Pift Pacific Islanders in Film & TV

To give this industry its best chance of success we need strong and new ideas. We need stories that resonate. NZWG believe in different pathways for developing these stories. We need to allow writers space to find their voices. The goal of these New Zealand Film Commission funded grants is to create an opportunity for…

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From DEGNZ DEGNZ invites applications for two TV Children’s action adventure Attachments on Power Rangers Productions Ltd TV series Power Rangers – Ninja Steel & Ninja Super Steel (Seasons 24 & 25). Power Rangers Ninja Steel & Ninja Super Steel, produced by Chip Lynn and Sarah Spurway, comprises of 44 x 30 minute episodes for…

Screenlink, the DEGNZ (Directors and Editors Guild NZ) networking event, this time round is a combo event in Auckland with PIFT and Nga Aho Whakaari. PIFT members are invited to attend a networking nite on Tuesday 5th July 6pm – 8pm: The Longroom Ponsonby (The Short Room at the back) Nibbles provided, cash bar Special…

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…

The TVNZ New Blood Web Series Competition, supported by NZ On Air, is now calling for aspiring content creators to submit a web series pilot episode of any genre. A panellist of judges will shortlist their favourites and the winner selected through public voting. The prize: $100k funding to bring your show to life! Entries close 31 March…

A fantastic resource, The Brown Book compiled by the irrepressible Dr Ella Henry and the lovely and legendary Melissa Wikaire. It is a superb collection of both the history and a guide to working with Māori in Screen Production. It added content to the previous work called Working with Māori in Screen Production (2012). That book was a companion…

The BSS (Big Screen Symposium) is podcasting the addresses from the 2016 fono. As a starter you might like to check out the inspirational keynote address by Heather Rae, as below. Heather Rae (Cherokee) has been doing groundbreaking work as a producer and executive for more than twenty years. She has produced over 10 feature films…

“Three Wise Cousins is family to the core. In the trailer you think it’s a romantic comedy but by the time you leave the cinema you realise it was a morality tale. It speaks especially to the generations who weren’t born in Samoa or haven’t been back to the homeland in a long time.” ~…

Repost from The Coconet TV In a small village of the island of Tanna, a young girl, Wawa, falls in love with her chief’s grandson, Dain. When an inter-tribal war escalates, Wawa is unknowingly betrothed as part of a peace deal.The young lovers run away, but are pursued by enemy warriors intent on killing them.…