Film

This year a project was initiated by NZ On Air, the Film Commission and Script to Screen to sell on-screen New Zealand drama to the world. These days, many of the best examples aren't on linear TV, or… Audio

Director and actor Sima Urale has just been announced as a 2019 Arts Foundation Laureate. Her work combines Samoan and urban New Zealand perspectives to tell Pacific stories. As the first female… Audio

Brazilian David Schurmann jumped ship in New Zealand at age 16 while his family were sailing round the world and ended up staying for six years, studying filmmaking and working as a TV director. Now… Audio

Over the last decade she's been involved in films including Vai, Moana and The Orator and set up a successful casting company, all while teaching at the National University of Samoa. Actor, writer and… Audio

Dr Lauren Rosewarne from the University of Melbourne has written a new book, Sex & Sexuality In Modern Screen Remakes which raises questions about how women are seen on screen now.  Audio

Dutch filmmaker Marjoleine Boonstra's latest film highlights the plight of four of the world's almost forgotten or disappeared languages and those who are fighting to preserve them.  Video, Audio

The 1969 film Easy Rider was a landmark counterculture film starring Jack Nicholson, Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper. Not only was the film hugely popular, its soundtrack was… Video, Audio

Robert Monroe emailed us at pods@rnz.co.nz to tell us about his favorite podcast, "The Micheaux Mission". The show's name comes from the pioneering African-American filmmaker Oscar Micheaux and in it… Audio

Our Bookmarks guest today takes her role as an indigenous film maker very seriously, but having a Pakeha Mum and a Maori dad, being comfortable with her Maoriness wasn't always something that came… Audio

Francis Ford Coppola is one of Hollywood's pre-eminent directors, producers and screenwriters. His first directorial success was Finian's Rainbow in 1968, and he was propelled to the top tier of… Audio

Julian Arahanga grew up in small town Raetihi. He's the half brother of actor Tammy Davis and the son of Sleeping Dogs producer Larry Parr. As an actor Arahanga is best known for playing Nig Heke in… Audio

On the West Coast of the South Island, about 100 kilometers from anywhere, a group of kiwis are trying to change the world by escaping it. The Living in Peace Project in Karamea runs on renewable… Video, Audio

She has for decades been known as Sir Peter Jackson's partner in life and on all his films since 'Meet the Feebles' in 1989. Together with fellow screenwriter Philippa Boyens, she has three Oscars for… Audio

'Words To That Effect' looks at how some big ideas enter the popular imagination through books and film. Zombies, overpopulation, steampunk and imaginary countries are just some of the topics covered… Audio

'The Document' (KCRW) mashes together the worlds of documentary film and audio. In interviews with some of the world's top documentary makers, it uncovers great stories about how they do what they do… Audio

Documentary The Eulogy is an “epic tale and musical legacy of one of the greatest pianists Australia never really knew”. Director Janine Hosking delves into the life of Geoffrey Tozer. Video, Audio