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This 1981 TV documentary blends history and future predictions for New Zealand’s film industry. Featuring interviews with Geoff Murphy, John Barnett, and NZ Film Commission’s Bill Sheat, it explores Kiwi film’s uncertain future.…

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This story was originally published on The Spinoff.  Get in here you lot, because yesterday, NZ On Air announced its Round Tahi 2025 Non-Fiction Funding Decisions. It’s big news for those of us who love documentaries, factual series and podcasts,…

Cinelease, a mainstay in Hollywood motion picture and television equipment rentals for nearly five decades, has been sold to a private investment firm. The Mark Lamberton-led rental company — which is headquartered in Los Angeles but now has locations in…

The visual effects industry is warning without bigger tax breaks for the film industry New Zealand will loose major opportunities and highly specialised workers. Weta FX is considering axing a hundred jobs. It said various factors are driving the decision…

This story was originally published on The Spinoff. This Sunday a quietly powerful observational documentary, Grace: A Prayer for Peace, is premiering at the NZ International Film Festival. In the film, renowned painter and printmaker Robin White pours natural pigment…

It’s hard to compare Dunedin to Hollywood. However, for four decades, the small, academic city in New Zealand’s deep south was home to a powerhouse of global documentary filmmaking. Born in Dunedin’s TVNZ studios in the 1970s, Natural History New…

Jason Momoa’s historical epic Chief of War, launching August 1 on Apple TV+, is a triumph of Hawaiians telling their own stories – despite the fact their film and TV production industry now struggles to be viable. The series stars…