Television
Screenwriters Festival: interviews with speakers
Imagine living and working somewhere that's not America where there are enough screenwriters to have an actual festival. The International…
Big Mountain Short Film Festival: winners
The Big Mountain Short Film Festival was held in Ohakune on Saturday night, screening 19 shorts from 12 countries and…
New Zealand Weekend Box Office to October 25
The Final Destination dropped off the top quickly, overtaken by Julie & Julia and Surrogates. Almost all films with a…
NZFC: changes to development and documentary funding
Reactions to the funding changes announced in the Film Commission's (NZFC) latest newsletter were mixed, if a little delayed. Industry…
Giveaway: Show Me Shorts
Courtesy of the kind folk at Show Me Shorts, we've got 5 double passes to give away. Passes are valid…
South Solitary: shooting commences at Cape Nelson
Macgowan Films is proud to announce shooting has commenced on Australian feature film SOUTH SOLITARY at Cape Nelson in Victoria.…
BRIEF: African Film Library launches live beta
The African Film Library beta site has been launched. It''s by no means fully functional yet, but once it is,…
BRIEF: Melanie Lynskey receives Spotlight award
On Tuesday (NZ time), Melanie Lynskey will receive a Spotlight Award at the Hollywood Awards gala. Most regularly seen on…
Film finance: big budget = big profit
A new US study on film costs vs. film profits reaffirms that the more it costs to make, the more…
'This Way of Life': a top ten rater at Vancouver International Film Festival
Director and DOP Tom Burstyn and producer Barbara Sumner Burstyn's documentary This Way of Life (TWOL), from Cloud South Films,…