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On 111 screens, The Super Mario Galaxy Movie opened on top of the heap, taking $803,089 over the frist (and long) weekend of the school holidays for $894,886 including previews. Ryan Gosling in space in Project Hail Mary continued on…

In this candid and often wry documentary, Ian Mune reflects on his journey as a self-described “Kiwi actor” — from theatre floor sweeper to film pioneer. Revisiting breakthrough works like Sleeping Dogs, he discusses collaboration, controversy and the realities of…

Ian Mune directed and produced this government-commissioned series for TV2’s Contact documentary slot, blending straight-talking health advice with sharp, Pythonesque sketches. Written by John Banas and featuring familiar Kiwi faces including Ian Watkin and Geoff Murphy, the shows reveal Mune’s…

VFX Guild’s Bree and CAFE’s Garrick talk about the Industry Dayz programme at this year’s Wellington Animation Film Festival, and running online and in-person events this year. Details and tix are here for the in-person programme (20-22 Mar). *** PLEASE…

Petrina D’Rozario talks about putting together the India Film Festival in NZ with the Film India Screen Collective, her recent trip to India with the NZFC-led delegation, and what might or might not work well for co-productions.…

Tenor: My Name is Pati charts the against-the-odds journey of Pene, who is now widely recognised as one of the world’s leading tenors and Amitai – also a rising star in the operatic world – from their original family home…

The Australian Government has formally ruled out introducing a Text and Data Mining (TDM) exception to copyright law—blocking a move that would have allowed tech companies to scrape and use Australian creative works to train AI models without permission. Communications…

That expanded menu. That collectible popcorn bucket. The reclining seats. Those amenities plus large screen format offerings are all part of how the North American exhibition industry has re-invested more than $1.5 billion in their theaters in the past year.…

The news that Wellington-based visual effects and animation company Wētā FX is planning to cut around 100 jobs has been dubbed a “major blow” to the capital’s creative sector. In a statement this morning, Wētā FX confirmed staff were informed…

Screenrights is proud to share that it distributed a record AU$42.6 million to members in the year to 30 June 2025. Further details will be released in the organisation’s annual report later this year, but the figure is a new…

Forty game development studios across Aotearoa New Zealand will receive a share of $22.44m in the second year of the Game Development Sector Rebate (GDSR), with initial data showing a 20.5% increase in roles and each GDSR-funded employee generating over…