Archive August 2023

Digital Video Content Producer
TVNZ

Social Media Producer
TVNZ

Digital Current Affairs Producer
TVNZ

EA to Kaihautū
Whakaata Māori

Videographer
HG Group

Videographer
OneStaff

Senior Rigging Artist
A44 Games

Senior VFX Artist
A44 Games

Producer (Video & Stills)
Southern Studios

If you haven't read André Chumko's article in Stuff's The Post, here's your chance. Chumko, the Senior Arts and Culture reporter for Stuff, has been chasing this story on the gender pay gap survey for some time, and interviewed WIFT NZ Executive Director Patricia Watson…

Producer Ngaire Fuata talks to WIFT NZ about producing her first feature film, Mysterious Ways, a gay love story set in New Zealand between an English vicar and his Samoan partner. Ngaire, who is of Rotuman and Dutch descent, has spent more than 30 years…

The first public screening of director Dame Gaylene Preston's Bread and Roses was at the NZIFF in 1993. Three decades on, the digital version, remastered from the 16mm original, is on show at the New Zealand International Film Festival.

Produced by Robin Laing, Bread and…

The New Zealand Film Commission has launched a new initiative in partnership with Screen Australia – an Access Coordinator Training Programme. The NZFC will be supporting filmmakers who identify as disabled or neurodivergent to undertake a five-day training course run by Bridge06 in Sydney, Australia…

A big congratulations to our producer members who won these awards for their work on the selected short films.

The NZIFF Patrons Award for Best Short Film: Hey Brainy Man! produced by Jaimee Poipoi and Olivia Shanks, directed by Jo Randerson and Loren Taylor.

The…

Make the most of your membership discount with 25% off the ticket price to the Doc Edge special screening of this film!

Directed by Holly Morris, Exposure follows a Muslim chaplain, a French biologist, a Qatari princess and eight other women hauling sledges toward true…

It's great to see so many of you receiving funding from the New Zealand Film Commission recently, to help develop your projects. We've listed you below and look forward to following your progress. And a big thank you to the NZFC for its continued support…

The New Zealand Television Awards recognises excellence in television and honours the special skills and unique talents of the companies and individuals who create, produce, and perform in television programmes in New Zealand.​ The Awards are open to linear, subscription and digital broadcast platforms.

The…

NZ On Air CE Cameron Harland and Board member Andrew Shaw are attending Content London in November. NZ On Air is keen to hear from producers with local stories that have global aspirations who may also be attending Content London, so that you can all…

Cantabrians, this one is in your neck of the woods! Have you ever wondered how to start a career writing for film or television? Three highly accomplished and successful writers will share their stories about the pathways they took to a career in the screen…

Boutique animation studio Floating Rock is offering an opportunity for storytellers to realise their stories through the Floating Rock Pitchfest. They are primarily interested in animation and VFX projects. (Open to VR and Games too).

Not everyone has the funding or the team to make a…

The NZCS is running this course, led by The Rebel Fleet Director of Technology Pete Harrow, and award winning cinematographer Dave Cameron, NZCS, ACS. You'll learn the technical information required to understand and use LUTs and how to integrate them into your workflow, and more…

If you live in Christchurch or Queenstown, get along to Crew Call 2023 and enjoy an evening of networking, inspiration, and some social rejuvenation thanks to the Screen Guild of New Zealand. Mix this with a dose of discovery while you hear all about the…

What you always wanted to know about DMX but were afraid to ask! This is an afternoon session run by the good people at Professional Lighting Services (PLS) to top up your knowledge on using DMX on your next production.

DMX is the control protocol theater…

If you are a VFX or animation professional, academic staff or student from anywhere in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, come along to Media Design School’s Campus for this networking event.

The Visual Effects Professional Guild of New Zealand (VFXG) is an organisation for Visual Effects and…

Senior Commissioner - Non Scripted
SKY Television

Production/Post Production Coordinator
Whitebait Media

Studio Manager - Video Production
Grundy Productions

Executive Producer - News Content
Stuff

3D Generalist
LOT 23

Videographer/Editor
Boxcrib

Video Production Specialist
Oceania Football Confederation

Senior Social & Creative Manager
Ahi Collective

Photographer, Videographer & Editor
Symet 

Production Assistant
TAB 

Freelance Video…

If you're a contractor, or you hire contractors, under the Screen Industry Workers Act (SIWA) you must receive or issue a written contract containing certain mandatory terms. This has been the law since last December, however it's become apparent that many people don't understand that…

A big congratulations to Rebecca (Bex) Leybourne who won Outstanding Animated Character in a Photoreal Feature for her work in Avatar2: The Way of Water.

Bex is a Lead Facial Animator in the Facial Motion department at Wētā FX.

This year's awards also marked a…

If you haven't already done the ShowNews Annual Screen Industry Health Check survey, now is the time to tick that off your list! How do you feel about the screen guilds and other screen organisations? The funding agencies? The film schools? The industry in general?…

A round of applause to producer Morgan Leigh Stewart who won the MIFF 37º South's pitch prize earlier this month.

