ONFILM New Zealand

Reservoir Hill gets ground-breaking remake deal in Sweden

Editor — Thu, 17 Oct 2013 18:33:38 +0000

The award-winning Kiwi drama Reservoir Hill, originally a web-only series but then promoted to broadcast on TV2, is to be remade for the Swedish television network SVT by ART89. David Stubbs of Wellington’s KHF Media — who produced the original series — is excited that the show is getting even more recognition following their International […]

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Being Venice — Miro Bilbrough interviewed

Editor — Thu, 17 Oct 2013 03:21:16 +0000

Miro Bilbrough was an art curator and critic in Wellington before heading to Australia in 1990 in search of a dramatic career change. She has made three short films since then — Urn (1994), Bartleby (2000) and Floodhouse (2003) — before making her first feature, Being Venice, in 2012. The film is released in New […]

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The Last of the Dinosaurs?

Graeme Tuckett — Mon, 14 Oct 2013 00:35:28 +0000

Graeme Tuckett has been working on television commercials for over 20 years. Here’s his personal perspective on the state of the TVC industry in the first quarter of the 21st century. God knows you don’t need me to tell you that the film industry—and especially that part of it concerned with flogging off cars and […]

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A textbook story of innovation …

Nicci Lock — Sun, 13 Oct 2013 21:27:29 +0000

Nicci Lock describes how screen skills fuel innovation in other industries, driving growth for the whole country. The following companies, their export income and investment attraction have a connection to what was essentially one film project and three years of hard slog. Massive Software, sold in 2006 for between US$200–400 million; Virtual Katy, the industry […]

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Script to Screen: Making Super City II

Editor — Tue, 10 Sep 2013 05:31:17 +0000

TUES 24 SEPTEMBER, 2013, AUCKLAND Pushing the boundaries of comedy in all directions, the characters of Super City’s second season are at once more relatable and more outrageous. In an era when more and more actors branch into writing and directing their own work, we look closely at this collaboration between some of NZs best acting/writing […]

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Philippa Mossman to join Film NZ

Editor — Tue, 10 Sep 2013 01:53:47 +0000

Film New Zealand have just announced that former Television New Zealand executive Philippa Mossman will be joining them in the newly-created role of Director of Business Development and Enquiries. Full press release after the jump. Media Release 10 September, 2013 Television New Zealand Programme Commissioner to join Film New Zealand Film New Zealand is enhancing […]

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Weight of Elephants selected for 57th London Film Festival

Editor — Wed, 04 Sep 2013 21:28:32 +0000

Daniel Borgman’s NZ/Denmark co-production The Weight of Elephants is the only Kiwi film to be selected for the festival which starts on October 9. The programme note describes the film as a “beautifully made, lyrical piece of filmmaking.”

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TV director Caroline Johnstone dies in skifield accident

Editor — Tue, 03 Sep 2013 03:58:52 +0000

Stuff are reporting that Top Shelf director Caroline Johnstone passed away after an accident at Whakapapa skifield last weekend. She was 44 years old.

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Outgoing NZFC chief on Radio New Zealand

Editor — Fri, 23 Aug 2013 03:50:33 +0000

Earlier this morning, Graeme Mason — soon to be former-CEO of the Film Commission — was interviewed at length by Kathryn Ryan on RNZ National’s Nine to Noon. It’s an interesting and wide-ranging interview and worth listening to here (and also to test the RNZ embed code with WordPress):

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JOB: Chief Executive — New Zealand Film Commission

Editor — Thu, 22 Aug 2013 01:55:44 +0000

Chief Executive We help great New Zealand films get made, promoted and seen. The New Zealand Film Commission (“NZFC”) is committed to growing the New Zealand film industry and plays a key role in the leadership of the screen sector. We do this by investing in feature films, short films, script and career development, and […]

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Giselle and White Lies added to Kiwi contingent at Toronto

Editor — Tue, 13 Aug 2013 19:23:32 +0000

Toa Fraser’s Giselle and Dana Rotberg’s White Lies make it three New Zealand titles screening at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival. They have been selected to screen in the Contemporary World Cinema programme while the already announced Beyond the Edge 3D is in the TIFF Docs section of the programme. The full NZFC press […]

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Aug/Sept ONFILM out now

Editor — Mon, 12 Aug 2013 23:54:46 +0000

The latest issue has returned from the printer and is available for purchase. Big Screen Symposium attendees got a sneak preview over the weekend. This issue will not be going to retail — we are working on an improved solution for people who want to purchase over the counter — but you can buy/subscribe online direct […]

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Level Up!

