$12,000 NZ feature wins second international award
The no-budget New Zealand feature film Eight Broken Fingers has won its second international award at the Brilliant Light International Film Festival of Los Angeles last week, where it received the…
Recycling for art's sake
by Mark Amery Courtesy of The Dominion Post 9/3/07 Contemporary artists are great recyclers. Look around current national survey exhibition Prospect 2007 and you'll find previously unthought of…
Local comedy gets boost from NZ On Air
Locally produced television comedy is getting a boost thanks to funding decisions made at NZ On Air's February meeting. Almost $2.5 million worth of NZ On Air funding was approved for a slew of…
Pollywood celebrates five years of short films by Pacific filmmakers
Curator Craig Fasi says that five years ago there was doubt that there were suf
Interactive architecture merges digital with physical
Weblog Interactive Architecture dot Org explores emerging practices within architecture that aim to merge the digital virtual with tangible and physical spatial experience. The movement, says weblog…
Stringer - an independent digital feature
Photojournalist Jake Stringer is gunned down while investigating a case of organ trafficking. He awakens with a scar on his chest on a flight home, arriving to find his world on the brink of a lethal…
Script to Screen - writing for the 'massive story-hungry beast'
Script to Screen kicked off the 2007 Writer's Room series last Tuesday with an in-depth look at the 'massive story-hungry beast' that is Shortland Street, our very own medical serial that has…
Lloyd Jones awarded Creative New Zealand Berlin Writers' Residency
Lloyd Jones, author of the acclaimed novel Mister Pip, will spend a year in Berlin from August 2007 as this year's recipient of the Creative New Zealand Berlin Writers' Residency. For more than 20…
Publish or be damned: why the world (still) needs publishers
To mark World Book Day, Stephen Page - president of the Publishers Association - argues in The Guardian that in our digital age the relationship between editors and writers is more important than…
Twenty top children's writers to tour the country
Twenty top writers and illustrators are to tour the country in celebration of the New Zealand Post Book Awards for Children & Young Adults. They will be visiting 25 regions from North to South from…
Awards recognise Better by Design's business support skills
Better by Design is a finalist in two categories of the prestigious Vero Excellence in Business Support Awards for 2007. Better by Design provides practical support and assistance to companies…
Watch Frontseat online at tvnz.co.nz
If you were still in bed at 8am last Saturday, you probably missed Frontseat's first show for 2007. Fortunately, you can now visit the TVNZ website and watch it at your own leisure. The first episode…