Archive September 2024

People who have direct experiences with the domestic rebate are invited to share their views on the changes made to the rebate in August 2023.

They want to understand whether the changes are delivering as intended. 

They are keen to hear your views on the…

The Pacific Music Awards announced this year's Ministry for Pacific Peoples Lifetime Achievement Award and the recipient is, WIFT member...Teremoana Rapley! Congratulations on your recognition with this achievement.

Originally from Upper Hutt, Teremoana Rapley is an Auckland-based singer and songwriter whose music fuses reggae and rap…

Congratulations to Wētā FX, and WIFT member Libby Hazell, for their incredible work on Ripley, which has won an Award in Outstanding Visual Effects in a Single Episode at the 76th Creative Arts Emmy Awards this past Sunday, 8th September! Libby was the Visual Effects…

New Zealand-based organisation Pacific Islands Screen Artists (PISA) is one of six recipients Screenrights has announced to be supported by the 2024 round of its annual Cultural Fund, for this year’s focus of Big Issues: Creative Solutions.

The Pacific Islands Screen Artists group was established to…

From humble beginnings squatting in another company’s office space with a staff of two, to a celebrated independent New Zealand media outlet that now employs more than 30 journalists nationwide, iconic Aotearoa media organisation The Spinoff celebrates a decade of award-winning journalism this September. 

Founded…

It is time to celebrate a decade of Loading Docs at the landmark Season 10 premiere on Wednesday 25^th September! Be the first to see a brand-new collection of incredible short documentaries, many of which are made by our WIFT members at The Hollywood.

Screening…

Being a beloved WIFT member gives you access to our internal database, which currently houses 1300 extraordinary members!

If you are crewing up for an upcoming project, then make sure to use this resource available at your fingertips to build your teams. Strong teams make…

Me, My Mother And Suzy Cato, Written and performed by WIFT member Florence Hartigan.

This darkly goofy one-woman play is a nostalgic journey through the era of Britney Spears and low rise jeans.

For 17-year-old Rachel, the promise of ringing in the year 2000 on…

This Auckland Theatre Company production Boys & Girls, directed by WIFT member Eleanor Bishop, opens this week in Auckland. It's a powerful female story that many women can resonate with. Get tickets to see this!

It begins with a chance encounter at an airport in…

NZ On Screen have released a selection of screen industry stalwarts in 10 screen talk interviews, and among these legends are WIFT members, Dame Gaylene Preston, Robin Scholes, and Dame Julie Christie!
 
These interviews celebrate 10 screen legends who have helped shape the film and…

Sky NZ Original’s NZTV award-winning comedy series Not Even returned to Neon and free-to-air channel Sky Open for season 2 last week. The show has a fabulous team of WIFT members in key roles: producer and director Ainsley Gardiner, producer Georgina Conder, and creator, writer…

Write Room Wellington is a screenwriter residency programme offered in partnership with Toi Pōneke Arts Centre, POP Film and the Wellington City Council Aho Tini 2030 Arts, Culture & Creativity Strategy.

Each year a Wellington screenwriter is selected to undertake a 12-week residency to develop…

Māoriland invites film, video, digital and interactive media work and artwork (all mediums) made by Indigenous creatives to submit their projects for Māoriland Film Festival 2025.

Māoriland Film Festival is Aotearoa’s international Indigenous Film Festival, held each March in the vibrant community of Ōtaki.

The…

Funding for Industry Support initiatives opened on 1 August 2024 and will remain open until 6 June 2025 or until funds are exhausted. 

Te Māngai Pāho Industry Support funding is aligned to the Creators key focus area published in the Te Māngai Pāho Statement of…

Te Kete Aronui is Rangiata Sky’s Māori & Pasifika sport content fund, which encompasses an intentional and culturally safe approach to producing Māori & Pasifika content. The fund aims to support Māori & Pasifika creators to bring Māori & Pasifika sport stories to Sky &…

Here is a friendly reminder for screen industry folks from NZ on Air: If you are receiving funding from NZ On Air, there are the expectations for producers. 

As part of their standard Production Funding Agreement that producers sign when they have been approved NZ…

Script to Screen has three important opportunities nearing deadlines. See all listed below:

Strength in Numbers is a seven-month programme aimed at producers, directors and writers who are developing their business in the screen industry. Through a series of online and in person workshops participants…

There’s a new venue about town in Auckland, The Button Factory, that hosts a plethora of creative, fun, and eclectic experiences and events! Stay in the loophole of the button, so you don’t miss out on their one-of-a-kind nights!

They are also a VENUE for…

This weekend on 14^th Sept, at 11:00 AM, in Papatoetoe, Crowdfunding Mentor, Poe-Tiare Tararo, will be going through the journey of running a crowdfunding campaign, explaining how the process works on Boosted, and how Creative New Zealand's match funding may apply.

Everyone is welcome, you…

It requires a lot of courage to speak your truth. Our member Tusiata Avia is doing just that, and making headlines with her words.

Read the full article here. 

A reminder that the 26^th Annual Spada Screen Industry Awards will take place on Thursday, 10 October 2024 at The Maritime Room, Princes Wharf, Auckland.

Join for a celebration of some of the best and brightest talents in the local screen industry. The Industry Awards…

BlueCat has a long and distinguished history of discovering unknown screenwriters, introducing them to the industry and launching their careers, and their regular deadline is just around the corner. 

They read every screenplay and provide written notes on all submissions to develop you and support…