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1137 decisions found.

Day One Shorts 2025

$405,000
Funding type:
Scripted
Production company:
Connected Media Trust
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Funding Subtype:
Creation Scripted
Genre:
Youth
Episodes & Duration:
8x10 mins
Primary Platform:
YouTube
Date:
Jul 2024
Synopsis:
Previously known as Someday Stories, Day One Shorts are short films by young emerging filmmakers from across Aotearoa New Zealand. They explore cultural, social

Warren's Vortex

$1,227,000
Funding type:
Scripted
Production company:
Kitchen Table Productions (WV) Limited
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Funding Subtype:
Creation Scripted
Genre:
Comedy
Episodes & Duration:
6x23 mins
Primary Platform:
TVNZ 2
Date:
Jul 2024
Synopsis:
When teenager Lucy falls through a trans-dimensional vortex hidden in the family shed, her dad Warren jumps in to rescue her, starting a madcap journey

Small Town Scandal

$2,964,454
Funding type:
Scripted
Production company:
Miss Scandal Limited
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Funding Subtype:
Creation Scripted
Genre:
Comedy
Episodes & Duration:
8x22 mins
Primary Platform:
Sky Open
Date:
Jul 2024
Synopsis:
A disgraced journalist investigates the suspicious death (by automated lawn mower) of his millionaire uncle in a hometown filled with very eccentric suspects.

Shortland Street 2025

$3,000,000
Funding type:
Scripted
Production company:
South Pacific Pictures
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Funding Subtype:
Creation Scripted
Genre:
Drama
Episodes & Duration:
138x22 mins
Primary Platform:
TVNZ 2
Date:
Jul 2024

Music With Michal

$235,000
Funding type:
Scripted
Production company:
Music with Michal Studios
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Funding Subtype:
Non-Fiction (Creation)
Genre:
Children
Episodes & Duration:
40x2 mins
Primary Platform:
YouTube
Date:
Apr 2024
Synopsis:
Teaching 123's and ABC's through music with a focus on children's wellbeing

First Place

$970,000
Funding type:
Scripted
Production company:
Tikilounge Productions
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Funding Subtype:
Creation Scripted
Genre:
Drama
Episodes & Duration:
5x12 mins
Primary Platform:
TheCoconet.tv
Date:
Apr 2024
Synopsis:
The drama behind the scenes of the biggest Polynesian Dance festival in the world. Who has what it takes to stand in the front row?

Ms. X

$3,040,000
Funding type:
Scripted
Production company:
Cupcake Productions
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Funding Subtype:
Creation Scripted
Genre:
Drama
Episodes & Duration:
6x45 mins
Primary Platform:
THREE
Date:
Apr 2024
Synopsis:
A mum teams up with an old high school friend to scare her cheating husband faithful, but things turn homicidal.

Suzy & Friends 2024

$193,458
Funding type:
Scripted
Production company:
Treehut
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Funding Subtype:
Creation Scripted
Genre:
Children
Episodes & Duration:
53x60 mins + 52x20 mins
Primary Platform:
Various Stations
Date:
Apr 2024
Synopsis:
Fun songs, stories, love and laughter for tamariki of all ages, and their whanau OR, in the case of the Podcast, all of the above... without the songs!

The Ridge

$3,575,000
Funding type:
Scripted
Production company:
The Ridge Production
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Funding Subtype:
Creation Scripted
Genre:
Drama
Episodes & Duration:
6x44 mins
Primary Platform:
Sky Open
Date:
Apr 2024
Synopsis:
A Scottish anaesthetist goes to New Zealand to visit her estranged sister only to find her missing and soon dead.

Dead Ahead

$1,139,001
Funding type:
Scripted
Production company:
Hi Mama
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Funding Subtype:
Creation Scripted
Genre:
Comedy
Episodes & Duration:
6x22 mins
Primary Platform:
TVNZ 2
Date:
Apr 2024
Synopsis:
The Wharekoa whānau return to Aotearoa and inadverdently unleash four tupuna into the household to guide the whanau.

