A swathe of WIFT NZ members recieved funding in the last NZOA round! All productions mentioned below have key Wifties on the team:
Scripted
- Ms X 2, 6 × 45’, Plus6Four Entertainment for Three, up to $3,750,000
- Shortland Street 36/2027, 160 × 40’, South Pacific Pictures for TVNZ 2, up to $2,300,000
- Wellington Paranormal 5, 6 x 23', The Kitchen Table Productions for Three, up to $1,857,600
Non-Fiction
- 7 Days 2027, 20 × 44’, Sky Free for Three, up to $1,498,583
- Celebrity Treasure Island 8, 15 × 44’, Warner Bros. International Television Production New Zealand for TVNZ 2, up to $1,349,000
- Earth Oven 2, 6 × 45’, Hi Mama for Sky Open, up to $810,000
- High/Low, 40 × 30’, Hex Work for The Spinoff, up to $369,875
- My Family Mystery 3, 6 × 44’, Warner Bros. International Television Production New Zealand for TVNZ 1, up to $1,053,922
- Slavery In Paradise, 5 × 23’, Tikilounge Productions for RNZ, up to $711,357
- The Power Of Two, 1 × 90’, Diva Productions for TVNZ 1, up to $235,000
Rangatahi
- Bloke Of The Apocalypse 2, 6 × 6’, Good On Ya Mate Productions for YouTube, up to $579,004
Tamariki
- Buzz's Epic Little Missions 3, 6 × 30’, Rogue Productions for TVNZ 2, up to $594,554
- Tamaiki Va'inga, 12 × 12’, Cinco Cine Film Productions for YouTube, up to $360,000
- What Now 2027, 40 x 58' and 156 × 8’, Whitebait Productions for TVNZ 2 and YouTube, up to $2,299,846
- You and Me (Together) 2, 26 × 30’, Treehut for YouTube, up to $1,078,297
Professional Development
- Private Finance - In Practice, WIFT NZ Incorporated, up to $15,000
Industry Support
- Greenlit Producers' Sustainability Training, Greenlit Inc, up to $24,240
Here’s the link to the full press release
...and huge congrats to all!