Each month we have a film picked by a special film industry guest. This month we have the legendary German director Wim Wender's poetic ode to Berlin, WINGS OF DESIRE! Specially chosen by production designer Ashley Turner. Tickets only $10! Happy Hour drinks from 7pm. Screening 8:15pm. 127 mins | Rated PG (Coarse language) | […]
Show Me Shorts is Aotearoa New Zealand’s leading international short film festival. Our mission is to connect New Zealand audiences with short films and share New Zealand short films with the world. We celebrate the short film art form and champion short film makers!
Calling short film makers, students and anyone interested in learning more about what goes on behind the scenes in making movies. Join us for a full day of interactive professional development workshops, filmmaker talks, networking and screenings of short films. Presenters will be available for informal meetings throughout the day. Tickets provide entry to all […]
This Request for Proposals (RFP) invites; funding applications from emerging young filmmakers under 29 years old in Aotearoa to make their first funded short film with urgent themes that matter to them AND / OR applications from aspiring young filmmakers in Aotearoa to take on an unpaid New Filmmaker Placement to shadow one of the […]
Māoriland exists to uplift the perspective and stories of Indigenous peoples. Māoriland considers film, video, digital and interactive media work and artwork (all mediums) made by Indigenous creatives. To be eligible for your work to be presented or displayed by Māoriland, an Indigenous creative must be credited in a key role such as director, producer […]
There are many reasons these days why a filmmaker may find themselves shooting their own footage: think Dame Gaylene Preston following Helen Clark at the United Nations, Briar March for Dame Valerie Adams: More Than Gold or Rachel Currie on the TVNZ docuseries Unbreakable. Come along to this event, bring your camera and join our […]
Queenstown Writers Festival invites you to apply for a three-hour screenwriting workshop with acclaimed filmmaker and writer Dame Gaylene Preston. Dame Gaylene is a leading light of New Zealand cinema. She is both director and screenwriter of Ruby and Rata and Bread and Roses, and the director of the documentaries War Stories Our Mothers Never Told […]
- From live showcases to massive parties – experience the worlds of Music, Screen and Games all around the city. - See the next generation of tech, innovation and games disrupters. - Connect with inspiring speakers, panelists and mentors.
Join NYWIFT for our inaugural Masterclass Series: Writing for Television with critically-acclaimed writer Amy Fox. Powerful television can shape hearts, change minds, and expand worldviews with memorable characters and riveting plots. You have your story idea – but how can you translate it to the screen? This series of three masterclasses focuses on building the […]
Join Script to Screen and the New Zealand Film Commission for a live webinar on Tuesday 17th October 5:00-6:00 pm. You will hear about what’s needed to apply for Whiringa Tauatahi – Stage One of Kōpere Hou – Fresh Shorts and get a complete overview of the application process and the selection criteria. Register for […]
We are excited to welcome Thomas Robins & Nick Ward from Sky Originals Sky NZ to Ōtautahi Christchurch on the 19th October, for local content creators. Thomas Robins is Head of Sky Originals/Head of Scripted Commissioning & Nick Ward is Head of Non-Scripted Commissioning. They bring over two decades of industry experience and are proud […]
Someday Stories 8 (in production 2024) invites: funding applications from emerging young filmmakers under 29 years old in Aotearoa to make their first funded short film with urgent themes that matter to them AND / OR applications from aspiring young filmmakers in Aotearoa to take on an unpaid New Filmmaker Placement to shadow one of […]
Spend a day with James Napier Robertson (The Dark Horse, Whina) as he guides participants through his approach to screenwriting and developing story ideas for film. Throughout the day James will look at what makes a great story, discuss the stages of development, the fundamentals of character creation and connecting character to story. He’ll also […]
From ‘Looney Tunes’ to ‘Lunatics’, Terror-Fi 2023 sees the festival’s best and most diverse line-up yet! This year’s programme has been carefully curated to include award-winning and audience favourite genre films from festivals like Sundance, SXSW, Fantasia, Toronto, Sitges, and Fantastic Fest… with some incredible hidden gems and two retro classics thrown in for good […]
Colourists contribute to the feel and mood of a film or series by helping to define its look. Working with the Director and Director of Photography, they tune in a palette and tone; whether the look is contrasty and warm or cooler in the shadows, there’s lots of magic that happens in the grading suite […]
