Loading Docs wants your documentaries

Loading Docs wants your documentaries

Posted Tuesday 18 Jan 2022

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…

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New application portal in the pipeline for NZFC

New application portal in the pipeline for NZFC

Posted Tuesday 01 Feb 2022

Hurrah! The New Zealand Film Commission is excited to announce the release of a new application portal called Tomo-mai. The target release date is 23 February 2022.

Tomo-mai is an invitation for New Zealanders to connect with the NZFC on their filmmaking journey.

Here are…

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Read the screenplay of The Power Of The Dog!

Read the screenplay of The Power Of The Dog!

Posted Monday 31 Jan 2022

Jane Campion's savage snapshot of the American west is available to read thanks to Deadline. Based on the 1967 novel by Thomas Savage, Campion told Deadline that the book had been on her mind for some time  and eventually, she felt compelled to adapt it…

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Campion set to pick up Art Directors Guild gong

Campion set to pick up Art Directors Guild gong

Posted Tuesday 01 Feb 2022

Meanwhile, expect another announcement celebrating Jane Campion's achievements in March. The Power of the Dog writer-director and Academy Award-winning The Piano scribe is set to receive the Art Directors Guild 2022 Cinematic Imagery Award.

The ADG’s Cinematic Imagery Award is given to those whose body…

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Why this year's Academy Awards could be a breakthrough for female cinematographers

Why this year's Academy Awards could be a breakthrough for female cinematographers

Posted Tuesday 01 Feb 2022

Can you believe that after 93 years, cinematography is still the only category that still exists for which a woman has never won an Academy Award? To date, only one woman has been nominated by the Academy, Rachel Morrison for Dee Rees' Mudbound in 2017.

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How do film budgets change as they grow?

How do film budgets change as they grow?

Posted Tuesday 01 Feb 2022

Well there's probably a sarcastic answer to that question, but we've chosen to share with you the data-informed serious answer, provided by researcher Stephen Follows and collaborator Wayne Marc Godfrey.

The pair collated a dataset of 107 budgets, ranging from micro-budget movies right up to…

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Announcing the finalists for the 2022 WIFT NZ Awards!

Announcing the finalists for the 2022 WIFT NZ Awards!

Posted Tuesday 01 Feb 2022

This is very exciting! We are delighted to announce the finalists for ten award categories, as selected by the judging panel of Jill Macnab (Chair), Anna Canton, Vicky Pope, Kath Graham, Kath Thomas, Samantha Jukes, Morgan Leigh Stewart and Sally Campbell, with input from Blake…

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Tansley's The Finding flies off to further international festivals

Tansley's The Finding flies off to further international festivals

Posted Monday 31 Jan 2022

The Finding, a short film by Rebecca Tansley, has garnered three more festival selections, including the 19th In The Palace International Short Film Festival in Bulgaria, in the Academy Award-qualifying Silver Princess Competition for fiction. The short has also been selected for the 18th Dam…

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WIFTers in Queenstown writers' residency

WIFTers in Queenstown writers' residency

Posted Tuesday 01 Feb 2022

Congratulations to the five lucky screenwriters selected for the first ever Tāhuna Writers Residency in Queenstown! WIFTers Isla Macleod and Todd Karehana (Ngāi Te Rangi, Ngāi Tamaoki, Ngāti Tarawhai, Ngāti Ruapani ki Waikaremoana) were selected along with Danny Aumua, Malinna Liang and Tom Augustine from…

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WIFTer on global, history-making all-women board

WIFTer on global, history-making all-women board

Posted Tuesday 01 Feb 2022

Well this is pretty special! The Visual Effects Society has announced its 2022 Board of Directors officers, and in a historic first, the five-member executive committee is made up of all women. 

The Board includes our own Emma Clifton Perry (pictured right) who has worked…

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WIFTers to judge world's best in design and advertising

WIFTers to judge world's best in design and advertising

Posted Tuesday 01 Feb 2022

D&AD has expanded its list of New Zealand jurors for the 2022 D&AD Awards to include Clemenger BBDO CCO Brigid Alkema, (top left) Sweetshop producer Kate Roydhouse, (bottom right) Run CCO Raymond Otene McKay, and Auckland typeface designer Alistair McCready (Monolith).

D&AD is an education…

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WIN double passes to Ruby's Choice

WIN double passes to Ruby's Choice

Posted Monday 31 Jan 2022

Ruby’s Choice stars two-time Golden Globe-winning actress and former Bond-girl Jane Seymour, and is coming to NZ cinemas on 24 February, 2022.

Ruby's Choice is a poignant tale that follows three generations of strong Australian women. 

After accidentally burning down her house, Ruby (Seymour) is…

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Are you a Pasifika woman with a story to tell?

Are you a Pasifika woman with a story to tell?

Posted Tuesday 01 Feb 2022

We encourage you to apply for the Moana Pasifika Women Screenwriters Programme, designed for female, female-identifying or non-binary people of all ages and experience who identify as Pasifika and want to write long-form stories for the screen. 

