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8th Pacific International Documentary Film Festival (FIFO Tahiti 2011)
Thursday, 11 March 2010 CALL for ENTRIES   The 8th Pacific International Documentary Film Festival will take place in Papeete, Tahiti, from 24 to 30 january, 2011. ... Read More
Local filmmaker takes a crack at directing Kiwi gems
Wednesday, 3 March 2010 Local filmmaker, Jamie Lawrence, is shooting his second short film this week titled Darryn Exists, financed by the Screen Innovation Production Fund (... Read More
New Chief Executive for Film New Zealand
Wednesday, 17 February 2010 Gisella Carr has been appointed Chief Executive of Film New Zealand, the national film office based in Wellington. Announcing the appointment, Film N... Read More
Kiwi Documentary Fills Houses at Berlin Film Festival
Monday, 15 February 2010 A small New Zealand documentary is having a big impact overseas, selling out all 1000-seat screenings at the Berlin Film Festival in just three days. ... Read More
Kiwis Among Final Five in Film Competition
Thursday, 28 January 2010 Two New Zealand film-makers have made it through to the top five in an international film competition organised by Tourism New Zealand. Academy A... Read More
Call For Entries to Homegrown at the New Zealand International Film Festival 2010
Friday, 22 January 2010 MIC Toi Rerehiko in collaboration with the New Zealand International Film Festivals 2010, is pleased to announce the first call for submissions for Ho... Read More
Last call for entries to the World Festival of Animated Film – Animafest Zagreb 2010
Tuesday, 19 January 2010 20th World Festival of Animated Film – Animafest Zagreb is dedicated to short animated films and will be held from 01 – 06 June 2010 in Zagreb, C... Read More
International Pitching Event for Oceanic Films
Monday, 14 December 2009 Tahiti-based Oceanic film festival FIFO will be holding an international pitching event on January 28 2010.   Project-proposers are invited to ... Read More
‘TUIA’ wins Best Music Video at Toronto Arts Festival
Thursday, 22 October 2009 The music video directed by Louise Potiki Bryant for Ariana Tikao’s song TUIA, won ‘Best Music Video’ at the imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival ... Read More
Call for entries for the Festival de Mexico: animated films
Tuesday, 29 September 2009 Entries are invited for competition in the animated film section of the Festival de México (Mexico City Festival), one of the most dynamic and creativ... Read More
Submissions for Documentary Films to DOCNZ 2010 are now open
Wednesday, 2 September 2009 Check out the rules and regulations here   Deadlines Only entries postmarked on or before the corresponding deadline (date) will be considered... Read More
Toa Fraser awarded Pacific Writer's Residency for Robert Louis Stevenson film
Wednesday, 19 August 2009 Celebrated Fijian New Zealand filmmaker and playwright Toa Fraser has been selected as this year's recipient of the three month Fulbright-Creative New... Read More
Apsa and Netpac announce Development Prize for Asia-Pacific filmmakers
Monday, 17 August 2009 The Asia Pacific Screen Awards (APSA) has announced a collaboration with the Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema (NETPAC) by forming the 'APSA N... Read More
Prize takes Darcy Lange exhibition to Europe as video pioneer’s reputation grows
Thursday, 13 August 2009 Pioneering New Zealand video artist Darcy Lange gains a new European audience next week – thanks to a prize-winning bid by the Govett-Brewster Art Gal... Read More
UPDATE - Call for entry to Pacific International Documentary Film Festival of Tahiti
Tuesday, 11 August 2009 The 7th edition of the Pacific International Documentary Film Festival of Tahiti, the largest crossroads of the pictures of the Pacific, will take pla... Read More
NZ Premiere of Handmade Nation
Monday, 10 August 2009 The documentary that has taken the USA and Australian arts and craft scene by storm is finally coming to NZ with two screenings in Wellington. Handmad... Read More
NEW ZEALAND ARTISTS CONNECT CREATIVELY IN A WORLDWIDE CELEBRATION OF INDIGENOUS ART
Monday, 13 July 2009   For ten days in August, eight New Zealanders will be participating as part of the Canadian Planet IndigenUs Festival - the world’s largest and... Read More
BLACKSPOT New Zealand Premiere: WETA brothers bring home international award winning film
Friday, 19 June 2009 WETA Workshop artist Ben Hawker is bringing his award winning feature film BLACKSPOT to Wellington’s Embassy Theatre on 15th July for a New Zealand pr... Read More
Call for entries to the Asian Festival of 1st Films 2009
Thursday, 28 May 2009

The Asian Festival of First Films is the world's premiere Film and Documentary Festival for first time filmmakers of Asia - Pacific origin.

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New Zealand short films successful at Cannes
Wednesday, 27 May 2009

Two New Zealand short films screened in competition at the Cannes International Film Festival this year, with The Six Dollar Fifty Man, directed by Mark Albiston and Louis Sutherland, being awarded a Special Distinction.

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Janet Lilo in Japan
Tuesday, 26 May 2009

Auckland video artist Janet Lilo is the latest New Zealander chosen to be a resident artist in Sapporo, Japan, under the JENESYS residency programme.
In her first video blog, she talks about dust masks, the playground, the S-Air programme, her flat & introduces the other artists she is working with.

You can check out her video blog here.

 

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New Zealand International Film Festival evolves in 2009
Monday, 25 May 2009

15 New Zealand cities and towns will this year host the annual International Film Festival which for the first time will relinquish its various regional names to be called the New Zealand International Film Festival.

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SIPF funded film in Cannes Film Festival
Friday, 1 May 2009

'Lars og Peter', a short film funded under the old Screen Innovation Production Fund, has been accepted into the 62nd Cannes International Film Festival.

 

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Weekend Warriors Invade Television
Wednesday, 15 April 2009

New Zealand's largest film competition the 'V' Energy 48HOURS: Furious Filmmaking will be highly visible on cinema screens and television screens this year.

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Calls for applications to AMP Scholarship Programme 2009
Thursday, 9 April 2009

Applications are now open for the AMP Scholarship Programme, established in 1998. Previous recipients range from glass artists and scientists to ballet dancers and actors.

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Call for entries to New Zealand International Film Festivals' Homegrown 2009
Wednesday, 8 April 2009

MIC Toi Rerehiko in collaboration with the 2009 New Zealand International Film Festivals is pleased to announce a call for submissions for Homegrown, New Zealand’s première showcase for local short films, video and animation.

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World Cinema Showcase taking place in Wellington & Auckland
Friday, 3 April 2009

The World Cinema Showcase is on in Wellington and Auckland this month of April. The best 'arthouse' films of the past year, including Cannes Palme d'Or winner The Class will be gracing the screens of The Paramount (Wellington) and Academy (Auckland) cinemas

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Call for entries to 7th Pacific International Documentary Film Festival, Tahiti
Friday, 27 March 2009

The 7th Pacific International Documentary Film Festival is calling for entries to its 2010 edition.

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Call for entry to Hamburg Animation Awards
Thursday, 26 March 2009

The Hamburg Animation Awards is inviting animators from New Zealand to enter their work for the 6th Hamburg Animation Awards to be held on 25 June 2009.

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