Thanks to Film Bay of Plenty the creator of Netflix’s most-watched original show, ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK, Jenji Kohan will be headlining this year’s SPADA Conference.

Jenji Kohan is an Emmy Award-winning producer and writer with a screen career spanning twenty-five years. Starting out as a writer on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Jenji went on to write episodes for Mad About You, Will and Grace, Sex and the City, and Gilmore Girls.  As the creator of original Showtime hit series Weeds Jenji was nominated for an Emmy and three PGA Awards. She is the creator and showrunner of Netflix series Orange is the New Black, and executive producer of GLOW and the upcoming Slutty Teenage Bounty Hunters. Jenji is also developing a documentary series based on the Worn Stories books.

Jenji Kohan has been nominated for 30 major awards and is the recipient of an Emmy Award, a Producer’s Guild of America Award, and the Writers Guild of America Laurel Award for TV Writing Achievement

SPADA 
When: 20-21 November 2019,
Where: Aotea Centre, Auckland 

 This year's SPADA conference is jam-packed with fantastic speakers, workshops, roundtables, masterclasses - and the SPADA Screen Industry Awards, the Great Screenrights' lunch featuring the South Pacific Pictures Big Pitch and the Opening Night Cocktail Function.

The SPADA Conference is produced with the support of its Strategic Partner the New Zealand Film Commission; Key sponsors NZ On Air, Images and Sound,Screenrights, Park Road Post Production and South Pacific Pictures: Sponsors and Supporters, SURA Film and Entertainment, Fulcrum Media Finance, Crombie Lockwood, Budget Rent a Car, Film Bay of Plenty, Film Finances, BCD Travel and The Data Book.

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"Wellington-based Director/writer Casey Zilbert co-wrote Born to Dance with Hone Kouka and Steve Barr (2015, directed by Tammy Davis); it screened at Toronto and the Berlinale. She’s also written and directed short films;  directed her own feature film "Hang Time" and has a million other projects-in-progress, many of them cross-border. Her IMDB page is here. WIFTNZ gave her its Woman to Watch Award in 2018"

We will be hosting Casey for a screening of her feature film "Hang Time and then a  workshop on "Creating content and finding ways to finance it in the new media world" 

Where: Toi-ohomai, Mokoia Campus, Rotorua 
When: 30th November
Time: 1 -3 pm Screening of Hang Time
          3 - 5 pm Workshop with Casey Zilbert
After drinks from 5 pm at Level 13, 1141 Eruera Street, Rotorua

"Hang Time is about three school friends who get to engage in some unscheduled socialising after a canceled wedding. The trio find themselves on a Marlborough vineyard with all the wine from the big day (as well as the bride's crazy uncle) - and soon decide it would be a shame to let all that vino go to waste".

 The International Youth Silent Film 2019 National Award Finals will be happening at Baycourt Community and Arts Centre on Friday the 8th of November.

Join filmmakers from around Aotearoa as they compete for the prestigious awards. The top films from NZ go through to the IYSFF International Award finals, held in Portland Oregon, in June 2020.

A cracking night of cinema suitable for all ages. Experience the 2019 finalists on Baycourts big screen with live accompaniment from the Wurlitzer organ.

Aotearoa has a strong reputation in the competition, with films from Lynfield College and Taieri College taking home prizes in the international finals earlier this year.

When: Friday 8th November
Where: Baycourt Community and Arts Centre
Time: 7.30pm

Presented by: Baycourt in association with us at Film Bay of Plenty, & supported by The Breeze Tauranga 95.8FM

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Last month at our AGM Tessa Blackett stepped down from our Film Bay of Plenty Board. We wanted to thank her for all of her hard work, dedication and amazing attention to detail.
Tessa has been involved from the start, working closely with Joanne Rye-McGregor (who passed away this year in July) to help create a thriving community of filmmakers in the Bay of Plenty. This community has evolved into what Film Bay of Plenty has become today., Tessa you will be missed.

Changing of the guard - an acknowledgment from Tessa Blackett

"At our recent AGM I stepped down as a Film Bay of Plenty trustee, and in July 2019 Joanne Rye-McGregor passed away - the vibrant woman who started this whole ball rolling. So even though I’ll still be around and helping out, for me this feels a little like the end of an era, completing the handing over to the new guard. I thought this might be an appropriate time to reflect on where we’ve come from and acknowledge the enormous amount of effort put in by many people to make Film Bay of Plenty what it is today."

READ MORE HERE

Thanks, everyone for coming along to our AGM on the 15th October at the Tauranga Art Gallery. It was great to see so many people excited about film and the benefits it can bring to the Bay of Plenty.

Waiariki Studio was a hot topic and CEO Anton Steel has been working hard to get that to come to fruition. It will be exciting to see what the next chapter brings.

The groundbreaking virtual reality show "Terminus" was incredible and quite mindblowing. Thanks, Tauranga Art Gallery for hosting us in such a great venue, GoodBuzz, Volcanic Hills Winery and The Island Brewery for the lovely beverages.

Cult Cinema Club would like to thank and congratulate the 21 NZ independent filmmakers whose work we screened with Film Bay of Plenty inside the Village Cinema at Tauranga's first-ever Fringe Village Festival. The calibre of screened films certifies yet again, that creative independent NZ film making is well and truly alive and well and flourishing. 

The 2020 Cult Cinema Club film season will be launching on the 11th of January 2020! If you have a short film (up to 10 min), you'd like to see on the Village Cinema screen, you can contact us here: melanie@cultcinemaclub.com and stay tuned for our full film programme line-up coming soon!

Script to Screen is proud to be partnering with Compton School once again to deliver Strength in Numbers – a program designed to teach screen practitioners about growing a sustainable and profitable business while doing the work you want to do.

Run by Script to Screen, and led by Australian screen business expert David Court, Strength in Numbers Growth comprises a series of workshops that arm participants with the tools they need to build a sustainable business in the screen industry.  The programme is for screen practitioners with a slate of projects and a screen industry business already underway and will be delivered over several workshop days held in Auckland January to September 2020

Selected participants will have a proven track record that demonstrates considerable talent and tenacity in their field. They will become part of Script to Screen’s alumni network. This network supports further collaboration and strengthens connections.  To encourage screen practitioners from the regions to apply we have support from some of New Zealand’s regional offices: Film Otago Southland, Film Dunedin, Screen Canterbury, Screen Wellington, Tairawhiti TV, Film Bay of Plenty.

Applications Open: Mon 21 Oct
Applications Close: Sun 1 Dec, midnight
First Workshop: Early Feb 2020

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The team at 48Hours are excited to announce the dates for next year's Vista Foundation 48Hours. Based in eight regions around the country, this national guerilla film competition generates between 400-500 short films in a weekend.

2020 Shoot Weekend - 7 pm, Friday 22nd May to 7 pm, Sunday 24th May.

The countdown timer has started up on the website! Earlybird registrations open on 6th April 2019.

Creative Bay of Plenty would like to present the new What's On page on their brand new website! This is the place to go for all the creative events/workshops coming up in the Bay of Plenty. The video below shows an overview of the What's On page. You can check out How To Submit an Event in the feature below this one!

Click here to visit the What's On page.