(direct from NZFC e-newsletter)
Changes to Funding and things to know for 2025
Issue date: Friday, 20 December 2024
Tēnā tātou e te hāpori kiriata, to the filmmaking community.
Thank you! For your patience and for the energy many of you have give...
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Taika Waititi to be honoured with Norman Lear award at Producers Guild of America
Award-winning New Zealand producer, director and writer Taika Waititi is to receive the Producers Guild of America (PGA) Norman Lear Achievement award at the 36th Annual Producers Guild Awards to be...
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Spada Wrap on 2024
By Spada President Irene Gardiner
Some reflections on 2024, as the Spada office closes for the year...
2024 has been incredibly tough for the New Zealand screen industry - perhaps our most challenging year ever. With Google and Facebook hoovering up NZ adve...
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2024 NEW ZEALAND TELEVISION AWARDS WINNERS REVEALED
(Auckland / Tāmaki Makaurau – November 22, 2024) Aotearoa’s television industry came together to celebrate its brightest achievements at the 2024 New Zealand Television Awards | Ngā Taonga Whakaata O Aotearoa. The hi...
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26th Spada Screen Industry Award Recipients Announced
Thursday, 10 October 2024, The Maritime Room, Auckland
Spada is the New Zealand Screen Producers Guild
Television industry veteran Andrew Shaw; Angela Cudd, one of the producing team of the hit feature film U...
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A member of the Spada team recently spotted a Facebook thread where it seemed people weren’t fully aware of the international success New Zealand productions have achieved. We’ve compiled a snapshot of some recent success stories to address this. Feel free to share it widely...
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Minister Goldsmith announced earlier this week that the Government would take “immediate action” to support New Zealand’s media and content production sectors – including allowing the 40% New Zealand Screen Production Rebate to apply to Shortland Street, letting platfor...
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MEDIA RELEASEWednesday 10 April, 2024For Immediate Release
SPADA CALLS FOR SWIFT AND DECISIVE ACTION BY GOVERNMENT TO SAVE LOCAL CONTENT
New Zealand's screen producers' guild Spada has called for swift and decisive action from th...
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MEDIA RELEASE
Rāpare, 18 Kohitātea 2024 / Thursday, 18 January 2024
GLOBAL SCREEN INDUSTRY UNITES FOR STREAMING PLATFORM REGULATION AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY PROTECTIONS
In an unprecedented international collaboration, representatives of screen producing organisations fr...
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MEDIA RELEASEThursday 16 NovemberFor Immediate Release
SPADA CALLS ON GOVERNMENT TO REGULATEINTERNATIONAL STREAMING PLATFORMS
(16 November 2023 - Wellington) The New Zealand screen producers’ guild, SPADA, has called for Government to...
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