Got an idea for a reality Tv show and want to learn how to take it through to fruition? This is the workshop for you. Whether you are an aspiring or experienced producer join Emmy Award-winning television producer Jon Kroll (Amazing Race, Gordon Ramsay Unchartered) as he takes you through the ins and outs of […]
An evening meetup for all New Zealand production designers, art directors, set decorators and prop masters. Welcome drinks and food. Introduction by Grant Major about the goals of the International Production Designers Week and the Production Designers Collective. Brief talk from two production designers about recently completed projects. Zoom link available for those who can […]
I’m Jennifer Carriere and in the last 15 years I have script supervised literally hundreds of episodes of network television and dozens of films. I created, out of sheer necessity, the most efficient, fail-proof script supervising system possible. This enabled me to work far more shows per year than is standard (or even conceivable). Being […]
You do not have to nominate someone in each category, but you can if you like. If you don't have a nominee for a particular category, please just skip to the next one. NOTE: You can come back and edit your responses later provided you use the same device. The Award categories are: South Pacific […]
We have an opportunity for Pacific Islands Screen artists who are applying for the Kōpere Hou Fresh Shorts 2023 Fund to attend our Drop-in session on Monday 30th October. Each session will provide 30-45mins with experienced Filmmakers who can provide guidance on your application. We have limited sessions available between 5:15pm - 8:30pm, so be […]
Every November, the entire global film industry converges in Santa Monica for the American Film Market. AFM is the premier film acquisition, development and networking event where more than $1 Billion in distribution and film financing deals are closed each year on completed films and those in every stage of development. More business-oriented than any […]
Māoriland exists to uplift the perspective and stories of Indigenous peoples. Māoriland considers film, video, digital and interactive media work and artwork (all mediums) made by Indigenous creatives. To be eligible for your work to be presented or displayed by Māoriland, an Indigenous creative must be credited in a key role such as director, producer […]
Watch Out! They Get You While You're Sleeping! When health official Elizabeth Driscoll (Brooke Adams) notices that her lover has become strangely distant, this sets in train a series of shocking discoveries that sees both her and colleague Matthew Bennell (Donald Sutherland) fleeing for their lives to the sound of ear-piercing alien screams. Remakes of […]
It's time for our Annual General Meeting (AGM) and opportunity to catch up with everyone. With a couple of challenging years of lockdowns, weather events, writer and actor strikes, funding reviews and a stalled public broadcasting merger, and now a change in government, it is a great time to get involved and help steer the […]
NZWG and DEGANZ are once again offering Virtual Table Reads for 2023. A core cast – max. six actors – together with a writer + director team OR writer/director will collaborate on each script-in-development table read. The script must have a director attached and have been through a development process.
Date: Thursday 02 Nov 2023 Location: Park Road Post Production, 141 Park Road, Miramar, Wellington Time: 5:30 - 8:30pm 5:30-6:00pm Welcome drinks and food (come hungry!) 6:00 pm-7:00 pm Remote Collaboration live demonstration with Chicago, Toronto & Colombia During this live presentation you'll see how to work remotely with any kind of timed-based media, covering […]
We have assembled some top notch VFX professionals for the evening. Tobias Wolters, VFX Supervisor and VFX Producers Max Serges and Will Reece who will all be joining us to talk about the evolution of the VFX production department, interdepartmental collaboration and onset workflows including emerging technologies. We welcome local screen industry, VFX academic staff […]
Join us down the rabbit hole for the NZ premiere of Night Freaks, a multi genre mashup musical. During the COVID pandemic ordinary citizens Jules and Lucy are abducted by grey aliens, taken onboard a UFO where they’re given a message of hope for the world in these fractured times. Back on earth, both Jules […]
Spend a day with Pip Hall (One Lane Bridge, Jonah, Why Does Love?) as she guides participants through her process when developing story ideas for TV series. Throughout the day Pip will look at character and character function, theme and story engine as well as constructing an outstanding pilot script and pitch document. This workshop will be craft […]
The NZ Web Fest runs online 5-13 November. Register here (it's free!) to enjoy the podcast, shorts and series selections. This year's awards for NZ finalists run in-person in Auckland on Sunday 12 November.