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The cast of The Wilds on location in west Auckland.

The Wilds: Kiwi hospitality shines on inhospitable landscape

Auckland’s iconic and rugged west coast beaches play a central role in The Wilds, an American drama streaming series making waves on Amazon Prime Video.   Executive producer Amy B. Harris says while the landscape may have felt inhospitable at times, the manaakitanga of Auckland’s screen industry...

Mama's Music Box cast and crew

Duo's fast festive film celebrates Pasifika

Two Auckland filmmakers have completed a 30-day challenge to create a cinema-worthy movie.  The self-funded project Mama’s Music Box was made as part of what producer Abba-Rose Dinah Vaiaoga-Ioasa, and writer and director Stallone Vaiaoga-Ioasa called the Feature30Challenge – where they tasked...

Auckland CBD

America's Cup impacts on central city filming access

The 36th America's Cup begins in Auckland this December and runs through to March 2021. This fantastic event will provide great exposure for Auckland to the world; however, there will be an impact on the availability of locations for filming activity and infrastructure.   Event calendars for America...

Love Yarn

When love came to town

Auckland’s Matakana village is famed as a boutique wine and artisan food destination, but production of another kind took centre stage in August 2020 when the crew and cast of Canadian and New Zealand project A Love Yarn came to town. The 90-minute telefeature romance, which was filmed across...

reel scout

Reel opportunity to showcase Auckland film locations

From moody black sand beaches to gritty city streets, and from historic buildings to mystical forests, Auckland is globally renowned for its diverse filming locations in a relatively small area. Now location scouts, producers and directors looking for Auckland spots to film their latest project...

Black Hands, Auckland 2020

Notorious dark days recreated in Auckland

Auckland screen industry’s resilience through the challenges of 2020 is exemplified in the November release of Black Hands, a television series dramatising the months leading up to the infamous 1994 murders of five members of the Bain family in Dunedin. Brought to the small screen by Warner Bros...

Shaping the future of New Zealand’s screen workforce

Shaping the future of New Zealand’s screen workforce

Screen Auckland is undertaking the Screen Sector Workforce Survey as part of research to better understand perceptions of screen sector careers across Tāmaki Makaurau and New Zealand. Auckland is a major hub of New Zealand’s screen sector – which includes film, television, gaming, visual effects...

Getting it done in Auckland

Getting it done in Auckland

Auckland has once again proven the strength of its local screen industry with October’s release of the delightful feature film Baby Done, a comedy from Piki Films and Madman Entertainment that explores the emotions of impending parenthood. Set in the leafy surrounds of a gloriously green city, a...

Mulan

Mulan - Made in Auckland

Walt Disney Studios’ stunning feature film Mulan, released on the Disney+ platform with Premier Access in September 2020, marked another milestone in Auckland’s rapid emergence as a major screen production force.     Mulan had its main production base in Auckland and was the largest ever filmed...

Whoa! Studios - A Little Care

Share a little care

When the impact of COVID-19 became apparent across New Zealand, the fictional town of Doodle was as affected as any other part of the country so its residents – the puppet Custard and his gang of loveable heroes – began to sing a song to help empower kids through an unsettling time. A Little Care, ...

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