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Major Wins for THE CONVERT, TINĀ & THE GONE at the 2025 NZ SCREEN AWARDS
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Yes, Minister
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Screen Producers Australia Announces Advisory Chairs as Screen Forever Opens Registrations for 40th Edition
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Spada names 2025 champs
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US Tech and Media Giants Urge Trump to Confront Australia Over New Production Laws
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Major Wins for THE CONVERT, TINĀ & THE GONE at the 2025 NZ SCREEN AWARDS
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Yes, Minister
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Screen Producers Australia Announces Advisory Chairs as Screen Forever Opens Registrations for 40th Edition
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Spada names 2025 champs
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US Tech and Media Giants Urge Trump to Confront Australia Over New Production Laws
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More Wave in the Ocean
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Taika Waititi Inks First-Look Deal With 20th TV, FX Prods. & Hulu, Sets Up ‘Last Look’ Fashion Comedy
Taika Waititi has closed a new first-look deal with 20th Television, FX Productions and Hulu — all divisions of Disney where he has a long history, both on the TV and
UK TV Exports Smash NZ$4.7 Billion as US Demand Surges and Library Content Booms
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Niki Caro Confronts Hollywood’s Backslide on Women Behind the Camera as She Leads Camerimage Jury
For more than two decades, New Zealand filmmaker Niki Caro has built a career that has swung between breakout indie success and the upper echelons of studio filmmaking. She first drew international attention with Whale
Production grant boosts Canterbury screen sector
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More Wave in the Ocean
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Taika Waititi Inks First-Look Deal With 20th TV, FX Prods. & Hulu, Sets Up ‘Last Look’ Fashion Comedy
Taika Waititi has closed a new first-look deal with 20th Television, FX Productions and Hulu — all divisions of Disney where he has a long history, both on the TV and
UK TV Exports Smash NZ$4.7 Billion as US Demand Surges and Library Content Booms
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Niki Caro Confronts Hollywood’s Backslide on Women Behind the Camera as She Leads Camerimage Jury
For more than two decades, New Zealand filmmaker Niki Caro has built a career that has swung between breakout indie success and the upper echelons of studio filmmaking. She first drew international attention with Whale
Production grant boosts Canterbury screen sector
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SECRETS AT RED ROCKS Scores Three Children’s & Family Emmy Nominations
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GRACE A PRAYER FOR PEACE Selected For The Hiroshima International Film Festival
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Principal Photography Begins on A DOG’S SHOW
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NZ Web Fest names winners
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NZ On Screen – Tuesday Spotlight: ZIPPO
Christchurch filmmaker Kenta Lord’s WWII drama follows American soldiers through Normandy in this technically accomplished short. Winner of the 2025 OnScreen Student Filmmaking Competition, judges praised its technical mastery and emotional
SECRETS AT RED ROCKS Scores Three Children’s & Family Emmy Nominations
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GRACE A PRAYER FOR PEACE Selected For The Hiroshima International Film Festival
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Principal Photography Begins on A DOG’S SHOW
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NZ Web Fest names winners
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NZ On Screen – Tuesday Spotlight: ZIPPO
Christchurch filmmaker Kenta Lord’s WWII drama follows American soldiers through Normandy in this technically accomplished short. Winner of the 2025 OnScreen Student Filmmaking Competition, judges praised its technical mastery and
AI-Generated Images Threaten Future of Documentary as People ‘Will Stop Believing Anything’: ‘Deep Fake Is the Crime, AI Is a Tool’
Few issues are as widely dissected and discussed within the film business today as the possibilities and consequences of AI technology. When it comes to documentary filmmaking, the discussion takes
How AI Helped One Student Make the Movie He Couldn’t Afford
Josh Williams has a story that anyone building the future of artificial intelligence might want to pay attention to. A visual-effects student at Bournemouth University in the U.K., Williams always
NZ Box Office Report: 16 November 2025
On a very round 100 screens, Now You See Me: Now You Don’t took $309,390 on its opening weekend to top the chart. Sandwiched into the second spot by two
Jennifer Ward-Lealand Elected Vice-President of Global Actors’ Federation
Jennifer Ward-Lealand, President of Equity New Zealand, has been elected to the top ranks of the Fédération Internationale des Acteurs (FIA) at the organisation’s World Congress in Birmingham. Ward-Lealand joins
Hollywood Now Keeps Coming Back to Australia. Baz Luhrmann Isn’t Surprised
Australia has always been Baz Luhrmann’s greatest muse. No honour speaks to that bond more perfectly than his new AACTA ambassadorship, alongside his wife and creative partner, Catherine Martin. The
AI-Generated Images Threaten Future of Documentary as People ‘Will Stop Believing Anything’: ‘Deep Fake Is the Crime, AI Is a Tool’
Few issues are as widely dissected and discussed within the film business today as the possibilities and consequences of AI technology. When it comes to documentary filmmaking, the discussion takes
How AI Helped One Student Make the Movie He Couldn’t Afford
Josh Williams has a story that anyone building the future of artificial intelligence might want to pay attention to. A visual-effects student at Bournemouth University in the U.K., Williams always
NZ Box Office Report: 16 November 2025
On a very round 100 screens, Now You See Me: Now You Don’t took $309,390 on its opening weekend to top the chart. Sandwiched into the second spot by two
Jennifer Ward-Lealand Elected Vice-President of Global Actors’ Federation
Jennifer Ward-Lealand, President of Equity New Zealand, has been elected to the top ranks of the Fédération Internationale des Acteurs (FIA) at the organisation’s World Congress in Birmingham. Ward-Lealand joins
Hollywood Now Keeps Coming Back to Australia. Baz Luhrmann Isn’t Surprised
Australia has always been Baz Luhrmann’s greatest muse. No honour speaks to that bond more perfectly than his new AACTA ambassadorship, alongside his wife and creative partner, Catherine Martin. The