Stewart secured the prize for relationship horror So Lonely I Could Die at 37ºSouth Market, MIFF’s film co-financing event, which ran from August 3-6.

According…

Check out the profile on director Anna Rose Duckworth in Cinema Femme magazine! It's been a busy time for Anna: her bittersweet romcom short, Just Kidding, I Actually Love You is currently in festival distribution, she's been commissioned to be a director as part of…

We're pleased to see that WIFT NZ members were involved in the short film which won the NZIFF New Zealand's Best 2023 Audience Award.

Shuchi Kothari executive-produced and Lisa Greenfield edited Anu, directed by Pulkit Arora, the story of a recent widow who moves to…

The folk at Great Southern Television will be happy! The Great Southern-produced reality show Tracked, a Warner Bros. Discovery ANZ original format, will be New Zealand’s first local show to premiere on Max, streaming in the US on 25 August 2023.

Hosted by Hollywood hardman…

New York Women in Film & Television (NYWIFT) is holding its annual online shorts festival and you're invited!

The selected films and webisodes are available to stream on iWomanTV 

Please note you will have to sign up for a free account with iWomanTV to watch…

WIFT NZ members Alyssa Medel, Rebecca Tang and Michelle Ang are behind this short film that is seeking a financial Boost!

Written and directed by Medel (Mekeni, Three Dots), produced by Tang and executive-produced by Ang (Nai, Kāinga) the film is about a young immigrant…

Here's an opportunity to up-skill with this two-day practical guide to the directing process. DEGANZ welcomes emerging filmmakers to this Directors Toolkit, hosted by Robyn Grace (pictured).

Robyn will share her approach to directing narrative drama, drawing on her background in the New Zealand screen…

Berlinale Talents is the talent development programme of the Berlin International Film Festival, with project development labs taking place digitally in late January and an onsite summit with panels, discussions and networking opportunities during the Berlinale each February.

Berlinale Talents is aimed at film and…

The annual Entertainment & Technology Summit offers a virtual registration so while it’s happening in Los Angeles you can still attend!

This one-day event will explore advancing technology’s impact on TV, film, gaming, music, digital media and consumer brands.

Virtual registration is $US79. Use the…

The year's must-attend event for producers, broadcasters, content creators and distributors working in factual programming! 

Registration is open for the 2023 World Congress of Science & Factual Producers. This year the conference takes place at the Hyatt Regency in Seattle, Washington, USA from 28 November…

Here's something to get you all talking! The Guardian reports that in films like No Hard Feelings, Joy Ride and Asteroid City, "full-frontal female nudity is back, and asks, what has changed in the #MeToo era? 

Jennifer Lawrence (pictured) tells Variety that for her No…

This inaugural festival is coming in October so pace yourselves!

Kicking things off on opening night (after its world premiere in the Toronto International Film Festival) will be Sir Anthony Hopkins in One Life. The film follows British humanitarian Nicholas Winton played by Sir Anthony,…

Submissions are now open for the Short Film Fund - Kodak Film Edition. Grants of up to £7,000 / $10,000 are available towards the production costs of all scripted genres and documentary short film content. 

The short film fund allows emerging talent from around the…

Entries are open for this international opportunity! The Pitch is open to early-stage scripted drama and comedy series from established producers and distributors looking for international finance to close the gap.

The competition is open to producers from any territory, with up to 15 projects…

The C21 International Drama Awards recognise the best in global scripted creativity through one of the most highly regarded awards shows in the business. The awards will be judged by 100 of the world's leading drama commissioners. Entries close on September 15 – don't miss…

The City of Angels Women's Film Festival is open for submissions! andWIFT NZ members get a 30% discount code to use when submitting via Film Freeway.

Use the code use WIFT30NZ for 30 percent off on Film Freeway. Click here to submit

The City of…

The Mental Health Foundation is holding the first ever Aotearoa Mental Health Film Festival! For far too long, mental health has been misrepresented in film – often in violent, stigmatising, and hopeless ways which can discourage people from seeking help when they need it.

Click…

As one fantastic film event comes to an end, we shift our focus to another! Submissions are open for Doc Edge Festival 2024.

Do you have a compelling documentary or an innovative XR project? Don't miss the chance to premiere your work in New Zealand…

You have until 2 October to get your entries in to Europe's premiere TV Entertainment Awards! The 62nd annual Rose d'Or Awards will be happening on 26 November. 

The categories for 2023 are:
• Drama
• Comedy Drama and Sitcom
• Soap or Telenovela
• Factual Entertainment and Reality
•…

Head of Philanthropy
Sydney Film Festival

Media Logistics Coordinator
Discovery NZ

Senior Commercial Producer
TVNZ

Supervising Producer
Newshub

Technical Producer
Wētā Workshop

Financial Accountant
Wētā FX

Talent & Culture Analyst
Wētā FX

Subtitler - Kaituhi Kupu Hauraro
Māori Television Whakaata Māori

Video Producer
Hills Real Estate

We’re excited to see this film coming to a big screen near you! Uproar will be released in NZ cinemas on 5 October, on the back of its World Premiere at TIFF in September. WIFT NZ members involved include producers Emma Slade, Angela Cudd, Sandra…

We congratulate Academy Award-winning costume designer Ngila Dickson on her appointment to the NZFC Board for a three-year term.

