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1137 decisions found.

Frickin Dangerous Bro On The Road

$479,312
Funding type:
Scripted
Production company:
Kevin & Content
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Funding Subtype:
Scripted
Genre:
Comedy
Episodes & Duration:
8x22 mins
Primary Platform:
TVNZ+
Date:
Dec 2019
Synopsis:
A comedy series that sees Jamaine Ross, James Roque and Pax Assadi visit provincial towns and explore what makes each one unique.

Good Grief

$500,000
Funding type:
Scripted
Production company:
Brown Sugar Apple Grunt Productions
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Funding Subtype:
Scripted
Genre:
Comedy
Episodes & Duration:
6x10 mins
Primary Platform:
TVNZ+
Date:
Dec 2019
Synopsis:
Two millennial sisters inherit a funeral home from their koro, forcing them to confront the realities of their own life and what they want to make of it.

Teine Sa – The Ancient Ones

$715,389
Funding type:
Scripted
Production company:
Tikilounge Productions
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Funding Subtype:
Scripted
Genre:
Drama
Episodes & Duration:
5x12 mins
Primary Platform:
Sky Open
Date:
Dec 2019
Synopsis:
A contemporary horror series based on supernatural legends from the Pacific islands.

Darwin And Newts 3

$1,000,000
Funding type:
Scripted
Production company:
Darwin and Newts (Series 2)
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Funding Subtype:
Scripted
Genre:
Children
Episodes & Duration:
24x11 mins + 48x1.5 mins
Primary Platform:
TVNZ 2
Date:
Sep 2019
Synopsis:
An animated adventure series that follows Darwin and his sister Newts as they explore, experiment and discover how things work in the great outdoors.

Muru

$200,000
Funding type:
Scripted
Production company:
October 15
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Funding Subtype:
Scripted
Genre:
Drama
Episodes & Duration:
1x90 mins
Primary Platform:
THREE
Date:
Sep 2019
Synopsis:
MURU is an action drama cinema feature in which a local cop must protect his community when a police raid spirals out of control.

Poppy

$200,000
Funding type:
Scripted
Production company:
Poppy Pictures
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Funding Subtype:
Scripted
Genre:
Drama
Episodes & Duration:
1x90 mins
Primary Platform:
TVNZ 1
Date:
Sep 2019
Synopsis:
A young woman with Down syndrome assumes she's entitled to live her life like everyone else, yet the person she trusts most puts her in the 'disability' box.

Sis

$499,864
Funding type:
Scripted
Production company:
Culture Factory
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Funding Subtype:
Scripted
Genre:
Comedy
Episodes & Duration:
1x44 mins
Primary Platform:
comedycentral.com.au
Date:
Sep 2019
Synopsis:
Cousins Malia, Gee Gee and Miki have been best friends since birth. Now as young women, they must learn to navigate adulthood.

Golden Boy 2

$1,034,808
Funding type:
Scripted
Production company:
Sky Free
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Funding Subtype:
Scripted
Genre:
Comedy
Episodes & Duration:
8x22 mins
Primary Platform:
THREE
Date:
Sep 2019
Synopsis:
After a small breakdown recent graduate Mitch ends up back in her hometown working at the family dairy and living in the shadow of her All Black brother, Tama.

Inked

$460,000
Funding type:
Scripted
Production company:
Inked Pictures Limited
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Funding Subtype:
Scripted
Genre:
Drama
Episodes & Duration:
8x15 mins
Primary Platform:
Sky Open
Date:
Sep 2019
Synopsis:
A coming-of-age comedy-drama about recent college dropout, Jiayue, launching her own tattoo studio in Auckland, while struggling to reconcile with her Father

Brutal Lives

$499,852
Funding type:
Scripted
Production company:
Kingston Productions
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Funding Subtype:
Scripted
Genre:
Drama
Episodes & Duration:
6x12 mins
Primary Platform:
The Coconet TV
Date:
Sep 2019
Synopsis:
A former boxing champion haunted by his ancestor's spirit must face his past when he returns home to South Auckland to bury his beloved father.

