Pift Pacific Islanders in Film & TV

  • Pift Pacific Islanders in Film & TV | Pift Pacific Islanders in Film & TV

    Welcome to the home of Pacific Islanders in Film & Television, the association of Pacific film and television makers mainly based in Aotearoa. PIFT seeks to network and engage with Pacific creators in the moving image industry, provide platforms and pathways for development and represent makers in wider industry and governmental or regulatory forums. Check our…

  • Pasifika Creatives Buoyed by Talanoa Session | Pift Pacific Islanders in Film & TV

    Saturday 24th June, Studio 40, Onehunga; a group of Pasifika creatives from a range of backgrounds, particularly film,  rendezvous in a fono (meeting) co-hosted by PIFT and Te Tumu Whakaata Taonga (New Zealand Film Commission) to talanoa issues of the day and how the Crown entity may better work with Pasifika creative communities. TTWT/NZFC representatives;…

  • Moana Premieres but Aotearoa and Aussie will have to Wait! | Pift Pacific Islanders in Film & TV

    Featured image courtesy of The Coconet.Tv The street in front of the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood became an “ocean of stars”, filmmakers and guests celebrating the premiere of Disney’s “Moana,” the tale of a South Pacific island teenager who sails off on an adventure to save her village. Check out the video report from…

  • Ant Timpson | Pift Pacific Islanders in Film & TV

    From Script to Screen EVENT: TUES 23 AUGUST 2016, 7:30-8:30PM, THE CLASSIC, AUCKLAND With the sheer number of films in the global market, what does it take to get your projects recognised on the international stage? Fresh from Sundance, SXSW, Cannes’ Marché du Film…

  • Featured Updates | Pift Pacific Islanders in Film & TV

    Story Camp Aotearoa 2017   Applications Open! Story Camp is a residential feature film workshop that fosters craft, voice and vision. Talented NZ screenwriters and filmmakers workshop their projects with exceptional international and local advisors. Each selected… FROM SCRIPT TO SCREEN “Don’t be fooled. Story Camp takes place in a beautifully simple, stripped-back setting by the sea –…

  • Nanai Jeremiah Tauamiti, on a roll in 2017 | Pift Pacific Islanders in Film & TV

    Nanai Jeremiah Tauamiti (Jerry, Malosi Pictures) currently has his film ‘Maria’ (Multinesia Productions, 2016) on the film circuit, winning the Mana Moana Award at Wairoa Maori Film Festival for Best Pasifika Short, and is part of the NZFC Latin America Roadshow of Films ; Jerry has completed shooting ‘Liliu’ (Fresh Shorts supported, NZFC – produced by Ngairi Fuata, Sunpix…

  • Story Camp Info Nite Thurs 22nd June Basement Aucks | Pift Pacific Islanders in Film & TV

    FROM SCRIPT TO SCREEN “Don’t be fooled. Story Camp takes place in a beautifully simple, stripped-back setting by the sea – but man it’s tough.  My script was expertly interrogated with care and without mercy – but unlike notes and feedback delivered via email, this was a living process.  Story Camp’s no holiday, it was…

  • Ngā Whanaunga Māori Pasifika Shorts 2017 at NZIFF | Pift Pacific Islanders in Film & TV

    At the NZIFF – (20 Jul – 6th Aug) A collection of Māori and Pasifika short films curated by Leo Koziol (Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngāti Rakaipaaka), Director of the Wairoa Māori Film Festival, with guest co-curator Craig Fasi (Niue), Director of the Pollywood Film Festival. Your chance to see Sunday Fun Day by Dianna Fuemana, Mannahatta by Renae Maihi, Natalie…

  • PIFT Admin | Pift Pacific Islanders in Film & TV

    Story Camp Aotearoa 2017   Applications Open! Story Camp is a residential feature film workshop that fosters craft, voice and vision. Talented NZ screenwriters and filmmakers workshop their projects with exceptional international and local advisors. Each selected… Nanai Jeremiah Tauamiti (Jerry, Malosi Pictures) currently has his film ‘Maria’ (Multinesia Productions, 2016) on the film circuit, winning the Mana…

  • Sista wraps shooting, Chantelle Burgoyne & Leilani Tamu | Pift Pacific Islanders in Film & TV

    Sista, NZFC Fresh Shorts supported short film was shot over the long Matariki Weekend (2-5 Jun). Sisters Leilani Tamu & Chantelle Burgoyne have teamed up as the writing duo on the project, while Chantelle took up directorial duties. Marina McCartney is the producer of Sista. Sista is a tale of trust between two sisters in the…