The New Zealand Film Commission is getting behind the Inspiring Stories Trust to help aspiring young filmmakers make movies about people and projects making a difference in their communities…

Pre-production commences this month on Shopping, the much anticipated debut feature film from award-winning filmmakers Mark Albiston and Louis Sutherland. The film will be shot on the Kapiti Coast and in Wellington, New Zealand from mid-April…

Fresh Shorts is part of the talent development programme run by the New Zealand Film Commission to allow emerging filmmakers to engage with the New Zealand Film Commission and provide funding for their short narrative films. As the Fresh Shorts Assistant you will be administering the Fresh Shorts applications process and providing support to the selection panel…

An exciting opportunity has arisen to manage the film collateral for the New Zealand Film Commission…

The New Zealand Film Commission congratulates Ant Timpson and Marshall Smith who were honoured last night by the Arts Regional Trust (ART)…

The New Zealand Film Commission is pleased to present in Auckland and Wellington, an evening ‘In Conversation’ with Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) director Mark Woods…

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…

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…

Hot new kiwi short film Lambs has been selected to screen in competition at the 34th Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival…

New Zealand’s submission to the Best Foreign Language Film category of the 84th Academy Awards, The Orator (O Le Tulafale) began its theatrical release in Australia yesterday on the back of strong reviews and support from local film critics…

The NZ Film Commission has offered three teams of filmmakers the opportunity to produce their low budget films through the Escalator low budget feature film initiative 2011…

The NZ Film Commission has announced eight grants of $10,000 and eight grants of $30,000 to NZ filmmakers for the filming of 16 low budget short films through its Fresh Shorts programme…

Following four weeks of shooting on location in Nelson, Kiwi Flyer has wrapped, with many of the cast and crew making a sad departure.

“Filming in Nelson has been just fantastic,” says Christchurch-based director and co-writer Tony Simpson. “The weather has been stunning – clear blue skies almost continuously and the people have been marvellous, so generous and supportive…”

The Make My Movie Project is giving away a $100,000 cash grant from New Zealand Film Commission and NZ On Air for one lucky person/team to make a low budget feature film…

The NZFC Short Film team has announced the short list for 2011 Fresh Shorts funding round. This year there were 292 applications to the Fresh Shorts scheme – made up of 160 Fresh 10’s and 132 Fresh 30’s. In 2010 there were around 112 at each level…

The trailer for Samoan feature film The Orator (O Le Tulafale), opening in selected theatres from 6 October…