Posted Wednesday 18 May 2022
Join long-time WIFT NZ members Gabrielle Jones and Dianne Ensor this Thursday 19 May at 7pm for an Instagram Live Q&A on 'What does a career as a makeup artist really look like?' Together Jones and Ensor have more than 50 years' experience in makeup…
/news/news-archive/2022/may/lights-camera-makeup-discover-what-a-career-as-a-makeup-artist-is-like-this-thursday-on-instagram/Posted Monday 16 May 2022
Multitalented Wellington-based WIFT member Sarah Hunter has been busy! Her music video, directed for Rhombus’ new tune Treat You So Right, was released on 13 May, ready for an album launch on 27 May. Sarah also produced and directed two concert feature films for Kiwi…
/news/news-archive/2022/may/check-out-sarah-hunter-s-latest-creative-mahi/Posted Tuesday 17 May 2022
NZ On Air and Te Māngai Pāho’s fourth co-funding round has awarded 11 bilingual projects up to $5.9m to further champion the use of te reo Māori across a wide variety of platforms.
We're pleased to see WIFT members' projects are among those funded, so…
/news/news-archive/2022/may/nzoa-funds-projects-championing-the-use-of-te-reo-maori/Posted Tuesday 17 May 2022
We're delighted to celebrate the wonderful Desray Armstrong (Te-Aitanga-a-Hauiti, Ngāti Porou) as this year's recipient of the WIFT NZ Mana Wāhine Award!
Desray is an independent film and television producer and the winner of the Fulcrum Media Finance Woman To Watch at the 2016 WIFT…
/news/news-archive/2022/may/the-wift-nz-mana-wahine-award-recipient-2022/Posted Tuesday 17 May 2022
Award-winning Wellington-based Pacific theatre company The Conch will soon be releasing its first feature documentary film: A Boy Called Piano - The Story of Fa’amoana John Luafutu.
Directed by WIFT NZ member Nina Nawalowalo (artistic director and co-founder of The Conch) and produced by fellow…
/news/news-archive/2022/may/katherine-wyeth-on-a-boy-called-piano-the-story-of-fa-amoana-john-luafutu/Posted Tuesday 17 May 2022
Support a fellow WIFT member! Producer Jessica George is raising funds to help make her short film The Dining Table.
The story is about a Deaf girl called Jess, who becomes frustrated at the dining table when her family are not including her in their…
/news/news-archive/2022/may/give-jessica-george-s-short-film-featuring-deaf-actor-a-financial-boost/Posted Tuesday 17 May 2022
Since the spotlight is on Desray Armstrong we thought we'd remind you of some of her earlier work, and also celebrate the beautiful direction, editing and cinematography of two other WIFTers.
Desray produced Tama Waipara's music video Medicine Man (2013), while Jessica Sanderson directed and…
Posted Tuesday 17 May 2022
Equaliser (EQ) awarded project grants of $10,000 in 2021 to facilitate three musicians working with three female directors to create filmed music content. The upcoming Inaugural EQ Networking Hui gives the creatives involved an opportunity to discuss their work and processes, as well as give…
/news/news-archive/2022/may/women-in-screen-and-music-don-t-miss-out-on-the-eq-networking-hui/Posted Tuesday 17 May 2022
Esther is at the end of her career as Head Seamstress at Dior Avenue Montaigne workshop. One day her handbag is stolen in the metro by a young woman, Jade. Instead of calling the police Esther decides to take care of Jade, seeing in her…
/news/news-archive/2022/may/win-double-passes-to-haute-couture/Posted Tuesday 17 May 2022
A warm shout out to Wellington producer Vicky Pope (Savage) who has two projects funded by the New Zealand Film Commission in the last funding found.
One is an untitled project, the other is called Went Up The Hill, about a young man called Jack…
Posted Tuesday 17 May 2022
Here's even more good news for documentary lovers: The Documentary New Zealand Trust has announced some early confirmations of its hybrid Forum programme of live and online events to accompany Doc Edge, International Documentary Festival 2022.
Before we serve it up, note that the earlybird…
/news/news-archive/2022/may/get-your-doc-edge-forum-earlybird-tickets-now/Posted Tuesday 17 May 2022
The Vista Foundation 48Hours are coming to your region to run a free half day workshop designed to up-skill filmmakers and a networking event to connect with the local film community.
