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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 Rider, a small, community-rooted drama…

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 depth, with Kate Rodger calling it.…

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 on a new level of importance, as the form is…

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 wanted to make movies but kept slamming into the same…

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 five other vice-presidents from Canada, Sweden, Uruguay, the UK and…

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 visionary director, whose films have long defined Australia on the…

Preliminary bids for Warner Bros Discovery are due November 20, when suitors must submit first-round, non-binding offers, Deadline hears. David Ellison’s Paramount, which made three overtures before the formal sale process started, will be ready. Comcast and Netflix, both of…

Initial footage from the live-action adaptation of The Legend of Zelda has appeared online as filming gets underway in New Zealand. The clip, shared on Instagram by content creator Tonyolsenfilm, appears to show actor Bo Bragason in costume as Princess…