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SUMMARY:Doc Edge Festival 2026 - Extended Submission Deadline
DESCRIPTION:NZ filmmakers — submissions for Doc Edge Festival 2026 are now open!\nDoc Edge invites Aotearoa’s documentary community to submit films for the 21st edition of the festival. They are looking for powerful New Zealand stories across shorts and features\, as well as immersive\, from emerging voices to established creatives working in the factual and hybrid space. \nSelected films will screen as part of New Zealand’s Oscar®-qualifying documentary festival\, and top local awards include major cash prizes and Oscar® consideration for 2027.\n🏆 Best NZ Feature: $10\,000 cash prize + Oscar® consideration\n🏆 Best NZ Short: $2\,500 cash prize + Oscar® consideration \nSubmissions via FilmFreeway.\n📅 Extended deadline: 15 February 2026\nBe part of Aotearoa’s leading documentary platform and showcase your work to local and international audiences.
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SUMMARY:2026 Vincent Burke Scholarship
DESCRIPTION:Spada is proud to open nominations for the 2026 Vincent Burke Scholarship\, which aims to support the next generation of New Zealand producers by providing an annual grant of$5\,000 to assist the advancement of their projects\, companies\, or careers. \n2026 marks the second year this scholarship is offered with the inaugural 2025 Vincent Burke Scholarship awarded to Joyce Wong. \nIn loving memory of her brother\, Wendy Pringle generously bequeathed proceeds from Vincent’s estate to Spada to establish this Scholarship\, dedicated to supporting emerging producers—a cause Vincent championed throughout his remarkable career. \nSpada would also like to thank Vincent’s longtime colleague Laurie Clarke for his help in establishing this Scholarship.  \nVincent Burke worked in the New Zealand screen industry for over 30 years and was noted for addressing social issues and stories from everyday life. His production company Top Shelf created many award-winning documentaries and factual series including ‘All About Eve’ (1991)\, ‘Cinema of Unease’ (1996) and the ambitious ‘Frontier of Dreams’ (2004). Vincent also had a love of drama\, producing ‘Flight of the Albatross’ (1995) and co-producing ‘Predicament’ (2010). In more recent years he produced feature documentary ‘100 Men’ (2017) and was an executive producer on the first Tongan feature film ‘For My Father’s Kingdom’ (2019).  \nVincent was widely respected as an “elder statesman” of our industry. As President of Spada during its days as the NZ Film & Video Training Board\, he made a lasting impact. In 2012\, Vincent was awarded the Spada/Databook Industry Champion Award in recognition of his remarkable career and his dedication to mentoring\, mediating\, and supporting the industry\, its people\, and their stories.  \nVincent’s enduring legacy lives on through the opportunity created by the Vincent Burke Scholarship\, which aims to empower the next generation of New Zealand screen producers.
URL:https://shownews.co.nz/event/2026-vincent-burke-scholarship/
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SUMMARY:Screen Canterbury Production Grant Applications Open
DESCRIPTION:$67\,500 will be distributed to eligible productions by an independent advisory panel made up of established members of industry. \nIf you have any questions\, please email welcome@screencanterbury.nz to organise a chat.  \nWe have also kicked off work on a refreshed long-term strategy. I am looking forward to building on the good work done to date and discovering new opportunities to grow and support the screen sector and the wider creative industries to deliver economic impact.
URL:https://shownews.co.nz/event/screen-canterbury-production-grant-applications-open/
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SUMMARY:Doc Edge Pitch 2026 - Regular Submission Deadline
DESCRIPTION:Submissions are open for Doc Edge Pitch 2026 — New Zealand’s premier platform for developing and showcasing new documentary projects. \nDoc Edge is seeking compelling factual projects (shorts\, features\, and series) in development\, production or rough-cut stage. Selected teams will pitch to international and local decision makers and receive mentoring\, industry access\, and networking opportunities during the festival. \nOpen to both NZ and international filmmakers.\n📅 Regular deadline: 20 February 2026\n📍 Pitching takes place during Doc Edge Festival 2026\n🔗 Full details & application: https://docedge.nz/programme/industry/pitch/
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SUMMARY:Doc Edge Pitch 2026 – Late Submission Deadline
DESCRIPTION:Submissions are open for Doc Edge Pitch 2026 — New Zealand’s premier platform for developing and showcasing new documentary projects. \nDoc Edge is seeking compelling factual projects (shorts\, features\, and series) in development\, production or rough-cut stage. Selected teams will pitch to international and local decision makers and receive mentoring\, industry access\, and networking opportunities during the festival. \nOpen to both NZ and international filmmakers.\n📅 Late deadline: 29 March 2026\n📍 Pitching takes place during Doc Edge Festival 2026\n🔗 Full details & application: https://docedge.nz/programme/industry/pitch/
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SUMMARY:VF 48Hours 2026
DESCRIPTION:The Vista Foundation 48Hours is NZ’s largest guerrilla filmmaking competition! There is nothing quite like it. Over 10\,000 short films have been produced in the 48Hours competition over the 22 years it has run. \nOver 500 teams of filmmakers enter each year with just 48 hours to write\, shoot and cut a film with a given genre and a collection of assigned elements. Filmmakers compete for awards in their regions\, culminating in a grand final event where the national winner takes the title of Grand National Champion. \nThe Vista Foundation 48Hours aims to create a dynamic event that provides opportunities for emerging and established filmmakers to make short films in an environment that encourages innovation\, creative risk-taking\, and builds long term collaborations and community. We offer a screening opportunity and an enthusiastic inbuilt audience within the competition for teams to showcase their talent.
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