Funding Bodies & Film Investors
New Zealand Film Commission provides a wide range of opportunities for New Zealand filmmakers and the New Zealand film industry.
Te Māngai Pāho funds media and content to promote Māori language & culture.
New Zealand On Air invests in public media for many different audiences.
The Screen CanterburyNZ Production Grant provides funding to domestic and international productions.
Guilds And Unions
Screen Industry New Zealand (SINZ) is a pan-sector team, made up of representatives from many key industry guilds and organisations, as well as major stakeholders.
Actors Agents Association of New Zealand works for the benefit of all New Zealand Actors and Agents.
Equity New Zealand empowering and representing New Zealand’s performers in the entertainment industry.
New Zealand Writers Guild represents the professional interests of writers in the fields of film, television, theatre, radio, comics and new media.
Pan-Asian Screen Collective (PASC) provides advocacy and training, and facilitates opportunities behind the camera and on screen for practitioners of Pan-Asian heritage in the Aotearoa New Zealand screen sector.
Ngā Aho Whakaari’s core business is to advocate for, and support Māori in the Screen Industries.
The Stunt Guild of New Zealand (SGNZ) represents and promotes the professional stunt industry of New Zealand.
The New Zealand Motion Picture Distributors’ Association (MPDA) is a non-profit organisation which represents major international film studios in this territory.
Screen Producers NZ (SPADA) plays a pivotal role in the screen sector by advocating and lobbying on behalf of its members for a thriving and dynamic domestic screen industry.
Aotearoa Screen Publicists Collective is a voice for publicists, social media and audience engagement experts in the screen industry.
New Zealand Cinematographers Society to foster the profession of cinematography.
Advertising Producers Aotearoa advocates for advertising producers and production company producers.
The Pacific Islands Screen Artists Group (PISA) supports, encourages and promotes individuals of Pacific Islands heritage working in the New Zealand Screen sectors at all stages of their journey.
Screen Music & Sound Guild Of New Zealand promotes and grows the sector to build sustainable careers in music and sound in Aotearoa New Zealand and beyond.
Film Auckland is the leading voice of the screen industry across the Auckland region.
Australia New Zealand Screen Association represents the film and television content and distribution industry in Australia and New Zealand.
Directors and Editors Guild of Aotearoa New Zealand are dedicated to the creative, cultural and financial well-being of New Zealand directors, editors and assistant editors.
Screen Industry Guild of Aotearoa New Zealand represents the interests of screen industry crew and allied crafts.
Woman In Film And Television (WIFT) is to ensure women are welcomed, supported and thriving in an equitable screen industry.
New Zealand Game Developers Association champions, supports and grows game development in New Zealand.
The Visual Effects Society (VES) is a global professional honorary society and the entertainment industry’s only organization representing the full breadth of visual effects practitioners.
ScreenSafe supports and promotes Health and Safety in the New Zealand Screen Sector.
Creative Advocacy
Script to Screen supports New Zealand screen practitioners to tell exceptional stories that reflect who we are.
WeCreate is the alliance of New Zealand’s creative industries.
Film Festivals
Whānau Mārama: New Zealand International Film Festival is a national event to enhance the appreciation of, and engagement with, global art and culture by providing access to a diverse range of high-quality film.
NZ Web Fest celebrates web series and online video content.
The Wairoa Maori Film Festival was founded with the purpose of supporting, recognising and presenting the indigenous storyteller narrative
Doc Edge Festival showcases the best films from New Zealand and around the world and is committed to selecting the highest quality films that show excellence in storytelling, celebrate diversity, and inspire social change.
Māoriland Film Festival is Aotearoa’s international Indigenous Film Festival. Each March we bring the world to Ōtaki to celebrate Indigenous voices and storytelling in film.
Show Me Shorts is Aotearoa New Zealand’s leading international short film festival. We are a competitive Academy Awards-accredited festival that screens in more than 35 cinemas nationwide.
48Hour Film Festival is NZ’s largest guerrilla filmmaking competition!
The Rotorua Indigenous Film Festival brings together the year’s best indigenous films from around the globe for an intense three-day festival.
Regional Film Offices
Education
Share The Knowledge is a not-for-profit company that provides exclusive New Zealand Screen Industry specialised training courses with a focus on excellence.
The New Zealand Broadcasting School is a provider of applied education in broadcast journalism, television, film, digital media and radio performance and production.
Yoobee College of Creative Innovation has a range of study pathways to get your name on the screen, and we’ll give you the creative freedom to explore while you develop your skills.
SAE New Zealand has hands-on, accredited training from industry experts in state-of-the-art facilities.
Awards
The New Zealand Television Awards recognises excellence in television and honours the special skills and unique talents of the companies and individuals who create, produce, and perform in television programmes.
The AXIS Awards celebrate and inspire the best creative advertising in Aotearoa.
The New Zealand Cinematographer Society Awards are a way to encourage, recognise, and honour world-class cinematography in New Zealand.
Broadcasting
