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Onfilm August 2010

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October 2010
FEATURES Distributed at BIFCOM, Busan, Korea

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Distributed at the SPADA conference, Auckland

December 2010
FEATURES SPADA coverage
2 month shelf life - Christmas / New Year issue
 

Documenting Gordonia
Tom Reilly discusses aspects of making Gordonia, which is screening at the Auckland and Christchurch International Film Festivals, not included in the Q&A in Onfilm’s July issue.

Against the tide
Our complete interview with director Briar March
and producer Lyn Collie about making
There Once was an Island.

3 February opinion piece
John Barnett
on why the Film Commission Review
is so desperately needed.

Peter Jackson
One-on-one interview
on making The Lovely Bones.


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Production Listings
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September issue online extras
For material related to our training and education feature that we simply didn’t have the space to run in our September issue, click here.

Capturing a Moodie subject
Director Zoe McIntosh and producer Costa Botes talk about the making of Lost in Wonderland, a fascinating, touching portrait of Rob Moodie that’s currently screening on the New Zealand International Film Festival circuit.

Poppy art
Director James Cunningham and producer Paul Swadel discuss making their CGI animated short, Poppy, which features in the New Zealand International Film Festivals.

Looking for Trouble?
NZ documentary Trouble Is My Business opens theatrically on 28 May. Director Juliette Veber discusses the challenges she faced in making it.

Film Fund I

Sharp practice -
website extra
Dean Spanley writer Alan Sharp talks about his, to date, limited involvement in the NZ screen industry.

Charting his course -
website extra
More from Map Reader writer/director-editor Harold Brodie.
See also the February print edition of Onfilm.

Monsters inked –
full Q+A
“Accidental” concept artist Warren Mahy talks about making movie magic.

“Better, stronger, faster…”
Sticky Pictures’ Mark Albiston and Louis Sutherland
talk about making Six Dollar Fifty Man and more...

The Mark of the Lion

July issue extras
Bonus material associated with Onfilm's July '08 issue.

May issue extras
Bonus material associated with Onfilm's May '08 issue.

April issue extras
Bonus material associated with Onfilm's April '08 issue.

Barry Barclay: 1944-2008
Links to articles by or about Barry Barclay.

Tapping a Vein
Rob Tapert, producer of soon to be released 30 Days of Night, on what makes a horror movie work, why he keeps bringing shows to NZ, and how The Tattooist will translate for a US audience.

Prime Cuts from Previous Issues
A range of articles from other issues in 2006 & 2007, including two overviews of production activity in New Zealand and July 2007's digital filmmaking feature
[click here]
.

Spotlight Features on the Web
Click here for an archive of Spotlight Features (pdf files).

Extended Editorial
Click here for an archive of web-only Extended Editorial from the magazine.

Past interviews with April 2007 issue
cover subject, stuntwoman Zoë Bell.