Kupu X

$362,999
Funding type:
Scripted
Production company:
Adrenalin
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Funding Subtype:
Creation Scripted
Genre:
Drama
Episodes & Duration:
6x15 mins
Primary Platform:
MĀORI TELEVISION SERVICE
Date:
Apr 2024
Synopsis:
Kahu Smith uses debunking local mysteries on TikTok as a front for her investigation into her mother’s disappearance.

A Remarkable Place To Die

$350,000
Funding type:
Scripted
Production company:
Remarkable Productions NZ Limited
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Funding Subtype:
Creation Scripted
Genre:
Drama
Episodes & Duration:
8x44 mins
Primary Platform:
TVNZ 1
Date:
Apr 2024
Synopsis:
Detective Anais Mallory returns to her hometown of Queenstown, to be met with a series of startlingly different and intriguing homicides.

Rapunga The Hunt

$860,578
Funding type:
Scripted
Production company:
CINCO CINE FILM PRODUCTIONS
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Funding Subtype:
Creation Scripted
Genre:
Drama
Episodes & Duration:
6x26 mins
Primary Platform:
MĀORI TELEVISION SERVICE
Date:
Apr 2024
Synopsis:
An eclectic group of urban Māori find themselves in the middle of the remote wilderness of the far north.

Bloke Of The Apocalypse

$472,368
Funding type:
Scripted
Production company:
Good On Ya Mate Productions Limited
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Funding Subtype:
Creation Scripted
Genre:
Comedy
Episodes & Duration:
7x6 mins
Primary Platform:
YouTube
Date:
Apr 2024
Synopsis:
A 2D animated horror-comedy series that follows a father and son as they combat the zombie apocalypse in rural New Zealand.

Island Of Mystery 3

$803,603
Funding type:
Scripted
Production company:
Adrenalin
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Funding Subtype:
Creation Scripted
Genre:
Children
Episodes & Duration:
10x11 mins
Primary Platform:
YouTube
Date:
Apr 2024
Synopsis:
With a map from the atua, the team find the remaining godsticks and send Josh back home to save the rohe.

Literally Dead

$526,990
Funding type:
Scripted
Production company:
Lusty Productions
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Funding Subtype:
Creation Scripted
Genre:
Comedy
Episodes & Duration:
8x8 mins
Primary Platform:
YouTube
Date:
Apr 2024
Synopsis:
A dead teenage girl stalks her high school friends’ graduation party to investigate her own murder.

Educators 4

$1,898,500
Funding type:
Scripted
Production company:
South Pacific Pictures
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Funding Subtype:
Creation Scripted
Genre:
Comedy
Episodes & Duration:
6x22 mins
Primary Platform:
TVNZ+
Date:
Apr 2024
Synopsis:
Half-hour narrative comedy about the unruly staff of a dysfunctional high school.

Tangata Pai

$2,028,244
Funding type:
Scripted
Production company:
Green Sugar Media Limited
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Funding Subtype:
Creation Scripted
Genre:
Drama
Episodes & Duration:
8x44 mins
Primary Platform:
ThreeNow
Date:
Apr 2024
Synopsis:
Tangata Pai is the story of the intersection of five people in the last hour of their lives.

The Sender

$375,000
Funding type:
Scripted
Production company:
Teen Dream Productions
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Funding Subtype:
Creation Scripted
Genre:
Drama
Episodes & Duration:
18x2 mins
Primary Platform:
Tik Tok
Date:
Apr 2024
Synopsis:
When a group of school leaders gather for an exclusive Prefect Party, their celebration turns sinister.

Homebound 3.0 2

$979,200
Funding type:
Scripted
Production company:
Homebound Ltd
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Funding Subtype:
Creation Scripted
Genre:
Comedy
Episodes & Duration:
8x22 mins
Primary Platform:
THREE
Date:
Nov 2023
Synopsis:
Henry Li and Melissa Wu endure a fake relationship to get their respective families off their backs, this time faking a pregnancy.