Screenrights has revealed the seven projects that will share in $250,000 as part of the 2021 Cultural Fund.
Sweetshop & Green has announced a foray into children's television, with the production company to partner with Israel's Ananey Communications and Pil Animation Studio on the new series Living With Landlubbers.
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.
Sweetshop & Green has promoted Ester Harding to head of drama, and appointed former AIDC CEO and conference director Alice Burgin as a documentary and factual executive.
New Zealand gothic thriller 'Mārama' is one of 17 official selections for this year's Berlinale Coproduction Market.