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Led by screenwriting mentor Briar Grace-Smith (Cousins, Waru) South Shorts 2022 is seeking aspiring screenwriters! If you have a story to tell and want to gain confidence as a writer, apply to the South Shorts Mentorship programme now.

It will be delivered between March - September 2022.

Applications close: Tuesday 29 November, 5pm

This programme…

Film Otago Southland (FOS) has been supported by the New Zealand Film Commission (NZFC) to develop a series of workshops targeting skill gaps in the regional film crew base. 

FOS is now seeking three training facilitators for a fixed term contract to provide the following services:

Here's more about the role from FOS:

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Weren't we all very proud in October when Kiwi director Jessica Hobbs won a Primetime Emmy? Jessica won for her work on the season finale of Netflix’s royal drama The Crown, an episode entitled War.

In this article Drama Quarterly catches up with Jessica, who had just returned from Spain where she was shooting scenes…

Piki Films has announced the winner of the Piki Pitch, an accelerator event is designed to give fresh local talent the opportunity to share their voices and further their knowledge! The Piki Films whānau, which includes WIFT NZ members Morgan Waru, Nacoya Anderson and Carthew Neal, awarded Ankita Singh the $10,000 development prize money.

Shortlisted…

Screenwriters, are you looking to advance and polish your skills, look no further than the Show Me Shorts Screenwriting Lab! This hothouse mentoring scheme is open for submissions until 30 November. It’s a fantastic opportunity to workshop new ideas for short film, and aims to identify new and compelling voices, and give them guidance to…

Having missed out on this year's New Zealand International Film Festival (NZIFF) due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Aucklanders will be relishing the prospect of this opportunity to get some big screen time! The new festival, In The Shade, is exclusive to Academy Cinemas and The Hollywood in Avondale, and the line-up includes Fiona Clark: Unafraid,…

Join thousands of screen professionals at FOCUS, the only free, end-of-year event for the whole screen sector, online! More than 60 confirmed speakers from film, TV, advertising and games will explore all the rapid developments in the screen industries.

To make sure that it responds to the needs of the screen sector, the conference programme…