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With more than a month to go before IATSE‘s current contracts expires, the union and the studios have come to a tentative agreement on a new deal.  As fears of another Hot Labor Summer had Hollywood anxious, the successful negotiation…

Libertine Pictures has commenced production on Red Rocks, a new live-action family adventure drama series for BYUtv (USA) and Sky (NZ), with global leader in kids’ and family entertainment WildBrain securing rest-of-world distribution rights. Adapted from Kiwi author Rachael King’s award-winning…

Earlier this year, I had the privilege of touring Docklands Studios, a cornerstone of our city’s thriving film industry. This incredible investment by the state government is located just a stone’s throw from the city centre and major transport routes.…

Global game development researchers and experts are meeting in Ōtautahi Christchurch to discuss the power of games in overcoming borders and breaking social barriers. Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha | University of Canterbury (UC) will host the 55th International Simulation…

As IATSE nears what is likely to be the final round of talks with the studios over a new three-year contract beginning Monday, safety is again one of the primary concerns of guild members. In December, a woman died in…

The groundbreaking film Ka Whawhai Tonu goes to cinemas this Matariki weekend, with high hopes of a box office success after eight years of development and several funding rejections. The pivotal 1864 battle of O-Rākau in the New Zealand Wars in Waikato…

I was a new set decorator so excited to be working on “My Life as an Experiment,” a pilot that was produced by Jack Black. I was even more excited to learn that Donald Sutherland was one of the actors.…

This story was originally published on The Spinoff If you’re just watching television on your couch, the way god intended, this might look like a strong year for New Zealand reality TV. Three has screened My Mum, Your Dad and…

By RNZ Temuera Morrison says the strong faces of 19th-century Māori leaders inspired his performance in the historic new film Ka Whawhai Tonu. “Their eyes look so much deeper. They could connect to the cosmos a lot better than we can…

As founder of South Pacific Pictures, John Barnett is one of the most powerful voices in New Zealand culture. He joins Duncan Greive to assess – and critique – the current state of our screen industry.…

After seeing Cord Jefferson win the Adapted Screenplay Oscar for his work on American Fiction, the widely acclaimed adaptation of his 2001 novel Erasure, author Percival Everett has set up his latest book, James, at Universal Pictures, with Taika Waititi …

Some of the country’s leading and emerging film industry talent will be in Oamaru this weekend attending New Zealand’s first regional story incubator that aims to support local film-makers and help creatives from the region generate copyright and intellectual property…