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Bea Joblin’s Births, Deaths & Marriages

Bea Joblin’s Births, Deaths & Marriages

Births, Deaths and Marriages was a highlight of last year’s New Zealand International Film Festival for me, one of only two local features…
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The Power of Illusion

The Power of Illusion

by Anita Rossbach
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Ghazaleh Golbakhsh

Ghazaleh Golbakhsh

Ghazaleh, an Iranian New Zealander and multihyphenate filmmaker, came to Aotearoa aged 6. Her Masters in Documentary thesis film Iran in…
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Isabel Coixet

Isabel Coixet

Isabel Coixet, based in Barcelona, has made 14 feature films, many of them award-winning. Her Elisa & Marcela, about two women who married…
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Shuchi Kothari

Shuchi Kothari

Shuchi Kothari is a filmmaker and academic, based at the University of Auckland, where she is director of Screen Production. She’s written…
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NZ Update #18.2: Beyond Exceptionality?

NZ Update #18.2: Beyond Exceptionality?

It’s all go here in New Zealand, so I’ve had to add this to the last post. And — working around other commitments — I’ve probably missed…
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NZ Update #18 — Beyond Exceptionality?

NZ Update #18 — Beyond Exceptionality?

Some good news this week. A relief to write about, after my recent dense essays that explore continued risks to the safety of New Zealand…
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Mothers Day

Mothers Day

Three mothers-and-film things to celebrate! What a pleasure!
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Hang Time & Casey Zilbert

Hang Time & Casey Zilbert

Hang time is a new world wine term for the length of a vine’s growing season; the longer the grapes hang on the vine before harvest, the…
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NZ Update 17.1: Safety Revisited

NZ Update 17.1: Safety Revisited

Just before the #directedbywomen screenings in Auckland, I tumbled down a steep flight of wooden steps in Auckland’s Ayr Street Reserve…
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Julia Berg is On Her Way (to NZ)

Julia Berg is On Her Way (to NZ)

Julia Berg is offering a day-long workshop to up to eight lucky New Zealanders, on Saturday January 19. Ideal for many of us who’ve made…
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Isabel Coixet 1.

Isabel Coixet 1.

Isabel Coixet is director of many features, shorts, docos and commercials. She is also one of the visionary women directors involved with…
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Emerging Women Filmmakers Network

Emerging Women Filmmakers Network

Thanks to Lucy Holyoake and Lorraine Hughes, Wellington has a new and shiny Emerging Women Filmmaker’s Network. It began with a meet-up…
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NZ Update #16: Celebrations & Problems

NZ Update #16: Celebrations & Problems

In Aotearoa New Zealand we’re keen on movies with women protagonists, in a variety of genres. At the box office last time I looked, seven…
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Wanuri Kahiu’s RAFIKI: Accepted for #Cannes2018 & Banned At Home

Wanuri Kahiu’s RAFIKI: Accepted for #Cannes2018 & Banned At Home

The Kenyan Classification Board has banned RAFIKI (‘Friend’ in Swahili), the first Kenyan feature to be accepted for Cannes. It is a love…
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Belinde Ruth Stieve’s NEROPA Strategy

Belinde Ruth Stieve’s NEROPA Strategy

You’re probably familiar with the questions that screenwriters often ask themselves when they revise their work: Do I start this scene as…
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NZ Update #15: Screen Women Demand End to Sexual Harassment at Work

NZ Update #15: Screen Women Demand End to Sexual Harassment at Work

This week, the Screen Women’s Action Group (SWAG) held two forums for women in the screen industries, in Auckland and Wellington. I went to…
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NZ Update #14: Welcome To A Local #MeToo Organisation, SWAG!

NZ Update #14: Welcome To A Local #MeToo Organisation, SWAG!

I’m delighted that a group of women from the Aotearoa New Zealand screen industry have set up SWAG, a #MeToo action group, supported by…
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NZ Update #13: The Brilliance of Molly O’Shea

NZ Update #13: The Brilliance of Molly O’Shea

John O’Shea of Pacific Films is a legend in the film history of Aotearoa New Zealand. He died in 2001, aged 81. His daughter Kathy O’Shea…
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Today’s Global Opportunities for Women Filmmakers

Today’s Global Opportunities for Women Filmmakers

So many opportunities for #womeninfilm are limited geographically. These aren’t. And they’re amazing…
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Auckland Women’s Community Video

Auckland Women’s Community Video

A Lost Archive?
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NZ Update #12: Everything’s Gonna Be All Right?

NZ Update #12: Everything’s Gonna Be All Right?

Two Legends Meet
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Guetty Felin & ‘Ayiti Mon Amour’, Haiti’ s Entry in the Foreign Language Oscar

Guetty Felin & ‘Ayiti Mon Amour’, Haiti’ s Entry in the Foreign Lan...

Women directed 25 of the 92 films in contention for the Foreign Language Oscar in 2018 (27%), those submitted by Afghanistan, Argentina…
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How To Be A #WomeninFilm Activist: Sophie Mayer’s Manifesto

How To Be A #WomeninFilm Activist: Sophie Mayer’s Manifesto

I love Sophie Mayer and her work and her generosity. If you’re not familiar with her, check out my interview with her, when she launched…
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NZ Update #11.2: Gender Equity in Practice

NZ Update #11.2: Gender Equity in Practice

In the first part of this post, NZ Update #11.1, I addressed this myth: gender inequity within the ‘pipelines’ to feature film funding and…
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