Screen Australia and the New Zealand Film Commission (NZFC) have today announced eight Indigenous teams from Australia and New Zealand who will work on a joint anthology feature, 'Cook 2020: Our Right of Reply', which will be titled 'Ngā Pouwhenua' in NZ.
Two feature films, one from Robert Connolly and the other a Kiwi-Aussie co-pro penned by 'The Breaker Upperers'' Jackie van Beek; a ABC TV comedy from Closer Productions; and two online projects are the latest recipients of $3.5 million worth of production funding from Screen Australia.
New Zealand’s screen production revenue fell by 20 per cent to $NZ1 billion in 2017-2018, due primarily to a drop in feature films, according to a new report.
Under the Mountain, the motion picture adaptation of the popular, award-winning Maurice Gee novel, will begin principal photography next Monday.
Sweetshop & Green will receive $50,000 to further its New Zealand production slate after being announced as the recipient of the New Zealand Film Commission's He Ara Development Fund for 2021.
Three projects from Australian filmmaking teams have been selected for the second edition of global film incubator Attagirl, which supports women and non-binary filmmakers.
For the first time in 20 years two New Zealand films are included in the programme for the Venice Film Festival announced today.
The film premiered at the 68th Venice International Film Festival and is New Zealand's first submission to the Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film