Come along and enjoy the fun as six projects each have five minutes to pitch to a panel of industry judges, in the hope of winning the 2021 South Pacific Pictures' "BIG PITCH".
Thursday, 18 November 2021
Via Zoom at 4 - 6PM
This Year's Winner Receives a Cash Prize of $2,500
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Following a meeting with Cabinet today Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced:
Auckland will move to Alert Level 3 - Step 2 at 11.59pm tomorrow, Tuesday, 9 November 2021.
Northland will move to Alert Level 2 at 11.59pm Thursday, 11 November 2021.
Waikato remains a...
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Irirangi Te Motu | NZ On Air has launched new brand assets to help New Zealand audiences identify funded content. The changes include:
Leading with the te reo translation of the agency’s name – Irirangi Te Motu
Moving away from using the full spectrum of rainbow colours in...
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APPLICATION DEADLINE: 5pm on Monday 29 November 2021
Te Reo Tātaki, in partnership with NZ On Air, is thrilled to announce a second 6 x 22-minute episode, cultural anthology series for TVNZ 2 and OnDemand.
In 2020, we put a call out for pitches for a supernatural anthology. The...
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SPADA'S Executive member Irene Gardiner talks to Lynn Freeman from RNZ's standing room only about streamers place in our screen eco-system, and how levies could benefit the local sector.
LISTEN HERE...
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Key announcements have been made today:
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced the new COVID-19 Protection Framework, a 'traffic light' system which signals the way forward in the management of the pandemic. The overall goal is now to minimise and manage COVID-19 in the c...
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SPADA COVID-19 Policy Templates
SPADA has developed the following templates to support producers and productions:
SPADA Vaccination Policy TEMPLATE
SPADA Vaccination Code of Conduct TEMPLATE
ScreenSafe Update 12 October 2021
The ScreenSafe COVID-19 Group has worked hard to g...
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Summer is just 8 weeks away and the Government is keen for everyone to book their first vaccine appointment now so they can get 2 doses and enjoy everything a classic Kiwi summer has to offer - including getting back into screen production.
The more of us are fully vaccinated, t...
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FINANCIAL SUPPORTThe Delta outbreak has been incredibly challenging for our sector, and for people working in the Auckland region in particular. While the goal is to get productions up and running as soon as is safely possible we want to remind members of the financial support...
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Auckland moves to Alert Level 3 at 11:59PM Tuesday 21 September, 2021
Rest of New Zealand is at Alert Level 2
A Section 70 notice is in place in the area north of Highway 2 (Hauraki) with everyone in this area advised to remain at home, and monitor for symptoms (Level 3). Mor...
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