Pitchfest is hosted by Wellington's Floating Rock Studio. In 2022, they received an investment by Hillfarrance and are using that money to invest in YOU, the creator, of your upcoming animated film or TV series. We're here to support you and your vision with $100,000 to build a pitch, then present to buyers!
Michael Duignan (The Paragon), Tom Levesque (Shut Eye), and Tom Sainsbury (Loop Track) will join Mia Maramara to discuss the end-to-end production processes of their respective feature films and how they kept to their shoestring budgets of under $500K without scarifying craft and quality.
Fundraising campaign for David Harrison's short drama. After an actress's career is ruined for rejecting another actor's sexual advances, her family devises an elaborate plot to enact revenge by dismantling his reputation. Who are we? Dead Slate Studios is a production company made up of film school graduates. Our members specialize in Producing, Directing, Acting, […]
The Moana Pasifika Producers Development Initiative is an initiative funded by the New Zealand Film Commission that aims to provide emerging Moana Pasifika screen producers with the skills, knowledge, and networks to develop and produce compelling content for New Zealand's screen industry. Our vision is to implement impactful change to New Zealand’s screen sector by increasing and […]
By invitation, Christchurch
Join us in the second instalment of How We Got There: From Idea to Impact, where attendees come face to face with two vanguard storytellers whose cultural identities fuel their mahi. This event brings you face-to-face with Kiel McNaughton and Kerry Warkia, a storytelling duo whose cultural identities fuel their creative work. Starting as actors, […]
The Pink Floyd Experience are a Kiwi band who have been wowing crowds for 28 years. They are hard-working men and women with day jobs. They have toured widely in New Zealand and Australia and have a following on social media approaching 45,000 true believers internationally. Their gigs are sold-old, visually and audio-wise brilliant – reproducing […]
A month long season of weekly scene groups is coming to you! Collaboratively run, democratic, no leader, participatory - just practice and encouragement. You will prepare and perform a scene for your peers and support each other to have fun and take risks. Positive, encouraging feedback only. A chance to improve your acting "fitness" or […]
A month long season of weekly scene groups is coming to you! Collaboratively run, democratic, no leader, participatory - just practice and encouragement. You will prepare and perform a scene for your peers and support each other to have fun and take risks. Positive, encouraging feedback only. A chance to improve your acting "fitness" or […]
The Queer Producers Incubator is a two-day intensive workshop taking place on Fri 10th and Sat 11th May in Tāmaki Makaurau. The workshop will support and upskill 5 emerging queer identifying producers who have at least one project in development. Sessions from guest speakers will be tailored to the group and include the following topics: […]
Our second Writer's Room for 2024 will be in Ōtautahi (Christchurch) and online, and will be led by award winning writer Victor Rodger ONZM (Sons, My Name is Gary Cooper). The topic of focus for this Writer's Room will be: Synopsis and Treatments. Victor Rodger (Iva) is a multiple award winning Otautahi-born writer of Sāmoan and […]
This weekend intensive trains actors to create believable characters and emotionally connected relationships on screen. Working in pairs with scripts, actors learn the Art of Relating, which maximises creative choices and trains actor to bring their emotional instincts to the screen.
Fundraising for a short film that tells the story of a transgender woman, Charlotte, returning home to come out to her parents . But the dinner quickly goes south, as her parents struggle to come to terms with her transition, and Charlotte’s anxieties begin to manifest themselves in dark, sinister ways. The film is a […]
‘NOWHERE TO BE’ is an intimate portrait of humanity shot during the global coronavirus pandemic, pulling back the curtain on those who are usually behind the camera - showing that the need to create will always endure. It’s April 2020. As the COVID-19 pandemic ravages the world, humanity is brought to a standstill. All ages, […]
Applying for Kōpere Ake? Need help or advice? Experienced TV creator and NZWG Vice President Rachel Lang can give you top tips about what to include in your series proposal (and what not to) and answer all your curly questions. Rachel will cover tips and tricks in creating your best Kōpere Ake application, including: - […]
This Boosted campaign will help to fund a short film aimed to showcase the tone and style of an anticipated tv series project: DABBLE. DABBLE follows the creative lives of three queer twenty-somethings — Maud, MT, and Mick — as they navigate the come-ups and setbacks of being artists in Tamaki Makaurau. It’s a struggle-dark comedy balancing […]
Join us for a joint event between Proud Voices On Screen and PASC. Minority creatives can feel a burden in needing to represent their community on screen. On the other hand, it is freeing to be able to create work you and your community want to see. Creating characters and stories that project what you […]
Siggraph Asia has an open call for XR experiences. Extended Reality (XR) is an umbrella term for augmented (AR), mixed (MR) and virtual reality (VR) experiences. Based on the reality-virtuality continuum first proposed by Milgram, it covers the spectrum of immersion from completely physical to completely virtual. We welcome submissions that push the boundaries of […]
