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48hours Lockdown

$35,000
Funding type:
Scripted
Production company:
Timpson Films
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Funding Subtype:
Scripted
Genre:
Drama
Episodes & Duration:
1x44 mins + 17x3 mins
Primary Platform:
TVNZ 2
Date:
May 2020
Synopsis:
The annual 48Hours filmmaking challenge just got harder – the films all have to be made in lockdown.

Tales Of Nai Nai 2

$500,000
Funding type:
Scripted
Production company:
Mooncake
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Funding Subtype:
Scripted
Genre:
Children
Episodes & Duration:
10x10 mins
Primary Platform:
HEIHEI
Date:
May 2020
Synopsis:
Chinese-New Zealand twins Maggie and Michael who go on amazing adventures all over Asia through their grandmother's magical stories.

The Adventures Of Tinka Lalala And The Magic Moana

$207,500
Funding type:
Scripted
Production company:
Tikilounge Productions
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Funding Subtype:
Scripted
Genre:
Children
Episodes & Duration:
10x4 mins
Primary Platform:
HEIHEI
Date:
May 2020
Synopsis:
Tinka and her band of musical friends use their passion and talents to work together to solve some of the mysteries of the Moana.

Jandal Burn 2

$308,900
Funding type:
Scripted
Production company:
Mukpuddy
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Funding Subtype:
Scripted
Genre:
Children
Episodes & Duration:
10x5 mins
Primary Platform:
HEIHEI
Date:
May 2020
Synopsis:
Follow the misadventures of Puku (the kiwi) and Kev (the kiwifruit) who live above a jandal store.

Kiri And Lou 3

$2,531,724
Funding type:
Scripted
Production company:
Kiri And Lou Limited
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Funding Subtype:
Scripted
Genre:
Children
Episodes & Duration:
42x5 mins
Primary Platform:
TVNZ 2
Date:
May 2020

Dai's House Party

$250,383
Funding type:
Scripted
Production company:
Kevin & Content
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Funding Subtype:
Scripted
Genre:
Comedy
Episodes & Duration:
6x22 mins
Primary Platform:
THREE
Date:
May 2020
Synopsis:
Host Dai Henwood brings together a bunch of local comedians performing sketches, stand-up routines and much bubble-based silliness from their own lockdown locat

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.