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Māori filmmakers cater for Hollywood's hunger for stories
Wairoa Māori Film Festival director Leo Koziol says Māori filmmakers help to fill Hollywood's insatiable hunger for stories.
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Oscar winner Taika Waititi honoured for services to film
Filmmaker Taika Waititi has been named an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit for his services to film as part of the Queen’s Honours List announced today.
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Emerging Māori producers take up new screen development programme
Four Māori emerging producers will be allowed to sharpen up and further develop their skills. Alongside eight others from Pasifika and Pan-Asian descent, this will be the first group for a new screen development programme to ensure more culturally-diverse producers are seen within the NZ screen industry.
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Taika Waititi to co-write and direct new Star Wars film
Taika Waititi, the Oscar-winning genius behind ‘Jojo Rabbit’ and ‘Thor: Ragnarok’ will direct a new Star Wars film.
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Aotearoa screen industry due to emerge from lockdown- 12.30pm Newbreak
The Aotearoa screen industry was thriving before the lockdown, with a large number of local and internationals in or about to begin production. Hopefully those prosperous days will return.
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Ngāpuhi stunt double trains new generation
Dayna Grant has made a career as a stunt woman on some of the most well-known TV shows in New Zealand and around the world. Now the Ngāpuhi action award-winning actor is helping people of Northland break into the lucrative industry.
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Taika Waititi's Jojo Rabbit up for six Oscars
Film director Taika Waititi has been nominated for six Academy Awards for his latest film, Jojo Rabbit. The Oscar nominations, released overnight for the 92nd Academy Awards in February, see the film up for Best Picture and include nods for Best Adapted Screen Play, Best Supporting Actress, Best Costume Design, Best Film Editing and Best Production Design.
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Govt 'kick-starts' plan for jobseeker careers in screen sector
The government is kick-starting an initiative to assist jobseekers develop careers in the screen sector following plans by Amazon Studios and Netflix to film major productions in West Auckland.
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Disney embraces indigenous peoples and their stories
They have given the world Mickey Mouse and Moana. Now, Disney studio has taken a strong stance on treating indigenous stories in a respectful way and it should encourage other film companies to follow suit, the chair of a Māori screen industry group says.
