Sessions

Taylor Nixon talks about the release of microdrama Feelings Club, playing out over Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and YouTube. The show’s around a third of the way through its run, has currently racked up around 2.5 million views, and is also…

Morgana O’Reilly’s stage show Stories About My Body is now on film, and ready to play in this year’s Comedy Festival. Morgana talks about bringing the show to the world, to the screen and to the world, again. Get tix…

The first season of kids unplugged starts its run on RNZ and YouTube on Thursday (2 April). Creators Kylie and Anton and presenter Judah talk about bringing a show about being offline, online.…

Jade Kent talks the recent annual hui on Auckland of the regional film offices.…

SMSG’s Melissa Conway and Graeme Revell talk about Future Frames, opening for registration on 27 March, and the expanded programme it offers this year.…

Angela Cudd talks about the 2026 Aho Shorts programme, now accepting applications. Aho Shorts closes applications on Friday 24 April…

Lisa Burd talks about her Taranaki-shot doco No Tears on the Field, premiered last year in the Doc Edge Festival, and now heading to general release from 19 March.…

Steve Barr’s Requiem For An Assassin was recently named on The Grey List. He explains to benefits of such recognition, and navigating a chaotic landscape for creating screen content.…

Holly Shervey and Emmett Skilton talk bringing Crackhead to life and to Three & ThreeNow, where it starts its 8-ep first season this week. The show has also been picked up by HBO Max for Australia.…

4 years on from launch, Mike Minogue talks bringing the arms of Frank under one roof, and creating opportunities to help people build sustainable careers.…

Rebecca Tansley talks making Tenor: My Name is Pati, which opens this week in NZ cinemas after sold-out screenings for its world premiere at the Santa Barbara IFF. Find screenings near you here.…

Festival director Maddy de Young talks about the programme for this year’s Māoriland Film Festival, coming 24-28 March and presenting a line-up of
19 features and 89 shorts – 40 of them from here. The festival has also just published…

Alice talks about the 50th anniversary of the Writers Guild, celebrating it with a programme of events that kicks off this week, and looking forward to the beginning of collective bargaining under SIWA. Tickets for the Friday 27 Feb event…

Producer Victoria Dabbs talks Holy Days, made with some globally-recognised cast members, Canadian co-pro partners, and shot in Canterbury.…