At the invitation of Sir Richard Taylor’s children’s entertainment company, Pukeko Pictures, a delegation of nine senior executives from China’s Guandong Zhujiang Film and Media Corporation, SASA Cinema, Guangzhou Exchange Services Group, Asian Road Club and Grand Entertainment are visiting New Zealand this week…

Fighting Chance Films (Aus) and Brothers Young Pictures (NZ) today announced principal photography is underway on their new feature Sunday…

The 62nd Berlin international Film Festival has awarded a Crystal Bear to New Zealand short film Meathead, for Best Short Film in the Youth Jury Generation 14plus section. Writer/director Sam Holst was in Berlin to receive the award…

Since its online launch last week, the trailer for Two Little Boys, directed by Robert Sarkies and based on the book by Duncan Sarkies, has had over 100,000 views on YouTube…

The humble gumboot will be the star in the Tropfest New Zealand short film competition…

Romantic drama The Vow, starring Rachel McAdams and Channing Tatum, debuts at number one with $618,955…

The future of film production in Auckland has been given a boost with Film Auckland appointing a “Screen Production Attraction Specialist”…

Production commences this month on writer/director Daniel Joseph Borgman’s debut feature film The Weight of Elephants, which will begin filming in Southland, New Zealand in March…

Chronicle finishes its debut week at number one with $609,352. In its second week, David Fincher's The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo is at second place…

The Ottawa International Animation Festival (OIAF) is pleased to announce its worldwide call for entries for its 2012 festival…

The New Zealand screen industry’s continued international awards success shows local companies are in the vanguard of a changing global industry, says Film New Zealand CEO Gisella Carr…

Queenstown hits the big screen in Australia today with a cameo role in Any Questions for Ben?, a fast paced comedy from the creators of Australian hits The Castle and The Dish…

Billy Connolly is joining the cast of Peter Jackson’s highly anticipated film adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien’s epic “The Hobbit.” …

Superpowered teens flick Chronicle debuts at number one with $426,758…

David Fincher’s US version of The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo finishes its opening week on $493,398 while Sione’s 2: Unfinished Business took $441,296 for a two week total of $1,474,633…

David Fincher's US version of The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo debuts in first place with $347,901. Sione's 2 took $316,089 for a two week total of $1,349,426…