Nicci Lock — Fri, 09 Aug 2013 00:58:10 +0000

Nicci Lock and Mhairead Connor on ways the gaming industry–and local creatives–are making audience engagement a two-way street. Debate around the relationship between content makers and audiences has been had by auteurs, producers and investors for as long as there has been content and an audience. In a medium like film or television, which requires […]

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Script to Screen: In conversation with Keith Thompson

Dan Slevin — Thu, 08 Aug 2013 22:25:36 +0000

Script to Screen, the NZ Film Archive and the NZ Film Commission present an evening with award-winning Australian screenwriter and script editor Keith Thompson (The Sapphires) in conversation with script editor and acting/directing coach Brita McVeigh. How do you get the best results from collaboration when writing a script? What’s the best way for a team to engage in the development process? What’s […]

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Jon Stephenson to attend Wgtn screenings of Afghanistan doco

Editor — Thu, 08 Aug 2013 00:32:40 +0000

Anyone wavering on whether they should see Annie Goldson’s He Toki Huna: New Zealand in Afghanistan tomorrow or Saturday should clear their diary immediately because journalist Jon Stephenson, the central figure in the film — and several recent local controversies — will be attending. The Q&A sessions that follow promise to be very interesting. The […]

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Friday Tigers takes out NZ’s Best for 2013

Editor — Sun, 04 Aug 2013 03:24:02 +0000

Aidee Walker’s Friday Tigers has won both of the top prizes at the annual NZ’s Best short film competition, part of the New Zealand International Film Festival. The film won both the Madman Entertainment Jury Prize (judged by Simon Wilson from Metro Magazine, Michael Eldred from Madman and producer Bridget Ikin) worth $5,000 as well […]

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Screen Sector Review tweaks the rules for production grants and incentives

Editor — Wed, 31 Jul 2013 23:57:37 +0000

As a result of the Screen Sector Review, the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (along with the Ministry of Culture and Heritage) have opted to make some immediate changes to the two main funding mechanisms for big screen production in New Zealand. The Large Budget Screen Production Grant is being tweaked to widen eligibility […]

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David Wenham completes Big Screen Symposium lineup

Editor — Tue, 30 Jul 2013 22:15:27 +0000

Australian actor David Wenham (Top of the Lake, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers) will join screenwriter Guillermo Arriaga (21 Grams, Babel) and director Park Chan-Wook (Oldboy, Stoker) as the headliners for this year’s Big Screen Symposium — 10 & 11 August at the University of Auckland Business School. Wenham will be presenting […]

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Beyond the Edge to premiere at Toronto

Editor — Tue, 30 Jul 2013 14:30:26 +0000

The NZFC have announced that Beyond the Edge, Leanne Pooley’s much-anticipated feature about Hillary and Tenzing’s epic ascent of Mt. Everest, will receive its World Premiere at the Toronto Film Festival in September. The full Press Release follows. SIR EDMUND HILLARY EPIC TO HAVE WORLD PREMIERE AT TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL Announced today in Toronto, […]

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Kiwi censor “bans” Maniac

Dan Slevin — Wed, 24 Jul 2013 06:01:33 +0000

For the first time in seven years, the OFLC have restricted the release of a film beyond festival screenings. Maniac, which played at Cannes earlier this year, features Lord of the Rings star Elijah Wood as a serial killer and the film is shot in a first-person point of view style. The film, programmed by […]

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