Local filmmakers are lauding Dame Jane Campion's win at the Oscars taking out the coveted Academy Award for best director for The Power of the Dog, which was filmed in Central Otago.
New Zealand Film Commission reps are in Hollywood trying to leverage off Campion's success. However the film missed out on 11 other categories it was nominated in - including best picture.
That went to Apple's CODA, which won three out of three, while sci-fi film Dune, took out six awards.
New Zealand filmmaker Dame Gaylene Preston spoke to Susie Ferguson.