Filmmakers, creatives and teachers will have the chance to sharpen their short filmmaking skills…
/news/news-archive/2022/may/free-future-filmmakers-workshops/Posted Tuesday 17 May 2022
Documentary makers, you will want to be in on this one! Lane Street Studios and Wellington Creative are running the Unscripted: Screen Accelerator Project, a five-week programme led by Emmy-winning producer and educator, Jon Kroll. This project is aimed at screen industry practitioners who have…
/news/news-archive/2022/may/apply-now-for-unscripted-screen-accelerator-project/Posted Tuesday 17 May 2022
Documentary lovers are in for a treat this June! The Doc Edge Festival has just announced 113 feature length and short films in its 2022 programme.
In Doc Edge’s unique Virtual Cinema, 17 feature length films and all 39 shorts will be available to watch…
Posted Tuesday 17 May 2022
The NZIFF’s programming team have been busy attending film festivals around the globe in search of the best films to bring to New Zealand audiences (they're off to Festival de Cannes later this month!). We're excited to see the first seven have been announced:
Music…
/news/news-archive/2022/may/new-zealand-international-film-festival-announces-first-films-for-2022/Posted Tuesday 17 May 2022
Calling all creatives! If you're looking for low-cost lockable production offices in Auckland, then Click Studios may be your new workspace!
Click's memberships offer 24/7 access and a lockable office as well as access to the studio, audio booth, editing suits, event spaces and meeting…
/news/news-archive/2022/may/creatives-click-here-for-office-space/Posted Tuesday 17 May 2022
Posted Tuesday 17 May 2022
Come and chat with NZWG Staff and Board Members about the upcoming changes to screenwriters contracts through the Screen Industry Workers Bill (SIWB). You can read more about the SIWB HERE.
The workshops are open to Members and Non-Members of NZWG.
At the workshops we…
/news/news-archive/2022/may/nzwg-screenwriters-workshops/Posted Tuesday 17 May 2022
Write it in your calendar, book the Monday off work, call your teammates, build some bespoke props and line up a great location! The Vista Foundation 48Hours shoot weekend is August 12 - 14, 2022.
This is the competition's 20th year - let's make it…
/news/news-archive/2022/may/the-vista-foundation-48hours-is-back-for-2022/Posted Tuesday 17 May 2022
The University of Canterbury is to build a Digital Screen Campus, developing skills and talents necessary for a more converged media future.
The development is expected to be the largest of its kind in the Southern Hemisphere, to be constructed over 14 hectares (35 acres)…
/news/news-archive/2022/may/first-rfp-out-for-christchurch-s-digital-screen-campus/Posted Tuesday 17 May 2022
WIFT members Chelsea Winstanley (Ngāti Ranginui, Ngāi Te Rangi), and Stacey Morrison (Te Arawa, Ngāi Tahu, pictured) feature in the impressive line up of all-wāhine creatives and thought-leaders speakers at the upcoming M9 event. They'll be inspiring, empowering and entertaining audiences with unique stories that…
/news/news-archive/2022/may/whaea-power-inspiring-line-up-for-all-wahine-event/Posted Monday 16 May 2022
Submit your film to one of the UK’s leading film festivals and be in to win cash prizes, exhibition and publication, as well as further support towards new projects. The programmers are looking for bold shorts, features and virtual reality projects that transform the ways…
/news/news-archive/2022/may/the-bafta-qualifying-aesthetica-is-open-for-entries/Posted Tuesday 17 May 2022
Here's an enjoyable and worthwhile way to support the people of the Ukraine. Ukrainian-New Zealand actress Elena Stejko (What We Do in the Shadows, The Gulf), and Ukrainian filmmaker Dasha Volga have launched a festival celebrating Ukrainian cinema, which will run over three weeks at…
/news/news-archive/2022/may/celebrate-ukrainian-cinema-and-support-a-good-cause/Posted Tuesday 17 May 2022
We wish long-time music industry executive Teresa Patterson all the best in her exciting new role as the Head of Music at NZ On Air.
Ms Patterson has worked in the NZ music and arts industry for more than 25 years in a wide variety…
/news/news-archive/2022/may/new-head-of-music-for-nz-on-air/Posted Tuesday 31 May 2022
Back in 2020 the amazing Bindy Crayford won The Queenstown Camera Company Craft Award for her pioneering spirit and incredible capability and ingenuity as a gaffer, and for being an inspiring mentor to other technicians.
Who will it be this year? Come along and find…
/news/news-archive/2022/may/have-you-got-your-tickets-to-the-2022-wift-nz-awards-yet/