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Kiwi screen legend Cliff Curtis has been honoured at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards for his decades-long career spent in front of and behind the camera. At a star-studded ceremony on Australia’s Gold Coast on Saturday night, the prolific Māori film-maker received…

They made their business fortune when their ready-to-eat food empire sold for $A125m. This Queenstown couple are now pouring their “blood sweat and tears” into their own feature film. An extraordinary story – perhaps worthy of its own film –…

Sales of British shows to the U.S. hit a record high last year as American buyers looked to stock the shelves with content, according to Pact‘s latest UK TV Exports Report. UK distributor revenues from the U.S. shot up by 13%…

David Farrier is used to getting in over his head. When his 2016 documentary Tickled screened at True/False Festival in Missouri, two private eyes were thrown out, suspected of filming with cameras hidden in Starbucks cups. A trick that Farrier…

Director Gaylene Preston documents the making of Utu, Geoff Murphy’s ambitious Western set during the 1870s land wars. Murphy likens filmmaking to football—“set up the event and cover it”—but the process proves far more complex. From remote set construction to…

NZ On Air is delighted with the celebration of local content at tonight’s NZ TV Awards, with approximately three-quarters of the awards won by NZ On Air funded content. 

One of those winning shows is After The Party, which took home…

The American Society of Cinematographers presented a discussion about artificial intelligence, focused on how it’s being used today in filmmaking and its legal implications, during cinematography festival EnergaCamerimage. To the latter, there were a lot of questions for panelist Angela…

YouTube CEO Neal Mohan announced the launch of “Veo in Dream Screen,” AI-generated backgrounds in YouTube Shorts. This feature was unveiled at this year’s Made on YouTube event. Veo in Dream Screen is powered by Google DeepMind’s newest model, offering…