Auckland is at Alert Level 2, the rest of New Zealand is at Alert Level 1
(The alert levels will be reviewed on Monday 22 February.)
WATCH: the full announcement from Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Director General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield 17 February 2021
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Screenrights launches 2021 Cultural Fund with ‘New Teams’ focus
Screenrights is inviting applications for its 2021 Cultural Fund, which this year has the theme of ‘New Teams’.
Designed to foster the creation of screen content in Australia and New Zealand, the Fund awards...
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SPADA Masterclass Series - The Business of Creativity
Growing robust businesses in a creative sector.WHEN: 4PM - 5:30PM, Thursday, 4 March 2021WHERE: Via Zoom - Registration Essential
Join host DK (Creative Leadership NZ, TEDx Wellington) for this SPADA Masterclass explorin...
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[Ex-NZ On Air Facebook Post]In light of the COVID-19 Alert Levels increase throughout New Zealand and in response to the industry, New Zealand Film Commission, NZ On Air and Te Māngai Pāho have collectively decided to extend the Premium Productions for International Audienc...
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Auckland is now at Alert Level 3 until midnight Wednesday 17 February. The rest of New Zealand is at Alert Level 2 for the same period.
Three positive cases of the UK variant of COVID-19 have been detected outside of managed isolation facilities, resulting in the above Alert L...
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$50M Premium Productions for International Audiences Fund / Pūtea Kiriata Hiranga - Premium Fund / Guidelines + Submissions Check List
D/Line: Wednesday, 17 February 2021 - 1:00pm
Portal: To open shortly
Terms of Trade: To be finalised shortly
The Fund’s guidelines are...
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Last night top television executive Andrew Shaw was awarded the prestigious New Zealand Television Awards TV Legend honour for 2020, in recognition of his contribution to the New Zealand screen industry. This morning Irene Gardiner, SPADA Executive, long-time producer and...
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The suits and frocks were dusted off as the television industry celebrated some of the incredible talent we have in Aotearoa. SPADA congratulates all of the finalists and the winners of the 2020 NZ TV Awards. The Luminaries (pictured above) dominated the drama craft categories...
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At SPADA’s 23rd Annual Screen Industry Awards held last night at The Maritime Room in Auckland the following Award recipients were announced.
This year’s SPADA New Filmmaker of the Year was an extremely challenging Award to judge given the high calibre of the nominations re...
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Nominations are now open for this year's 23rd SPADA Screen Industry Awards!
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Despite the Conference not going ahead this year, SPADA continues its long-standing tradition of shining a light on so many inspiring, talented and driven people who work in o...
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