Sessions

Ness Patea and Joel Tempero talk this year’s Vista Foundation 48Hours competition, which opens its doors for registrations on Monday (1 June).…

Bruce talks about selling Action Actors, which has been supporting actors in Auckland for many years by providing temp work.…

Producer Lealani Siaosi and show creators Max Griffin & Donald Mackenzie Mayo talk about bringing proof-of-concept teen drama series Please Don’t Break Anything to the internet with Kevin & Co. Enjoy the series here.…

Leanne Pooley talks about Choir Games, a double winner at SeriesFest, and the challenges facing factual content in the current environment. (In 2009, Leanne directed Topp Twins: Untouchable Girls. This interview was recorded before the new of Dame Jools’ death…

Grant and Shelley talk about the journey to bring The Time Traveller’s Guide to Hamilton Gardens to screens across Aotearoa and beyond.…

Dale talks about this year’s Big Screen Symposium, for which early bird tickets are now on sale and the call for volunteers open.…

Jaimee Poipoi and Roo Reihana-Wilson talk about taking their podcast Kaputi with the Cousins to the recent NZ Podcasting Summit.…

Fergus Grady talks about the 20th edition of the French Film Festival, taking 24 films to 24 centres, including one straight from this year’s Cannes Film Festival.…

Leo talks about 21 years of Wairoa Māori Film Festival, and the importance of Māori movies. .…

Chelsie talks about the 8-year journey to Caterpillar and telling the story of three generations of women.…

Alice talks about the continuing NZWG50 celebrations – in Christchurch on 21 May – new merch, and progress on the road to negotiations under SIWA.…

Better Public Media’s Peter Thompson talks about the current government’s media reform package, introduced to bring legislation around NZ media into the 21st century, and now left lying fallow and forlorn in a ditch. This is the second part of…

Better Public Media’s Peter Thompson talks about the organisation’s recent public meeting, with its discussion of
AI – focused on its use in journalism – and what’s important to understand, especially with an election coming in 6 months. (Part one…

Suzy talks about bringing back her iconic kids show You and Me, this time on YouTube, with new eps rolling out weekly from Saturday 2 May and supporting material on youandme.nz.…