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The New Zealand Film Commission (NZFC) welcomes yesterday’s announcement by the Ministry for Culture and Heritage on changes to the domestic Screen Production Rebate, as part of Budget 2026. NZFC Deputy CEO and Head of Co-Production and Incentives, Chris Payne,…

This year’s Big Screen Symposium has started rolling out the names of speakers who’ll be presenting at the event in early July. The first announcement has a strong focus on domestic talent. Last year’s attendees will be happy to hear…

Tomorrow (Friday 29 May) sees the end of Re: News, TVNZ’s youth-focused news platform, which made it to nine years old. In an appropriately youth-focused approach, the news didn’t arrive via a media release, but via a post the Re:…

Vertical microdramas, those quick, snappy series perfect for watching on your phone, are shaking things up in the global screen world. They’re made for people who love to scroll and binge, and they’ve been a huge hit overseas, now starting…

Nintendo’s upcoming live-action The Legend of Zelda is shaping up to be one of the company’s most ambitious projects yet, and its latest production choice reveals a bold creative direction. By filming extensively in New Zealand, the movie is following…

The official trailer has been released today for LOMU, a powerful and compelling portrait of the man behind the legend, Jonah Lomu, the most adored son of the Pacific, a legendary All Black, who transcended the game with his immense power…

The New York Festivals TV & Film Awards, handed out last week, gave wins to of the five NZ titles nominated for awards. Taking away Gold Towers were South Pacific Pictures’s Live and Let Dai, in the documentary category; and…

One feature and a truckload of shorts head to Canada for next month’s imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival, which plays in person and online. Taratoa Stappard’s Mārama, coming off a successful trip to the Seattle International Film Festival, is…

The eighth edition of the South African Film Festival will present 33 short and feature films online across both countries, supported by a small programme of cinema screenings. Auckland is the only NZ centre getting a cinema outing, and that’s…

Entertainer Jools Topp, half of the Topp Twins, the subjects of Leanne Pooley’s award-winning doco Untouchable Girls, has passed away, aged 68. Read more on The Herald.…

Disney+ has acquired Dynamic Television’s New Zealand-set crime comedy-drama Ms X (6×60′) to debut in the UK and Ireland in July. Described as a fast-paced, female-led series, it stars Melissa George (In Treatment) and was originally commissioned by Sky New…

Sky series Bust Up, rolling out from 27 May Lomu, playing the NZIFF before a general release from 3 September East of Eden, coming to Netflix later this year New trailer for Te Arepa Kahi’s Sgt. Haane, now in cinemas…