Ngila will provide the NZFC with a unique perspective through her technical practitioner lens and expansive experience of the industry said Pou Mataaho o Te Aka…

The South Pacific Pictures Big Pitch is an excellent opportunity for those with a strong screen project to pitch their idea to funders, commissioners, producers, and industry, during the Great Screenrights Lunch at the 2023 SPADA Conference.

Previous winners include WIFT NZ members Anna Cottrell,…

Kāinga is a wonderful anthology of short films led by Pan-Asian filmmakers. It chronicles the diverse, ever-changing yet familiar experiences of Pan-Asian women trying to make Aotearoa New Zealand their home, through five decades. Kāinga translates to 'home' in te reo Māori.

WIFT NZ members…

Congratulations to Amy Barber, one of the team that is nominated for the Creative Arts Emmy Award for Outstanding Sound Editing for a Comedy or Drama Series (One Hour).

The nomination is for the team’s work on Udûn, the sixth episode of the first season…

We're pleased to hear that Vanessa Wells' short film Te Whakairo - Ngā Kī o Te Tai Ao (The Carvings Carry the Stories of the World) has been selected for the Wild Earth Oceania Film Festival in Sydney, opening 8 September. The film is about…

Filmed by professional filmmakers, this Gaylene Barnes-directed film shares the inside story of the Parliament protest in Wellington during February and March 2022. The film's footage lays out the reasons behind the protest, what happened on the forecourt, and how the protestors were treated by…

Up to eight generous-sized office desks are available for short-term lease in this Grey Lynn office - ideal for anyone needing a space for pre-production!

The office is full of natural light and includes use of a well-equipped kitchen, lounge area and private meeting room.…

If you haven't yet tuned in on ThreeNow or Three to Far North, the South Pacific Pictures show about a bungled drug deal, read this review from the NZ Herald's Karl Puschmann!

Directed by David White, and starring Robyn Malcolm and Temuera Morrison, Far North…

Every year Women in Film and Television International (WIFTI) gathers participants from six continents, 40 member associations at a summit to share ideas, working methods and solutions for the future of an equal audiovisual industry. The event opens a view to the global landscape of…

Film festivals can be elusive and confounding. They are also opportunities to advance your career, grow your network and expand your audience. But how does it all work? Join the Fest and the Furious webinar, co-presented by NYWIFT, Film Fatales and The Film Collaborative, to…

Wellingtonians, here are the details for the upcoming ScreenSafe Professional Respect Training workshop. 

The course will address predominately sexual harassment and also includes bullying, harassment, definitions, disclosures, and respectful behaviours in the workplace. Be a part of this screen sector culture change and help make…

Congratulations to the team behind documentary A Boy Called Piano - The Story of Fa’amoana John Luafutu which has been awarded the Premier prix (Grand Prize) in the Teueikan Award category (Artistic Prize) at the International First Peoples' Festival Présence Autochtone (FIPA), Montréal. Directed by…

We have such multi-talented members! Go and indulge in some live theatre at this year’s Kōanga Festival at Te Pou Theatre in Tāmaki Makaurau in September. Among the 13 plays from Maori and Pasifika playwrights is Te Urupuia by Ngahiriwa Rauhina and WIFT NZ member…

Cantabrians, Te Puna Matarau is hosting the first Waitaha Screen Wānanga for screen professionals and students on Friday 8 September. Tickets are $25 per person and seats will be limited so get in quick! Here is all the information you need to know:

When: 9am…

Whether you’re new to filmmaking or have worked in the industry for a while and aspire to tell your stories on the screen, this Script To Screen workshop will guide you in your next steps. 

Fresh from the release of his TV drama Far North,…

Use your WIFT NZ member discount when you book your tickets at Auckland's Academy Cinema for these rather fabulous showcases!

First up is the Frosty Flicks Film Series, where icy landscapes and chilling tales come alive on the silver screen. From September 8 to 24,…

The Republic of Indonesia is the country of focus for this year’s Show Me Shorts short film festival. Thirteen Indonesian short films will feature in the Indonesian Focus, curated in collaboration with Minikino Film Week.

Show Me Shorts Film Festival will take place in more…

Full Time Video Editor 
Grundy Productions

Creative Producer 
Tātaki Auckland Unlimited

Videographer/Editor 
ArchiPro Ltd

Assistant Director (12 Months Contract) 
DISCOVERY NZ LIMITED

Planning & Delivery Manager (12-month Parental Leave Contract)
SKY TV

Senior Director, Revenue, ANZ Networks 
DISCOVERY NZ LIMITED

Videographers / Content Creators 
Profitable Tradie