Author name: Mark It

Screen Australia has today released the 2024/25 outcomes of the second year of its current Gender Matters KPI. In 2024/25, 56% of key creative roles – defined as producer, director and writer – across approved Screen Australia development and production…

Nearly half of Gen Z say that YouTube or social video platforms are their preferred entertainment platforms over traditional TV or paid streaming. According to Activate Consulting’s Technology & Media Outlook 2026, which was unveiled by CEO Michael Wolf at…

A documentary chronicling 1970s Kiwi skateboarding, featuring a stellar Flying Nun soundtrack. Directed by former junior champion Andrew Moore, it draws on home movie footage and photos, with narration by Hello Sailor’s Graham Brazier. Highlights include Rob Muldoon opening Auckland’s…

For a few weeks last November, no villain loomed larger over Madison Avenue and the social media that polices it than Coca-Cola. The company’s “The Holidays Are Coming” spot, an homage to a classic 1995 ad, featured the original’s rhythmic…

The Government will announce major changes to the New Zealand Screen Production Rebate (NZSPR) for international productions this Friday in Auckland, as part of a renewed push to strengthen New Zealand’s competitiveness as a global screen production hub. Finance and…

The New Zealand Screen Awards is delighted to announce this year’s finalists for the highly anticipated 2025 Screen Personality of the Year category.

The Screen Personality of the Year award is the only award decided entirely by the public and…

Kiwi film industry professionals have lavished praise on a Christchurch student’s award-winning short war film, calling it “fantastic”, “technically flawless” and “incredible”. Inspired by the work of one of his cinema heroes, Steven Spielberg, 16-year-old Kenta Lord swept the board…

UK chancellor Rachel Reeves, who will deliver a landmark budget in less than a month, has been urged by the influential Culture, Media & Sport Committee (CMSC) to introduce a tax relief for the print and advertising costs of indie…