Fresh from LA, Avatar star Cliff Curtis spoke to west Auckland students about the film industry and the future of Māori cinema. The film industry roared into life too, after 56 film workers from the United States were waved through New Zealand’s strict border restrictions to quarantine at Wellington’s QT hotel after they had chartered a flight from Los Angeles, a coronavirus hotspot. Supplied The sequels to Avatar will be made in New Zealand thanks to a generous Government subsidy. PIKI FILMS/YouTube Taika Waititi's film Hunt for the Wilderpeople is still the highest grossing Kiwi film ever made. It’s true that Wellington in particular has benefited from having so much film production work carried out there.

Source: Stuff June 02, 2020 17:01 UTC