TEMPORAL is the passion project of Weston Symes and James Tweddle. We have been dreaming about creating a grounded, cassette futurism, sci-fi film following a lone spaceman on a desolate […]

Now in its fourth year, Sony presents the Catchlight Film Festival to once again celebrate the best short-form filmmaking shot on Sony cameras across Australia and New Zealand. The Festival […]

From Gisborne to Glastonbury, while managing friendship, whanau, and wellbeing the young, queer DJ Messie rises to fame, seen through the lenses of current club subcultures. Our crew is looking […]

The Adaptive Boxing Event is the first one of its kind in New Zealand. The event was held on Saturday 23rd of March in South Auckland. The event featured adaptive, […]

Tympanic is our take on the post apocalyptic story. Inspired by Movies and TV shows like A Quiet Place and The Last of Us. We wanted to make a universal […]

Join us in the inaugural Misty Flicks Challenge, New Zealand's catalyst for short film mastery and collaborative filmmaking. We're igniting the passion of our homegrown talent to tell stories that […]

Developing nations such as the South Pacific’s Cook Islands need to learn more about telling their own digital stories to aid social and economic development. To be able to see […]

The Nuku’alofa Film Festival was founded in 2015, by artistic director Sisi’uno Helu and other filmmakers from New Zealand of Tongan descent. It’s aim is to empower Tongan and Tagata […]

When a young woman has a chance meeting with an old school friend, she must consider what it means to truly connect with someone, no matter the circumstances of their […]

A young Filipina living in New Zealand discovers her father’s dark past after her journalist ex-lover is murdered, and must choose between loyalty to her family or risking it all […]

Brooke Benton (Writer, Director) and Kate Goodwin's (Producer) The Chair was amongst 12 films shortlisted for Kōpere Hou Fresh Shorts, but unfortunately wasn’t one of the three films selected to […]

What Once Was is an LGBTQ+ coming of age short film being made by a group of young queer film students here in Te Whanganui-a-Tara, Aotearoa. We want to contribute […]

After a failed suicide attempt, a man finds himself stuck in a hospital room with a terminally ill child, where he is forced to reconsider his perspective on life and […]

Haunted by disturbing visions that his fiancée, Lily may be a werewolf, Mike struggles to express his fears to their therapist, Dr. Silverman. Despite the advice from his therapist and […]

Chiaroscuro is a student-led psychological thriller short film that celebrates storytelling's power to unite. Our team consists of a diverse crew of filmmakers from varied cultural backgrounds, and is led […]

Funny Business is a joyful queer short film about friendship, being a young creative trying to make a living, and prioritising the fun in life through the changes and challenges […]

Entry submission for the 7th NZCS Awards will be open from 10th June to the 21st July. Registration must have been completed, media submission form and media must be received […]