The Screen Production and Development Association (SPADA) welcomes the latest findings of the Local Content Report issued by NZ On Air today.

Three New Zealand films were honoured at the closing awards ceremony of the 60th Berlin International Film Festival on Saturday, 20th February:

1. Taika Waititi's feature film Boy, was awarded the Grand Prix, Best Feature Film, Generation Section by the International Jury;

The winners of the 18th annual Chapman Tripp Theatre Awards were named last night, with Auckland-based Wellingtonian Arthur Meek scooping the major prizes for his production Collapsing Creation.

Oscar-winner Guillermo Del Toro may be a big guy in Hollywood circles but the director of The Hobbit is only too happy to help some of the local film industry's "little guys".

World Vision is responding to thousands affected by Typhoon Ketsana in the Philippines, which has been described as Manila's worst disaster in decades.