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1129 decisions found.

My Favourite Dead Person

$516,557
Funding type:
Scripted
Production company:
THE DOWN LOW CONCEPT
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Funding Subtype:
Scripted
Genre:
Children
Episodes & Duration:
8x8 mins
Primary Platform:
HEIHEI
Date:
Sep 2021
Synopsis:
Josh Thomson sits down with kids as they share their favourite stories from local history.

Night Eyes

$441,100
Funding type:
Scripted
Production company:
Mukpuddy
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Funding Subtype:
Scripted
Genre:
Children
Episodes & Duration:
16x5 mins
Primary Platform:
HEIHEI
Date:
Sep 2021
Synopsis:
An animated comedy-horror series that follows the adventures of a small film crew who host an internet series hunting ghosts and other paranormal activity.

The Kids Of Korero Lane

$281,970
Funding type:
Scripted
Production company:
Attitude Pictures
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Funding Subtype:
Scripted
Genre:
Children
Episodes & Duration:
8x2 mins
Primary Platform:
HEIHEI
Date:
Sep 2021
Synopsis:
Inspired by the classic series Little Rascals but with deaf children in the lead and New Zealand Sign Language (NZSL) as the primary language.

Someday Stories 2022

$286,635
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 2021
Synopsis:
A series of short sustainability films by emerging New Zealand film-makers that push the envelope and look to the future.

Manu Pinball

$56,740
Funding type:
Scripted
Production company:
Method Studios
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Funding Subtype:
Scripted
Genre:
Children
Primary Platform:
HEIHEI Games
Date:
Sep 2021
Synopsis:
A classic pinball game that features an illustrated backdrop of an Aotearoa Forest with a variety of native birdlife.

20

$828,538
Funding type:
Scripted
Production company:
Brown Sugar Apple Grunt Productions
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Funding Subtype:
Scripted
Genre:
Drama
Episodes & Duration:
1x80 mins
Primary Platform:
RNZ
Date:
Sep 2021
Synopsis:
Kāinga celebrates the experiences of eight different Pan-Asian women as they navigate what it means to become ‘at home’ in Aotearoa.

Eel Story

$70,040
Funding type:
Scripted
Production company:
Grapefruit Games
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Funding Subtype:
Scripted
Genre:
Children
Primary Platform:
HEIHEI Games
Date:
Sep 2021
Synopsis:
An adventure/survival game about a young tuna kuwharuwhau (longfin eel) journeying upstream through Aotearoa New Zealand

One Lane Bridge 3

$6,122,355
Funding type:
Scripted
Production company:
Great Southern Television
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Funding Subtype:
Scripted
Genre:
Drama
Episodes & Duration:
5x44 mins
Primary Platform:
TVNZ 1
Date:
Sep 2021
Synopsis:
A third season of the local crime drama with a dark, supernatural twist.

Duckrockers

$4,493,367
Funding type:
Scripted
Production company:
South Pacific Pictures
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Funding Subtype:
Scripted
Genre:
Drama
Episodes & Duration:
8x22 mins
Primary Platform:
TVNZ 2
Date:
Sep 2021
Synopsis:
A coming of age comedy series pitched as the teen prequel to Sione's Wedding.

Mystery Beats

$54,877
Funding type:
Scripted
Production company:
Adrenalin
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Funding Subtype:
Scripted
Genre:
Children
Primary Platform:
HEIHEI Games
Date:
Sep 2021
Synopsis:
A music mixing game that takes the main characters from HEIHEI’s Island of Mystery animation series and turns them into beatboxers .

Ocean Adventurer

$47,925
Funding type:
Scripted
Production company:
Roundpenguinstudio
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Funding Subtype:
Scripted
Genre:
Children
Primary Platform:
HEIHEI Games
Date:
Sep 2021
Synopsis:
A 2D puzzle/adventure game where the player controls a diver who cleans up plastic waste in the ocean under time and oxygen constraint.

Kid Sister

$871,302
Funding type:
Scripted
Production company:
Greenstone TV
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Funding Subtype:
Scripted
Genre:
Comedy
Episodes & Duration:
5x23 mins
Primary Platform:
TVNZ+
Date:
Jul 2021
Synopsis:
Kid Sister is a semi-autobiographical Jewish comedy set in Auckland.

Patriot Brains 2

$485,382
Funding type:
Scripted
Production company:
THE DOWN LOW CONCEPT
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Funding Subtype:
Scripted
Genre:
Comedy
Episodes & Duration:
10x44 mins
Primary Platform:
TVNZ 2
Date:
Jul 2021
Synopsis:
New Zealand and Australia battle it out in the comedy panel show Patriot Brains.

New Zealand Today 3

$1,020,742
Funding type:
Scripted
Production company:
KEVIN & CONTENT
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Funding Subtype:
Scripted
Genre:
Comedy
Episodes & Duration:
10x22 mins
Primary Platform:
THREE
Date:
Jul 2021
Synopsis:
‘Volunteer journalist’ Guy Williams takes viewers on another unpredictable and bizarre journey through Aotearoa in this second series

Brutal Lives 2 - Mo'ui Faingata'a

$855,210
Funding type:
Scripted
Production company:
Kingston Productions
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Funding Subtype:
Scripted
Genre:
Drama
Episodes & Duration:
6x12 mins
Primary Platform:
TheCoconet.tv
Date:
Jul 2021
Synopsis:
Tongan drama webseries Brutal Lives 2 will continue the story of a former boxing champion battling the ancient spirit world.

7 Days 2022

$859,613
Funding type:
Scripted
Production company:
Discovery NZ
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Funding Subtype:
Scripted
Genre:
Comedy
Episodes & Duration:
20x44 mins
Primary Platform:
THREE
Date:
Jul 2021
Synopsis:
The team at 7 Days will return in 2022 with more laughs and a great pipeline of comedy talent development.

Bouncers

$301,638
Funding type:
Scripted
Production company:
Culture Park Productions Limited
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Funding Subtype:
Scripted
Genre:
Comedy
Episodes & Duration:
8x5 mins
Primary Platform:
YouTube
Date:
May 2021
Synopsis:
Bouncers will follow a rag-tag trio of clueless security officers and their boisterous supervisor as they struggle to keep their jobs in the temp department of

Welcome To Cardboard City 3

$309,680
Funding type:
Scripted
Production company:
Vinewood
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Funding Subtype:
Scripted
Genre:
Children
Episodes & Duration:
10x5 mins
Primary Platform:
HEIHEI
Date:
May 2021
Synopsis:
Join unlikely cardboard heroes as they embark on more crazy, pint-sized blockbuster adventures in the third season of this award-winning series.

Yap Trap 2

$154,815
Funding type:
Scripted
Production company:
Sad Patrol
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Funding Subtype:
Scripted
Genre:
Children
Episodes & Duration:
15x2 mins
Primary Platform:
HEIHEI
Date:
May 2021
Synopsis:
An animated musical comedy series that creates oddball humor from stock and archive footage and photography.

Self Help

$346,448
Funding type:
Scripted
Production company:
Wrestler Limited
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Funding Subtype:
Scripted
Genre:
Comedy
Episodes & Duration:
8x7 mins
Primary Platform:
YouTube
Date:
May 2021
Synopsis:
Self Help is a comedic exploration of the world of personal self-improvement, through the lens of a young man struggling to find healing and self-acceptance in