New Zealand
NZ Film Festival: homegrown crop harvested
Travelling under three banners, Dramatic Digital Shorts, Quirky Stories and Works on Film, the Film Festival's 2010 Homegrown programme has…
Outsourcing: a British Olympic cock-up
There are many reasons for the British screen industry to strain at its stiff upper lip in relation to the…
Guns for Hire: There Will Be <del>Blood</del> Rewrites
As Shortland Street's 18th birthday episode rolled credits on TV2, four people who worked on it at various times braved…
Toi Whakaari: NZ Drama School Is 40!
This year Toi Whakaari: NZ Drama School celebrates its 40th Anniversary with a tantalising birthday programme of productions, events, workshops…
Reel Earth: birds and rooting pensioners prove popular
Saturday night saw the Gala Opening of the Reel Earth Film Festival in Palmerston North, with awards presented to the…
Auckland City Council: seeking feedback on film protocol
Auckland City Council recognises that a flourishing screen production industry brings substantial economic benefits to the city and that the…
V48: winners revealed and revelled in
2006 winners The Downlow Concept picked up a second Grand Champ award for Only Son. Wildcard entry Team Idiotvision were…
New Zealand Weekly Box Office to 19 May, 2010
Boy stays strong, passing the World's Fastest Indian's earnings to take top spot on the all-time NZ box office chart.…
Budget 2010: looks just like 2009
The government announced the 2010-11 budget yesterday, to muted sounds of opposition and disagreement about its likely effectiveness. The cultural…
ACT: one party you don't want an invite to
Roger Douglas unveils ACT's alternative budget, scorching any bit of cultural earth on which the government spends money on –…