator
NZ Film Commission

Open casting call for an NZFC-funded short film, in Wellington. Looking for Wellington-based young actors aged 10 to 16 years for roles in a short film about two siblings who use dance as a way to escape the neighbourhood bullies. Rehearsals…

If you're planning to apply for Public Journalism Funding, you have from 31 March to 28 April. That may look like a lot of time, but you'll need to become familiar with the guidelines and and criteria first. The details are below. 

The Public Interest…

Fancy some focus-time in an idyllic setting, with two cats for company this winter? WIFT member Caroline Girdlestone of Hero Animals needs someone to look after this gorgeous two-bedroom gem of a house from 3 July - 13 September. It's in rural Waikanae, Reikorangi, just…

Get involved in the crowdfunding phase and support your fellow WIFT members to make important Aotearoa stories! We're pleased to see a number of WIFTers among the filmmakers selected for the Loading Docs 2022 Season 9 short documentary collection. 

Eight compelling ideas have been chosen…

If you’re a night owl who is keen to learn how to use IMDbPro’s tools for your industry networking and business, join this virtual info session run by WIFTI on Friday 29 April at 1am New Zealand Time. There are prizes to be won! It's…

Rebekah Tyler is a recent graduate of The Directors’ Programme, and has been developing Bottle Money, a short film she wrote and will direct this July. The film is about "the fragility of the broken mother-to-child connection, and the insidious nature of addiction", Rebekah says.…

We have five scholarships to this year’s Big Screen Symposium to offer WIFT members, thanks to the New Zealand Film Commission.

Each scholarship will include a ticket to the two-day event. If you live outside the Auckland region, a travel grant of $250 is available…

Check out the fabulous work by producer Arani Cuthbert released yesterday on RNZ. ASIA: Art Stories in Aotearoa profiles 18 diverse Asian-origin New Zealand artists across Fine Arts, Music, Dance, Theatre, Multimedia and Design and explores how life in Aotearoa New Zealand informs their work…

The trailer for Nude Tuesday, the unique Kiwi comedy shot entirely in gibberish, has been released for all to see! From writer Jackie van Beek, writer/director Armağan Ballantyne, and producer Emma Slade, Nude Tuesday uses subtitles added by British comedian Julia Davis, to translate the…

This issue we have five double passes to give away to an incredible documentary courtesy of our friends at Madman.

Directed and written by Marie Amiguet, The Velvet Queen is filmed high up on the Tibetan plateau, amongst unexplored and inaccessible valleys.

It follows renowned…

The Earth Futures Festival is actively seeking video submissions on the topic of geoscience within the themes Dynamic Earth, Earth Futures and Human Connection. Backed by UNESCO, this newly created festival aims to make geoscience more accessible and better understood. 

Geoscience is critical in the…

Film Otago Southland (FOS) is seeking researchers for a fixed term contract to provide the following services:

• Undertake research into the state of commercial and professional development opportunities for screen projects and screen practitioners based in the Otago and Southland region - identify problems and…

Navigating the TV and film industry can be a confusing and challenging process; who can you trust? What are your options? 

Come along to this DEGANZ panel and hear how established filmmakers navigated their entry into the screen industry. WIFT member, director/editor Charlotte Evans (OK…

Join Raqi Syed and Dr Missy Molloy from Victoria, University of Wellington, in this webinar as they discuss racial dimensions of screen aesthetics from different angles.

In our digital and virtual age, we are haunted by principles of “beauty” from both European and colonial art…

Here's a worthy cause, shared with us by the team at Show Me Shorts (SMS). In collaboration with Kyiv International Short Film Festival (KISFF), SMS presents a collection of short films from top Ukrainian filmmakers. These screenings are fundraising events for the people of Ukraine…

Attention all producers! Do you have a project but need some support developing your finance plan and recoupment schedule?
Then this is the course for you! 

This is the first of a series of courses from Share The Knowledge to help producers who are developing…

Legal Executive/Legal Assistant
South Pacific Pictures

Production Manager
Attitude Pictures

General Manager
Attitude Pictures

Enterprise Dunedin Film Dunedin Coordinator
Dunedin City Council

Boosted Project Coordinator & Communications Manager
Brown Bread

Executive Producer - Verticals & Special Projects
Stuff

Video Editor with design experience
Pacific Kids Learning

Marketing & Communications Manager
GFS Risk

Presenter role to champion teen…

Factual content makes up a great deal of Aotearoa New Zealand’s screen industry — stories framed by real people, places, and events. So what does it take for an editor to work on anything from a large-scale factual series to a one off documentary?

At…

To get you into the mood for the BSS 2022, check out the selection of podcasts of sessions from the Big Screen Symposium held December 2020. These and other Big Screen Symposium sessions can be found on BigScreenSymposium, Apple Music, Podbean and Spotify. Relive sessions…

Here's something useful for film festival followers and submitters. Screen Daily regularly updates its page listing the larger international festivals, market dates, and postponements. Festivals taking place online or as hybrid events due to Covid-19 are noted. If not specified, the festival is set as…

Film Queenstown Lakes has launched a directory to help film, television, and commercial productions minimise and manage their waste in the district.

The directory, And, Cut…! offers a quick reference to a variety of local businesses and waste-related organisations that provide sustainable waste solutions and…