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Next generation of screen industry talent

Next generation: Luana Barnes, audio engineer

What inspired you to get involved in the screen industry and specifically sound engineering?   I grew up writing short stories and acting in small plays. As I went through high school I looked for ways to turn my passions into a career. I first applied for the New Zealand Broadcasting school...

ATEED new office spark building

Screen Auckland team news

We are pleased to announce that Kirsty Donoghue – previously our Screen Facilitation Manager – has started an exciting new role as Screen Attraction Executive.  Auckland’s screen sector is thriving, and there is hot demand from domestic and international producers for Auckland’s locations and...

The Meg first screening at the Civic

Celebrating the success of The Meg

Screen Auckland and its valued Kumeu Film Studios partners – the NZ Film Commission, Warner Bros. Pictures and Gravity Pictures – hosted more than 2000 guests at the first New Zealand screening of The Meg on 13 August at The Civic. The mainly local cast and crew of The Meg, Deputy Mayor Bill...

Screen Auckland filming Viaduct harbour

Aucklanders embrace filming across the region

The screen production industry contributes more than a billion dollars a year to their region’s economy, and now a comprehensive survey of Aucklanders has shown they are keen to see more filming in Auckland. More than 4700 Aucklanders responded to questions about filming included in Auckland...

NZTV awards logo for Screen Auckland

Huawei Mate20 New Zealand Television Awards finalists announced

A diverse array of local television content features among the 2018 Huawei Mate20 New Zealand Television Awards finalists, announced on 25 October.  The award winners will be announced next month at two ceremonies: the New Zealand Television Craft Awards, which Screen Auckland is proud to host...

Speaker for the Big Screen Symposium

Buzz building for BSS

Excitement is building ahead of this year's Big Screen Symposium, which Screen Auckland is proudly sponsoring again. The two-days of conversations, workshops, panel discussions and case studies with a stellar line-up of local and international speakers is being held on 26/27 October at the ASB...

Main reactor

Case study: Main reactor thrills audiences worldwide

Main Reactor goes out on a (severed) limb Behind the unremarkable door of a nondescript industrial precinct building in the Auckland suburb of Henderson, is a disturbing scene – one part alien birthing unit; one part abattoir; and one part medieval torture chamber. But rather than prompting...

BMW ad shot in Auckland

Screen sector thriving in Auckland and Wellington

While Wellington's screen sector has garnered international acclaim through Sir Peter Jackson's film making, Auckland has become the country's main screen industry centre by gross revenue from production - with increasing numbers of feature films, along with its traditional dominance in television...

Film Auckland International Location Managers scout New Zealand

International location managers scout New Zealand

International location managers Lori Balton, Kent Matsuoka and Dow Griffith spent two days in Auckland recently, hosted by Screen Auckland. The industry pros are US-based, often working directly for Hollywood studios, finding locations from around the world to match a script or director's brief. T...

Teina Pora movie filmed in Council chambers

Shedding light on a dark place

While the old North Shore City Council chambers witnessed their fair share of drama through the years, they will be seen in a whole new light when a hard-hitting Kiwi movie about one of the most controversial criminal cases in recent memory screens on 22 July. In Dark Places, which is part of TVNZ...

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