Auckland's Film Industry Growth

Hi Aucklanders,

Auckland has continued on its path of complete business in spite of the Intergalactic Productions job being put on the shelf while its lead actor recovers from injury. We have been lucky enough to have a quantity of work allowing crew to get soaked up all over town on some other large projects, as well as multiple television commercials shooting around the region.

It seems that with the help of ATEED and other industry organisations the focus is now on upskilling and training younger crew with a more structured approach than ever before, as it is recognised that international projects don’t just come to New Zealand because of our beautiful locations, they come here for our skill set and work ethic. We are known as hardworking, reliable and honest crew who can put in the hard yards and go the extra mile to achieve the look of any director or studio. It is important we continue to develop our skills and experience, which will go hand in hand with our locations, studios and newly developing infrastructure.

Our city is about to embark on an unprecedented boom of production in 2020, which is terribly exciting not just for our industry, but for many auxiliary businesses throughout the country.

The Film Industry Working Group is still working closely with MBIE and Government to structure policy around employment law changes for contractors, along with the Screen Sector Strategy 2030 group who are consulting Government about the way we would like to shape and support our industry over the next 10 years and beyond. The Screen Sector Strategy 2030 group have been thrilled with the turnout to all the huis throughout the country, and have had a chance to distil all the ideas and thoughts of the industry, which it will present to the Prime Minister early in 2020 for her consideration. Now more than ever we stand in a position of being able to carve out a future that we wish to have for our own industry, with Government support. The Screen Industry Guild has been heavily involved with all of the above, and will continue to be one of the leading voices between contractors, funders, Government and producers.

We look forward to battening down the hatches and getting prepared for the perfect storm of work coming our way, and encourage all of you to upskill, learn, prosper, and teach during this period of boom.