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There’s probably no better time to talk to a filmmaker than the day after a successful film premiere. Packing the Event Chartwell cinema with over 1,300 people, the New Zealand premiere of Ka Whawhai Tonu – Struggle Without End won’t…

In 1995, Costa Botes and Peter Jackson played a brilliant practical joke on us all. New Zealand in 1995 was a very different place. Jim Bolger was the prime minister, while Helen Clark and a sprightly 50-year-old Winston Peters sat…

Heading towards the pointy end of its activities is this year’s edition of the Vista 48Hours competition. Across the motu 570 teams registered for the competition this year, delivering 499 eligible films out of the mid-May shoot weekend. 162 School…

L.A.-based Stability AI named media and tech exec Prem Akkaraju CEO and Napster founder Sean Parker executive chair as the imaging, language, code and audio generative AI company closed an initial investment round. The fresh capital — although it’s not…

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…