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Ruby Chen, Co-Founder and CEO of CNEX Foundation, has been named the 2025 Doc Edge Superhero, an honour recognising her outstanding contribution to global documentary filmmaking. She will receive the award at the Doc Edge Awards on 3 July and…

Films made with the help of artificial intelligence (AI) will be able to win top awards at the Oscars, according to its organisers. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences issued new rules on Monday which said the use…

This story was originally published on The Spinoff. We’re spoiled for choice when it comes to streaming services in New Zealand, but as more and more services put their subscription prices up, it’s easy to wonder: who deserves my hard…

One of just two local features made in the 1960s, this riotous musical comedy from John O’Shea and Pacific Films features Howard Morrison, Lew Pryme and Kiri Te Kanawa, plus distinctive graphics by artist Pat Hanly. As the ads for…

From generative AI to cloud productions, the AWS booth at NAB 2025 shows that the media and entertainment industry isn’t slowing down… it’s speeding up. When film and video professionals think about the annual NAB Show in Las Vegas each…

Hollywood workers have committed to a show of force ahead of key hearings this week for the California legislation aimed at expanding and amending the state’s Film and Television Tax Credit Program. Deadline understands that more than 100,000 letters have…

On April 15, The Hollywood Reporter published an article, citing observers, that asserted that a U.K. streamers’ tax, long advocated by programme-makers in Britain and recently endorsed by a U.K. parliamentary committee, will never in fact come to pass. It…

Netflix is no longer reporting number of subscribers on a quarterly basis. But it’s still motoring with a hot growth engine, delivering financial results for the first quarter of 2025 that topped Wall Street expectations. The industry-leading subscription streamer reported…