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We are the Wellington region’s film office. If you’re interested in filming in Wellington, we can help.

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Why Wellington

Wellington UNESCO City of Film offers a diverse range of unique locations and local expertise, all within easy reach of award-winning production facilities.

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Locations directory

Wellington, New Zealand has a diverse range of filming locations due to the compact geography and unique urban and rural landscapes.

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Before you film in Wellington

Find everything you need to know about filming in the Wellington region and how to streamline the production process.

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Screen industry directory

You’ll find all the production facilities you need to film in Wellington. From film studios and post-production to industry infrastructure and crew.

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Get in touch

Screen Wellington is the Wellington region’s film office. We can help you with all things screen if you’re interested in filming in Wellington.

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Wellington UNESCO City of Film

Wellington has embraced its coveted title as a UNESCO City of Film. This title acknowledges Wellington as the best place in Aotearoa to learn about, create, and engage with film and the screen industry.

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Screen stories

Made in Wellington
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Actors Jim Moriarty and Korban Knock while filming ’Secrets at Red Rocks‘.

Winter on Wellington’s moody south coast brings the drama

A beloved youth-adult novel and Wellington’s wild south coast come to life in a new drama series that brings Celtic myth to a New Zealand setting.

Charlie Faulks, animator of 'Bloke of the Apocolypse' wears a brown tee-shirt, jacket and khaki pants, smiles and sits on a living room couch.

Dreams become reality for young Wellington animator

Charlie Faulks is a self-taught Wellington animator and has received $500,000 in funding to produce his own web series.

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Screen siren – in front of and behind the camera

The lure of film has been strong since childhood for Awa Puna. Whether editing, directing, or acting it feeds her need to tell stories. One such story is showing at the 2024 Māoriland Film Festival.

Accelerator Project’s Jon Kroll and Melissa Conway are behind the scenes with ‘Extreme Cake Sports’ producer Bevin Linkhorn.

Screen project launches producer onto international stage

As part of Wellington’s Screen Accelerator Project, ‘Extreme Cake Sports’ producer Bevin Linkhorn has interest from a Hollywood producer.

A production still from the series After the Party filmed in Wellington. Penny (played by Robyn Malcolm), wearing a helmet and a beige blouse, rides a bicycle on a road with a blurry seagull taking flight in the foreground.

Wellington impresses ‘After the Party’ producer

New Zealand’s latest drama ‘After The Party’ is the very first series leading Australian producer Helen Bowden has made in Wellington.

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New Kiwi kids’ series a first for rainbow community

Supernatural comedy ‘Little Apocalypse’ is New Zealand’s first scripted children’s series by, for and about rainbow young people.

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Capital claims ‘Cokey’ as its own

Wellingtonian Allan Henry is the man behind the 79kg drug-addicted bear in ‘Cocaine Bear’, a film inspired by a true story.

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‘Red, White and Brass’ pays homage to Tongan roots

Born and bred in Porirua, Halaifonua (Nua) Finau’s feature film is an on-screen love letter to his community and an aspirational message to young Pasifika.

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Filming ‘Millie Lies Low’ in home town ‘special’

Actress Ana Scotney is a proud Wellingtonian, and prouder still since the release of feature film ‘Millie Lies Low’.

Matt Houghton of Human Dynamo sits and admires the submarine egg-shaped capsule he built for the film Avatar: The Way of the Water.

‘Avatar’ elevates former boatbuilder onto world stage

The release of the latest ‘Avatar’ movie has catapulted Matt Houghton’s skillset globally.

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