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![Kiwi doco star: 'From 14 suicide attempts to finding hope'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Kiwi doco star: 'From 14 suicide attempts to finding hope'
Jazz Thornton wants young people who are struggling to take hope from new movie.
![Celebrating 40 years of NZ film: The Breaker Upperers (2018)](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Celebrating 40 years of NZ film: The Breaker Upperers (2018)
NZ On Screen brings us the stories behind some of our most notable local films.
![Celebrating 40 years of NZ film: Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016)](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Celebrating 40 years of NZ film: Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016)
NZ On Screen brings us the stories behind some of our most notable local films.
![Celebrating 40 years of NZ film: The Dark Horse (2014)](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Celebrating 40 years of NZ film: The Dark Horse (2014)
NZ On Screen brings us the stories behind some of our most notable local films.
![Celebrating 40 years of NZ film: Boy (2010)](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Celebrating 40 years of NZ film: Boy (2010)
NZ On Screen brings us the stories behind some of our most notable local films.
![Celebrating 40 years of NZ film: The Topp Twins: Untouchable Girls (2009)](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Celebrating 40 years of NZ film: The Topp Twins: Untouchable Girls (2009)
NZ On Screen brings us the stories behind some of our most notable local films.
![Film about a crime that shocked New Zealand](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Film about a crime that shocked New Zealand
Peter Jackson's fourth feature saw him step away from splatter.
![The film that exposed a dark side of NZ](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
The film that exposed a dark side of NZ
NZ On Screen brings us the stories behind some of our most notable local films.
![Celebrating 40 years of NZ film: Vigil (1984)](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Celebrating 40 years of NZ film: Vigil (1984)
NZ On Screen brings us the stories behind some of our most notable local films.
![The Kiwi conman film that won us over](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
The Kiwi conman film that won us over
NZ On Screen brings us the stories behind some of our most notable local films.
![The Kiwi film Quentin Tarantino couldn't stop raving about](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
The Kiwi film Quentin Tarantino couldn't stop raving about
NZ On Screen brings us the stories behind some of our most notable local films.
![The lasting legacy of Goodbye Pork Pie](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
The lasting legacy of Goodbye Pork Pie
NZ On Screen brings us the stories behind some of our most notable local films.
![Celebrating 40 years of New Zealand film: Angel Mine (1978)](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Celebrating 40 years of New Zealand film: Angel Mine (1978)
NZ On Screen brings us the stories behind some of our most notable local films.
![Sleeping Dogs, the film that launched a Kiwi icon](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Sleeping Dogs, the film that launched a Kiwi icon
Released in 1977, Sleeping Dogs is based on the CK Stead novel Smith's Dream.
![The Breaker Upperers a huge hit at Kiwi box office](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
The Breaker Upperers a huge hit at Kiwi box office
The film has grossed a total of $1,079,144 at the kiwi box office after only two weeks.
![Investment banker, philanthropist Bill Birnie made CNZM](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Investment banker, philanthropist Bill Birnie made CNZM
Investment banker and philanthropist Bill Birnie made CNZM in New Year Honours.
![John Drinnan: All in the family for screen sector](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
John Drinnan: All in the family for screen sector
How long before one super-agency promotes film and TV alike?, asks John Drinnan.
![Vista takes supporting role at the NZFC](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Vista takes supporting role at the NZFC
Murray Holdaway is an unlikely star of the silver screen.
![Big-screen dreams thanks to Peter Jackson](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Big-screen dreams thanks to Peter Jackson
Peter Jackson inspires Asian migrants to make movies for release here and overseas, and that could mean more tourists visiting this country, says a professor of diversity.
![Film industry readies for bumper 2015](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Film industry readies for bumper 2015
Hold on to your hats, says NZ film industry veteran Dave Gibson, because 2015 is going to be huge.
![Lord of the screen: Jackson on leadership](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Lord of the screen: Jackson on leadership
The film-maker who casts a Kong-like shadow over this country's big budget movie industry laughs down the phone at the suggestion he makes a model leader.
![Film industry boss will chase private money](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Film industry boss will chase private money
The domestic film industry has high hopes the arrival of one of NZ's most experienced film and TV producers, Dave Gibson, will change a stable but stale culture at the NZ Film Commission.
![A new breed of kiwi producer](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
A new breed of kiwi producer
Tom Hern and James Napier-Robertson have gone behind the cameras and are being tipped as the new faces of the domestic film industry.
![Film turns 3D models into art](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Film turns 3D models into art
New Zealand animated short-film Sifted is the first live action film to be produced in what is known as a 'Point Cloud world', which is where 3D points gathered from many photos of the same object are used to calculate their 3d form.
![John Drinnan: Maori funds for The GC](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
John Drinnan: Maori funds for The GC
The decision on the show's funding will highlight how far public bodies are prepared to fund commercial content aimed to boost networks' bottom line, writes John Drinnan.