The Documentary Edge Festival signals some changes ahead for next year, including on demand viewing and the newly retooled Screen Edge Forum…

Hawke’s Bay is welcoming its eighth OpenAir Cinema season starting on December 27th at Black Barn Vineyards in Havelock North…

Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 nudges into the Top Ten for 2011 at number 10. It's the number one movie again this week, taking $923,051 for a total of $3,466,061…

Despite some pretty damning reviews, Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 took $2,543,010 at the NZ box office this week, placing it third in the top ten films of 2011 so far…

A travelling cinema showing solid gold kiwi film and TV classics is heading to the South Island. Magic moments from screens big and small, and a programme of classic New Zealand short films, are coming to 19 towns in a souped-up retro kiwi caravan called "New Zealand on Screen", as part of the Real New Zealand Festival, from 9 September…

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 went straight to number one following its NZ release last week, taking $2,912,423 at the box office. The JK Rowling adaptation also charmed its way to #1 in the NZ Top Ten Opening Weekends of All Time…

Independent Kiwi feature film The Holy Roller is set to premiere next month in Christchurch, where it was filmed prior to the city’s devastating earthquakes.

The 90-minute comedy-drama will premiere at Hoyts Northlands, Christchurch, on Tuesday 23rd August at 8:15pm, as part of the New Zealand International Film Festival, and will be released nationwide on 15th September through Rialto, Hoyts and Event Cinemas.

Writer and lead actor Angus Benfield believes this is the first feature film shot in Christchurch to premiere since the earthquakes and may be the only one for a long time, due to the damage to the city’s infrastructure…

Transformers: Dark of the Moon held the top place for the week 7 – 13 July, so far taking over $4.5 million at the NZ box office…

A new print of this wonderful film is screening at this year’s New Zealand International Film Festival in recognition of the late Merata Mita’s work in documenting the heritage of Aotearoa New Zealand…

Warner Bros. Pictures and ZM will launch a nationwide competition inviting Harry Potter fans across the country to enter for the chance to win one of seven preview screenings of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 in their home town, Roadshow Film Distributors (agent for Warner Bros. Pictures in New Zealand) announced today…

X-Men: First Class held the number one spot last weekend, with J.J. Abrams' kidult sci-fi thriller Super 8 in second place and The Hangover Part II in third place…

Wellington City Council has welcomed the announcement by the global cinema, theatre and property business Reading International Inc (Reading) that it has relocated its global accounting team to the capital. The move will create 17 new jobs and inject $1.5 million annually into the local economy.  Wellington Mayor Celia-Wade Brown says Reading's investment underlines and [...]

Wellington has strengthened its international reputation as a film industry hub with the announcement by the global cinema, theatre and property business Reading International Inc. (Reading) that it has relocated its global accounting team to Wellington and created 17 new jobs in the process. Visiting Wellington to welcome his new team, Andrzej Matyczynski, Reading’s Los [...]

The Hangover Part II knocked Pirates of the Caribbean – On Stranger Tides out of first place this week, with an impressive NZ box office of $1,292,641. Pirates still had a good weekend though, taking in $822,937 for a running NZ box office total of $2,685,075

In third place was circus drama Water for Elephants, with the thriller Source Code at fourth and Fast and Furious 5 in fifth place.

The party has not stopped for Phil, Stu and Alan with The Hangover Part II enjoying the biggest opening weekend of all time at the New Zealand Box Office for an ‘R’ Rated title.

This week reaches the pinnacle of months worth of planning – the opening of Out Takes 2011: A Reel Queer Film Festival. Brave soldier girls, queer terrorists, gay mayoral candidates and rock stars take their place in a line-up of some of the most engaging and well made features, documentaries and shorts the long-running festival has ever screened…