Local distributors take issue with release delay claims
Local distributors are taking issue with the claim by Vikram Kumar of the Internet Society of New Zealand that “Hollywood has made up its mind to give it to us six months or two years late…
NZ box office 19-22 January 2012
Despite receiving poor reviews in mainstream press, Sione’s 2: Unfinished Business debuted at number one last weekend…
Academy Award for Fujifilm
Fujifilm Corporation has been awarded an Academy Award (Scientific and Engineering) by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for the development of ETERNA-RDS, a black-and-white recording film designed for the long-term preservation and archiving of motion picture films…
NZ box office 12 to 18 January 2012
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows holds the top spot this week on $781,625, for a total box office of $2,326,904 over two weeks…
Calling all New Zealand filmmakers: China is waiting
New Zealand filmmakers have an opportunity to work on projects with one of the fastest growing screen industries in the world, says Film Auckland’s Michael Brook…
24 frames: the greatest love story ever told
Emma Kelly listens in to a new radio programme about the late Jonathan Dennis, founding director of the New Zealand Film Archive/Ngā Kaitiaki O Ngā Taonga Whitiāhua…
Three short films to compete in Berlin
The 62nd Berlin International Film Festival has invited three NZ short films to compete in its prestigious line up – Lambs, directed by Sam Kelly, Meathead by Sam Holst and Snow in Paradise by Justine Simei-Barton and Nikki Si’ulepa…
Tommy Lee Jones to play MacArthur in Emperor
Hollywood veteran Tommy Lee Jones will join Matthew Fox ( Lost) in Emperor (working title), from director Peter Webber (Girl with a Pearl Earring)…
Two Little Boys heads to Berlin for world premiere
Robert Sarkies’ latest feature film Two Little Boys has been selected in competition at the prestigious Berlin International Film Festival…
NZ short film to premiere In Competition in France
Hot new kiwi short film Lambs has been selected to screen in competition at the 34th Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival…
NZ box office 8 to 14 December 2011
Puss in Boots saunters into first place this week, taking $667,863 for a total of $870,731…
New board members for Film NZ
Three outstanding talents in business, acting and filmmaking are about to join the board of Film New Zealand, the Wellington-based screen industry-founded organisation that markets New Zealand as an international centre for screen production…
The Cure wraps in Wellington
The action thriller The Cure, starring Antonia Prebble (Outrageous Fortune, Power Rangers, The Tribe) and Australian Daniel Lissing (Packed to the Rafters, Crownies) wrapped this week following a five week shoot in and around Wellington…
Auckland Film Studios secures major international film shoot
Auckland Film Studios has been selected as the New Zealand film base for Emperor– a US production by acclaimed director Peter Webber…
NZ box office 24 to 30 November 2011
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…
The Orator grabs Sundance spotlight
Debut writer/director Tusi Tamasese’s Samoan language film The Orator (O Le Tulafale) has been selected to screen in the Spotlight section of the 2012 Sundance International Film Festival…
NZ box office 3 to 9 May 2012
The Unofficial Kiwi Movie Month
NZ box office 28 April to 2 May 2012
Review: The Most Fun You Can Have Dying
