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Screen Sector Review

Government announces screen sector review

MBIE and MCH look to secure the industry’s long-term future  On 9 December the Government announced a review of how it invests in the screen sector.  The review, which is being conducted jointly by Hīkina Whakatutuki the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) and Manatū Taonga the...

The Luminaries - Monte Cecilia Park

Golden opportunity for Auckland

Gold fever arrived on New Zealand television screens on Sunday, 17 May with the world premiere of one of the year’s most anticipated series, The Luminaries – an adaptation of Eleanor Catton’s 2013 Man Booker Prize winning novel, brought to the screen by BBC and TVNZ. Set on New Zealand’s beautiful...

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...

Screen drone Camera gumble

Game of drones - Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and filming in public space

The rapid growth of filming using drones is a major screen trend, and ATEED is leading moves to help the industry understand the fast-evolving regulatory environment. Almost 80 people attended a Screen Auckland-led ‘Game of Drones’ seminar in July on the use of drones in the screen industry...

Screen Business Mixer

First Screen Business Mixer a huge success

The expert business support Auckland Tourism, Events and Economic Development (ATEED) can offer screen sector companies was the focus of August’s successful inaugural Screen Business Mixer. The support includes ATEED’s delivery of the Government’s Regional Business Partner Network (RBPN) programme...

Auckland city skyline from Ponsonby

Film protocol refresh progressing

Public consultation has now closed on the refreshed Auckland Film Protocol, after being open on Auckland Council’s ‘Have your say’ portal for three weeks. The consultation phase allowed members of the industry who hadn’t participated in the earlier industry engagement to provide feedback. Once the...

Spike Spiegel, Faye Valentine and Jet Black on set in Auckland

Earthly partnerships launch galactic screen success

Filmed across Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, behind the scenes collaboration helped bring acclaimed Netflix original series Cowboy Bebop to small screens around the world.   A live-action version of the cult Japanese animated science fiction series of the same name, the 10-episode first season of Cow...

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...

Rob Tapert's investiture to the New Zealand Order of Merit (ONZM) with New Zealand Governor General Patsy Reddy

Deserving honour for Rob Tapert

Screen Auckland was delighted to see Rob Tapert’s investiture in May as an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit. The citation ‘For services to the film and television industries’ simply doesn’t do justice to Rob’s immense contribution across more than 25 years. Rob was a pioneer and became a...

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...

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