Queenstown's Shifting Film Landscape

December? Again? How?

The last 12-months have been funny-peculiar. And It now looks like the next 12 will be similarly unusual. In fact it looks likely that 'usual' is over.

The Queenstown film industry used to be largely reliant on the International Line Production TV Commercials, but at this stage these beauties have not returned in their earlier numbers. Instead crew recently have enjoyed working on a cool variety of productions: NZ Commercials, Music Videos, Bollywood Feature Segments, Reality Shows.

I hear that the NZ wide pipeline for funded projects is causing some concern from mid next year onwards. And I'd not be confident that any potential change in government will come in time to change that forecast.

So my hope is with the army of producers across NZ who pitch relentlessly for jobs. And with the teams working in regional film offices who enable and encourage any and all film projects. And the innovators who dream up new ways of supporting this industry, and doing this film thing. And the crews who deliver the projects, and support and build the NZ Film Industry reputation.

Go you good things!

See you in 2023.

Fleece Navidad

Kim Godby, Queenstown