The 15-week programme is an initiative of Marina…

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Last days to apply for Moana Pasifika Women Screenwriters Programme

Last days to apply for Moana Pasifika Women Screenwriters Programme

Posted Wednesday 16 Feb 2022

Are you a Moana Pasifika woman with a story to tell? Here's your opportunity to do that! There are only 10 days left to apply for this 15-week course, including a weekend, so you still have time. We know you have wonderful stories to bring…

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Dana Youngman Wins Women of Influence Award

Dana Youngman Wins Women of Influence Award

Posted Wednesday 16 Feb 2022

We were thrilled to hear that Prime’s Dana Youngman won the Diversity category of the New Zealand Women of Influence Award. In a moving speech Dana paid tribute to her two grandmothers, her 'ultimate women of influence' as well as her Mum and Dad, her…

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Support your fellow WIFTers and see Fiona Clark: Unafraid in cinemas!

Support your fellow WIFTers and see Fiona Clark: Unafraid in cinemas!

Posted Wednesday 16 Feb 2022

Now's your chance to hear director Lula Cucchiara talk about her first feature film, the documentary, Fiona Clark: Unafraid. As an added bonus, Fiona Clark herself will be there too! 
Fiona Clark: Unafraid recounts how the photographer overcame censorship, homophobia, sexism and debilitating physical injuries…

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Take the post-production survey and help deal to our screen industry's gender pay gap!

Take the post-production survey and help deal to our screen industry's gender pay gap!

Posted Tuesday 01 Feb 2022

We're gathering up the next round of data and asking you to take the time to complete this new survey for people who work in post-production*.

It's a significant piece of data collection essential for identifying the facts behind Aotearoa New Zealand's screen industry gender…

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Wanderer - VR time-travel adventure game launches worldwide

Wanderer - VR time-travel adventure game launches worldwide

Posted Tuesday 15 Feb 2022

Have you ever wanted to travel back through the ages, change the course of history and prevent the collapse of civilisation? Now you can! Auckland game studios M Theory (co-founded by Sam Ramlu) and Oddboy have created Wanderer, an exclusively VR time-travel adventure game where…

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Why the film 'Whina' needed two directors

Why the film 'Whina' needed two directors

Posted Tuesday 15 Feb 2022

We're looking forward to seeing the work of Paula Whetu Jones(Te Aitanga a Mahaki, Whakatōhea, Ngāti Porou) one of the directors on this much-anticipated film, due for release in New Zealand on 23 June. The producers Tainui Stephens and Matthew Metcalfe enlisted the skills of…

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WIFTer's family-friendly script wins grand prize

WIFTer's family-friendly script wins grand prize

Posted Wednesday 16 Feb 2022

A round of applause for Kristi Barnett who has won the inaugural Stage 32 Family-Friendly Screenwriting Contest! Judged by Hollywood industry producers and development executives Kristi's screenplay Elephant Kiss is the overall grand winner of the contest. The prize includes mentoring and meetings with the…

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Pan-Asian Screen Collective - Episode One finalists announced

Pan-Asian Screen Collective - Episode One finalists announced

Posted Wednesday 16 Feb 2022

Congratulations to our members who are finalists in this initiative. We've listed you (in bold type) and your projects below. Looking forward to seeing your work!

Emma Mortimer and Asuka Sylvie
THAW
A science fiction anthology drama that follows six individuals who have woken from a cryonically…

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WIFT Award finalist Rose Matafeo has stars in her eyes

WIFT Award finalist Rose Matafeo has stars in her eyes

Posted Tuesday 15 Feb 2022

The loveable and very talented Rose Matafeo shines in this interview with Drama Quarterly. With her co-stars Nikesh Patel (above left) and Emma Sidi, the Starstruck actress looks back on the success of the show’s first run, explains why season two was written twice and…

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Support Duckworth's juicy rom-com on Boosted

Support Duckworth's juicy rom-com on Boosted

Posted Tuesday 15 Feb 2022

"This particular rom-com is pretty autobiographical so you know it’s gonna be juicy. Regretting your past behaviour is a universal experience."

Well, if that didn't hook you in dear reader, I don't know what would! This short film, Just Kidding, I Actually Love You is…

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Give Dunedin member Sue Marshall's 'Frank and the Warriors' a Boost!

Give Dunedin member Sue Marshall's 'Frank and the Warriors' a Boost!

Posted Tuesday 15 Feb 2022

You may have wondered, but this film is nothing to do with rugby league! Sue Marshall's Frank and the Warriors is a biographical feature documentary about Frank Varsanyi, a New Zealand outsider artist who, for the last 30 years, has created the world’s largest collection…

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Make the most of Getty Images

Make the most of Getty Images

Posted Tuesday 15 Feb 2022

We're pleased to welcome Getty Images to the WIFT corporate membership! With an office in Auckland, and staff in Wellington, Getty provides the following services:

  • Free access to unwatermarked broadcast resolution clips and stills for pitching purpose and rough-cuts.
  • Free research services.
  • Getty syndicates TVNZ,…
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WIN tickets to 'The Worst Person In The World'

WIN tickets to 'The Worst Person In The World'

Posted Wednesday 16 Feb 2022

We're giving away passes to not one, but two films this week, thanks to our friends at Madman Entertainment! 

