Annabelle Sheehan

Recently the Chair of Te Tuma Whakaata Taonga New Zealand Film Commission, Dame Kerry Prendergast, announced that CEO Annabelle Sheehan would step away from the role, after three years leading the… Audio

The Film Commission says New Zealand's coronavirus response and border exemptions for overseas cast and crew have kickstarted what could be a record year ahead for the screen industry.

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Annabelle Sheehan was one of the first high profile people in New Zealand to get Covid-19. She discusses her experience of testing positive for the respiratory illness and now having to manage the… Audio

This week the full effect of the Covid-19 outbreak on the arts has really been revealed. Theatre shows, concerts, arts and comedy festivals have been put off, or cancelled. It leaves many artists, who… Audio

More than 20 New Zealand feature films are due out for release this year. Audio

Both new feature Vai and Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen have just screened at the Berlin International Film Festival - two of a record number of women-directed New Zealand films selected for… Video, Audio

The Sir Peter Jackson produced film 'Mortal Engines' has premiered in LA. The film is science fiction and set in a world many thousands of years in the future where earth's cities now roam the globe… Audio

CEO of the New Zealand Film Commission Annabelle Sheehan has been making her presence felt in the industry with a series of initiatives, often inspired by the idea of more diversity. Audio

Are the millions of tax-payer dollars spent on enticing big overseas movie productions to New Zealand worth the cost?  Audio

Annabelle Sheehan talks with Simon Morris about her background, the challenges faced in the film industry as more audiences go on-line for their content, and where New Zealand films fit on the new… Audio