Suzy & Friends 2020

$136,000
Funding type:
Scripted
Production company:
Treehut
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Funding Subtype:
Scripted
Genre:
Children
Episodes & Duration:
53x45 mins
Primary Platform:
Various Stations
Date:
Sep 2019
Synopsis:
Suzy & Friends is a kids radio show that shares kiwi kids' voices, stories and songs.

Black Hands

$5,533,148
Funding type:
Scripted
Production company:
Warner Bros. International Television Production New Zealand
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Funding Subtype:
Scripted
Genre:
Drama
Episodes & Duration:
5x44 mins
Primary Platform:
TVNZ 1
Date:
Sep 2019
Synopsis:
A dramatization of the years leading up to the 1994 deaths of five members of the Bain family in Dunedin.

Educators 2

$1,009,999
Funding type:
Scripted
Production company:
South Pacific Pictures
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Funding Subtype:
Scripted
Genre:
Comedy
Episodes & Duration:
10x15 mins
Primary Platform:
TVNZ+
Date:
Sep 2019
Synopsis:
Behind-the-scenes of an 'ordinary' Kiwi secondary school with the dysfunctional educators who are childishly trying to survive until the bell rings.

Someday Stories 2020

$200,000
Funding type:
Scripted
Production company:
Connected Media Trust
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Funding Subtype:
Scripted
Genre:
Drama
Episodes & Duration:
6x10 mins
Primary Platform:
Stuff.co.nz
Date:
Sep 2019
Synopsis:
Short sustainability focused films by emerging New Zealand film-makers that push the envelope, take story risk and look to the future.

Taskmaster New Zealand

$734,953
Funding type:
Scripted
Production company:
Kevin & Content
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Funding Subtype:
Scripted
Genre:
Comedy
Episodes & Duration:
10x44 mins
Primary Platform:
TVNZ 2
Date:
Sep 2019
Synopsis:
Five top comedians attempt to solve and navigate their way through a series of bizarre, tricky and often ingenious tasks.

Mean Mums 2

$1,080,000
Funding type:
Scripted
Production company:
South Pacific Pictures
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Funding Subtype:
Scripted
Genre:
Comedy
Episodes & Duration:
8x24 mins
Primary Platform:
THREE
Date:
Sep 2019
Synopsis:
This family friendly sitcom continues the celebration of school mums in all their crazy, earnest, exhausted glory.

Island Of Mystery

$360,291
Funding type:
Scripted
Production company:
Adrenalin
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Funding Subtype:
Scripted
Genre:
Children
Episodes & Duration:
12x6 mins
Primary Platform:
HEIHEI
Date:
Jul 2019
Synopsis:
An animated mystery adventure series with lovable characters and a fantastic world based on early Aotearoa.

Norbert And Mylo 3

$71,270
Funding type:
Scripted
Production company:
Loud Mouth Productions
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Funding Subtype:
Scripted
Genre:
Children
Episodes & Duration:
40x0.5 mins
Primary Platform:
HEIHEI
Date:
Jul 2019
Synopsis:
Norbert and Mylo are two claymation characters who bring to life jokes submitted by Kiwi kids.

Welcome To Cardboard City 2

$251,850
Funding type:
Scripted
Production company:
Vinewood
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Funding Subtype:
Scripted
Genre:
Children
Episodes & Duration:
10x3 mins
Primary Platform:
HEIHEI
Date:
Jul 2019
Synopsis:
Welcome To Cardboard City takes place in a world created entirely from cardboard and kids' imaginations.

Westside 6

$6,931,228
Funding type:
Scripted
Production company:
South Pacific Pictures
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Funding Subtype:
Scripted
Genre:
Drama
Episodes & Duration:
7x44 mins + 1x72 mins
Primary Platform:
THREE
Date:
Jul 2019
Synopsis:
The story of Ted, Rita, Wolf and Cheryl continues into the 90’s, finally meeting the beginning of Outrageous Fortune.