The first is The Worst Person In The World, by Danish-born Norwegian director Joachim Trier and starring Renate Reinsve. Julie is turning thirty and her life…

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WIN tickets to 'Flee'

WIN tickets to 'Flee'

Posted Wednesday 16 Feb 2022

The second film is Flee, an unforgettable story of self-discovery.

Amin Nawabi, a 36-year-old high-achieving academic, grapples with a painful secret he has kept hidden for 20 years, one that threatens to derail the life he has built for himself and his soon-to-be husband. Recounted…

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Enter your work in Portugal's FEST film festival

Enter your work in Portugal's FEST film festival

Posted Wednesday 16 Feb 2022

Time is ticking on entries to Portugal's FEST – New Directors | New Films Festival. FEST will be accepting films up until 6 March 2022. 
Programmers are looking for:

  • 1st and 2nd Features Films(Fiction & Documentary)
  • Short Fiction, Documentary, Animation and Experimental Non-Narrative films from…
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Submit your film to the Edinburgh Short Film Festival

Submit your film to the Edinburgh Short Film Festival

Posted Tuesday 15 Feb 2022

And if you want to save a few dollars, get in quick because the early bird deadline ends on Monday 28 February.

The 2022 edition of the ESFF will run 28 October to 13 November 2022 and any international or UK film under 25 minutes…

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NZWG Seed and Seed Advanced Round 1 for 2022 now open!

NZWG Seed and Seed Advanced Round 1 for 2022 now open!

Posted Wednesday 16 Feb 2022

Woohoo - two extra grants have been added to Round 1 of the Seed Grant fund! Seed now has six grants available, previous rounds of Seed only had four grants available.

That's two additional opportunities for screenwriters to receive a grant in this coveted screenwriter-only fund.…

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Number of women behind the camera improves - report

Number of women behind the camera improves - report

Posted Tuesday 15 Feb 2022

The last two years saw box office chaos, a flurry of commitments from studios to underrepresented communities, and the second-ever woman to win an Academy Award for Best Director (Chloe Zhao). But did 2020 and 2021 bring any true change in the composition of directors…

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New NZFC portal go-live date postponed

New NZFC portal go-live date postponed

Posted Wednesday 16 Feb 2022

There's been a delay in releasing Tomo-mai (the new New Zealand Film Commission portal) as some key functions have not yet been delivered. The previous date was 23 February.

What this means for the applicants: 

· At this point, the existing portal Tahua will continue…

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Deadline looms for DEGANZ Emerging Women Filmmakers Incubator

Deadline looms for DEGANZ Emerging Women Filmmakers Incubator

Posted Tuesday 01 Feb 2022

It's the final week to apply for DEGANZ's Emerging Women Filmmakers Incubator! The deadline is this Friday 18 February at 10am. Since 2016, the Incubator has inspired and challenged female directors in Aotearoa.

Over five workshops in 2022, participants will gain a deeper understanding of…

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Netflix’s 2021 Inclusion update reveals more than half of its global workforce is ...

Netflix’s 2021 Inclusion update reveals more than half of its global workforce is ...

Posted Wednesday 16 Feb 2022

We left you hanging with that headline, but you can probably guess the missing word: female! 

The Hollywood Reporter says the streamer has revealed that for the first time since it began reporting the numbers in 2017, the majority (51.7%) of its worldwide workforce of…

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Omicron and the arts, culture and creative sector - take the survey

Omicron and the arts, culture and creative sector - take the survey

Posted Wednesday 16 Feb 2022

Your insights are needed to help arts advocate Te Taumata Toi-a-Iwi (Tāmaki Makaurau) understand what the sector needs right now, so they can communicate directly to decision makers.
Please spare a few minutes to help them advocate for direct artist support, and share with your…

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Are you the new Toi Mai  Relationship Manager?

Are you the new Toi Mai Relationship Manager?

Posted Tuesday 15 Feb 2022

Are you passionate about creativity, culture, technology, sport or recreation and want to support a startup organisation whose goal is to ensure the workforce of Aotearoa has the skills it needs for the world of work today, and for the future?

Toi Mai, the new…

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Let's make it through March! Work opportunities

Posted Monday 28 Feb 2022

Media & Promotions Manager
NBC Universal

Post Production Producer
DDB

Operations & Programmes Coordinator
Script To Screen

Senior Producer - Breakfast
TVNZ

Executive Producer - Breakfast
TVNZ

Video Editor
CLC Auckland Trust Board (LIFE)

Senior Set Up Producer - The AM Show
Discovery NZ

Assistant Video Producer
Brand Developers

Videographer & Photographer 
PDC…

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