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Nine projectsselected in Final Production Funding Round of Te PunaKairangi.

A total of nine film and television projectshave been offered funding in the final round of Te PunaKairangi Premium Productions for International AudiencesFund, which is administered by Te Tumu Whakaata Taonga| TheNew Zealand Film Commission.

Among the diverseprojects is a family fantasy feature film written anddirected by the highly successful New Zealand filmmakerAndrew Niccol (Gattaca, The Truman Show), a thrillertelevision drama series based in Christchurch, a featurefilm with strong te reo Mori content and a childrensanimation series.

The $25 million investment is thefinal instalment from the $50m Fund, set up to support theAotearoa New Zealand production sectors recovery fromCOVID-19.

Irirangi Te Motu | NZ On Air will contributea further $4.8 million towards six of the projects whichmeet their funding requirements, explains NZ On Air ChiefExecutive Cameron Harland. These high-quality productionsrepresent how culturally unique Aotearoa is and have thepotential for strong international reach. Given the calibreof the projects on the table, NZ On Air has allocatedadditional funds from its NZ Media Fund to ensure we get asmany premium series funded as possible. Te Puna Kairangi hasbeen a brilliant, cross-agency initiative."

Te MngaiPho CEO, Larry Parr agrees the collaboration between threefunding agencies has been highly successful and providesclear evidence that it is a model which should be continued.Ko ng hua e puta nei i roto i te mahi ngtahitangi oTe Puna Kairangi te taunaki kia haere tonu ai tneiwhakaritenga m nga r e haere ake nei. This kaupapa issymbolic of the well-known whakatauk, Ehara taku toa ite toa takitahi, engari he toa takitini- success comesfrom the work of many not an individual.

This finalproduction funding round received 20 eligible applicationsseeking a total of nearly $64 million. Applications wereassessed against the five key objectives of the fund whichare: to boost economic growth, increase employment, createcultural benefit, respond to COVID-19 with speed to marketand develop skills and capability.

Funding decisionswere made by a panel which has members from Te Tumu WhakaataTaonga (New Zealand Film Commission), Irirangi Te Motu (NZOn Air) and Te Mngai Pho and independent Chair ChristinaMilligan.We are delighted with the projects we havebeen able to fund, says Ms Milligan. There were manyother impressive applications that we were unfortunatelyunable to support with the finite funding available. Te PunaKairangi has demonstrated the depth of talent and ambitionin New Zealands screen sector, and it would be great tocreate further opportunities to support more projects ofthis nature.

Mladen Ivancic acting CEO of TeTumu Whakaata Taonga | New Zealand Film Commission saysacross three production funding rounds Te Puna Kairangi hassupported a total of 16 productions. These projectsrepresent an anticipated collective spend of over $154million in a range of locations around the country, with anestimated spend on local jobs of over $90 million.International investment in these projects is over $51million.

The final instalment of investment fundingincludes funds returned from the first fundinground.

$2 million was also invested in the developmentof 26 diverse screen projects which will provide furtherproduction opportunities in the years to come.

In thisfinal production funding round of Te Puna Kairangi,conditional offers have been made to nine projects:

1.After the Party (Drama Series 6 x 43min) *Pennysworld implodes when she accuses her husband of a sex crime,and nobody believes her. Five years later, she must decidewhats more important the truth, or rebuilding herrelationship with her daughter.Production Co: LuminousBeast & Lingo PicturesProducers: Helen Bowden, PeterSalmonWriter: Dianne TaylorDirector: PeterSalmon

2. Babylon (Feature Film)A Mori warriorpriest comes to the lawless whaling settlement of Babylon torecover his fathers stolen head. A sons love soonbecomes a threat to the towns villainousmayoress.Production Co: VendettaProductionsProducers: Jill Macnab, James Brown, TainuiStephensWriter/Director: Glenn Standring

3.Badjelly (Animation series 13 x 22 min) *When siblingsTim and Rose enter the nearby woods in search of theirbeloved cow Lucy, they must team up with the weird andwonderful forest-folk to confront a malevolent forceterrorising the valley, known as Badjelly.Production Co:Mukpuddy LtdProducers: Simon Ward, Roger Shakes, CarthewNealWriter/Directors: Ryan Cooper, Alex Leighton &Tim Evans

4. Creamerie (season 2) (Drama Series 6 x22min) *Team Creamerie flees Hiro Valley and sets off onan epic road trip to save male survivors, bring Lane tojustice and uncover the truth about the pandemic. But tosave mankind, theyve first got to save theirfriendship.Production Co: Creamerie Ltd (Kevin and Co& Flat3), Tony Ayres ProductionsProducers:Bronwynn Bakker, Roseanne Liang, JJ Fong, Ally Xue, PerlinaLauDirector: Roseanne LiangWriters: Roseanne Liang,Dan Musgrove

5. Dark City The Cleaner (DramaSeries 6 x 50 min) *Joe Middleton is the cleaner atChristchurchs Central Police Station. Everyone thinks Joeis not very smart. The Police are looking for a serialkiller who has seven victims. Joe knows he has killed six.He is going to find out who did the seventh and frame themfor all the murders.Production Co: Endeavour VenturesLtdProducers: John Barnett, Chloe SmithWriters: PaulCleave, Rachel Lang, Simone NathanDirector: RickJacobson

6. Escaping Utopia (Documentary Series 3 x 45min)What if your entire life was based onlies?Production Co: Warner Bros. InternationalTelevision Production NZProducers: Natalie Malcon,Philippa RennieDirectors: Justin Pemberton, NatalieMalcon, Michelle Savill

7. I,Object (Featurefilm)I,Object follows Tom, a grief-stricken 10-year-oldboy who has drifted into a world of imagination after thedeath of his father. Misunderstood by everyone, Tom startsforming unusual friendships with the faces he sees ineveryday objects. Soon everything from his alarm clock, popcans, and even the kitchen sink begin helping him accept hisloss and reconnect with the humans around him.ProductionCo: Southern Light Films & Good QuestionMediaProducers: Timothy White, Daniel Bekerman, ChrisYurkovich, Alex OrdanisWriter/Director: AndrewNiccol

8. Madame Mom (Drama Series 10 x half hour)*An all-American Mom finds herself divorced, unemployedand pregnant in small-town New Zealand and starts an ethicalbrothel to survive.Production Co: Tavake LtdWriters:Shoshana McCallum, Harry McNaughtonProducers: Tom Hern,Halaifonua Finau, Crystal Vaega

9. The Panthers(season 2) (Drama Series 6 x 44 min) *ThePolynesian Panthers are in a new chapter of their lives; nowjuggling young families and jobs in the capitalist world,working for The Man. But the revolution waits for noone. This season our young radicals are called to stand upand support their Mori brothers and sisters, as they questto reclaim their language, culture and the land that wastaken from beneath them.Production Co: TavakeLtdProducers: Nicole Horan, CrystalVaegaWriters: Halaifonua Finau, Tom Hern, BecsArahangaExecutive Producers: Tom Hern, HalaifonuaFinau

* Each of these projects qualified for theadditional funding of $800,00 from NZ OnAir.

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