Television
Sinbad and the Minotaur: starts production
Production commenced in southeast Queensland this week on the period fantasy film Sinbad and the Minotaur, an action-packed ‘reboot’ of…
FIFO: Grand Prix winner suffers in translation
Lyn COllie, producer of There Once was an Island, collected the Grand Prix at FIFO. Under the influence of champagne…
New Zealand Weekend Box Office to 31 January, 2010
There's little else one can say about Avatar with even its publicist getting nominated for an award in the US.…
mPICS: former Film NZ head gives up on Wellington summer, gets back to work
Last September, Judith McCann surprised many by stepping down at short notice from her post as CEO of Film New…
Arkles Entertainment: 'distributor of last resort' closing its doors
John Davies' Arkles Entertainment is closing up shop in New Zealand after over seven years. Mr Davies, who today took…
Melbourne Office Space:
Quiet, inexpensive office to rent in Fitzroy from late February in big building full of film-makers, producers, writers, creative types...Unique…
MELBOURNE-MADE FEATURE FILM A HIT AT SUNDANCE
Melbourne-made feature film ANIMAL KINGDOM has won top honours at the Sundance Film Festival, taking out the Dramatic Jury Prize…
NZ Box Office: up 8.6% in 2009
The good news, for distributors at least, was that the 2009 box office was up year on year – Another…
‘Being in Heaven': Unusual Australian Film Breaks Records
A brand new and unique Australian cinema film has crept up unexpectedly to national cinema release. Without any help from…
NZ Shorts and Docos: making waves in the US
The Six Dollar Fifty Man has won the top prize- the Jury Prize in International Short Filmmaking- at Sundance in…