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‘Weed Eaters’ Blazing into Hawke’s Bay
Screen Hawke’s Bay is blazed-as to support this screening of one of the funniest (and slightly bloodiest) New Zealand films to hit the international film festival circuit, Weed Eaters. We’d love to see you cram Focal Point Cinema Havelock North…
Five Films For Freedom
Screen Hawke’s Bay Hosting Five Films For Freedom British Council Special Screenings In partnership with the British Council, BFI Flare and London’s LGBTQIA+ Film Festival, join local queer filmmaker and
Kahurangi Toi Ātea Graduation
Toi Mai recently attended a special graduation ceremony in celebration of 28 graduates who completed the National Screen Skills Training Programme, Kahurangi Toi Ātea.
Kahurangi Toi Ātea is a NZQA-approved National Screen Industry Training Programme for below-the-line crew in Aotearoa
Shot on location: ‘Visceral’ Hawke’s Bay thriller hits cinemas
A Hawke’s Bay shot and locally-produced feature film, What Lies Between, rolls on to the big screen this month.
Shot almost entirely in a remote cottage on a Patoka forest block, the eerie psychological thriller was crafted by Hastings-based writer and director James Cleary.
Hawke’s Bay as a Film Friendly Destination
Hawke’s Bay is an ideal location for all things screen. It has some of the most unfilmed locations, great wine and food, high sunshine hours and all is located in a reasonable distance from each other. It seems hard to believe that filming has not continued to thrive since ‘Utu’ was filmed in parts of Hawke’s Bay in 1983.