Television
Australian Screen Industry Greening Up Its Act
The Australian state and federal government screen agencies have announced a united environmental coalition for the national screen industry, with…
Documentary Edge Festival: our programme might be pink, but we're also very green
The newly rebranded Documentary Edge Festival (DEF) will run an environmental strand under the banner Eco-Warriors, featuring five films. Environmentalism…
Oscar Nominations: place your bets
The Oscar shortlists were announced this morning at what was an ungodly hour in New Zealand. There were few surprises,…
The Sun Came Out: obviously not shot in Wellington
Simon Mark-Brown's second documentary The Sun Came Out is off to the Santa Barbara Film Festival this week, as a…
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…