NZ box office 19 to 25 January 2012
Sione's 2: Unfinished Business tops the box office rankings with a million dollar plus week – taking $984,058 and an additional sum of $49,279 from previews last week…
Sione’s 2: Unfinished Business
The MacGuffin in the popular and successful Sione’s Wedding (2006) turned on the highly unlikely notion that a bunch of troublesome Samoan friends would be permitted to attend an important wedding only if they were each accompanied by a woman with whom they were in a serious relationship…
TV ad revenue continues to rise
Television advertising revenue rose by 1.9% in 2011, says industry body ThinkTV…
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…
2011 a challenging year at NZ box office
The New Zealand box office for 2011 totalled $161.8 million, a nine per cent drop from the 2010 box office take, the Motion Picture Distributors’ Association (MPDA) announced today…
Manurewa to screen Waitangi Day on Maori Television
Maori Television will screen the free-to-air premiere of Manurewa, an award-winning short film based on the 2008 murder of Manurewa liquor store owner Navtej Singh, at 10.30pm on Waitangi Day, 6 February, 2012…
WIFT event: Why don’t we have more women as DoPs in New Zealand?
Women make fantastic cinematographers and yet currently we only have three in NZ. Ginny Loane, Jac Fitzgerald and Mairi Gunn will talk about their experinces as DoPs, answer questions and join in a discussion about women as DoPs and the challenges that come with the profession…
SDGNZ: Director’s voice provide checks and balances
Moves by NZ On Air to question the timing of the broadcast of documentary Inside Child Poverty and then to seek to legal advice on controlling the scheduling of programmes “likely to be an election issue” is counter to their politically neutral position, says the Screen Directors Guild of New Zealand…
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…
NZ Young Producer Shorts 2012 – call for entries
BBC Knowledge and Spada are once again inviting young factual producers under 30 years old to submit concepts for one of five short-form grants of AU$5000…
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…
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…
Register for NAB trade show and receive a discount
The annual National Association of Broadcasters trade event (www.nabshow.com) takes place in Las Vegas, Nevada, from April 14-19…
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)…
Golden Globe winners to star in TV3′s new season
The winners of Best Drama Series and Best Musical or Comedy Series at the 2012 Golden Globes are coming to TV3 as part of a bumper line-up of new season programming that kicks off in February…
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 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
