Who is Film Factory New Zealand?
Film Factory New Zealand is an Auckland, New Zealand based production service company designed to meet the needs of any offshore production; large or small.
FFNZ draws upon forty years of experience in the film industry in all capacities from tax incentive deals and production legal, to line producorial duties. Via the partners' established links with New Zealand's top banking,
production and post production providers, this unique service company
provides a framework with which offshore productions can smoothly and
successfully work in this fabulous foreign country with little or no startup
frustration for film and television projects. The partners' extensive
experience and relationships enable any producer or studio to take advantage
of a one-stop shop in New Zealand by providing complete project oversight
in New Zealand as well as front end support in the USA from our LA based
office.
From early assistance during your development process, to scouting,
budgeting, production, post production and corporate fiduciary follow
through, FFNZ will assist, guide and work with you to easily and
successfully realize your project in New Zealand's amazing landscape, cities
and small towns for far less cost and with none of the headaches associated
with non english speaking alternatives.
 
- We are a specialist production service company with a wealth of
experience to ensure that you get the best in all respects from shooting
your projects in New Zealand.
- Our dedicated production office with over 40 offices and with full
communications and facilities provides you with a modern base to prep
and make your project.
- If you are considering New Zealand, contact us and we will review your
script, provide a budget (or do a NZ budget comparison) and undertake
preliminary scouting for you.
- Let us make it easy and certain for you in deciding to shoot your project
in New Zealand. We will carry out all the preliminary work necessary to
fully scout, budget and set up your production. This includes all
management and assistance necessary to ensure that when you arrive in
New Zealand you can hit the ground running.
- Your offices will be set up and waiting for you with full
communications, data links, internet on line.
- A new separate company for your production will be in place and all
regulatory issues dealt with. New bank accounts will await funding.
- You will have the benefit of our hotel, travel and vendor deals with
prenegotiated rates for FedEx, furniture, camera and other equipment,
vehicles, props, sets, wardrobe, film stock, processing, telecine, phones
and others.
- We will resolve all issues with local unions and guilds, actors' equity,
Immigration Department and other local and central government
authorities.
- We have years of experience and strong relationships within the local
industry.
- Our cast, crew and other contracts and documentation are well
established and available to the production. We will provide assistance
in casting and crewing the production both here and in Australia if
needed.
- We have always delivered our film and tv projects on time and within
budget to its overseas producers.
- Once in production we will ensure that you get back the gst refunds on
the local spend and generally manage the production office.
- After wrap we will still be available to you and we will complete the
balance of the close down of the production and completion of company
tax returns and all other compliance issues that can take up to 12 months
to complete.
- Not only do you receive a thorough and competent production service,
but it will be at an attractive price.
- For all of this we charge a competitively priced fixed fee. We have
extensive entertainment, corporate and tax law skills, management,
contract negotiation and drafting experience in-house.
- Consequently, you can strike the legal costs from the budget and apply
that towards the production service fee.
- Contact us for more information and lets discuss your next project for
shooting in New Zealand.
Contact us about your script, let us scout and budget your New Zealand shoot.
Reasonable rates apply.
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