Official figures released yesterday highlighted significant growth in the Wellington region’s screen production industry. Statistics New Zealand’s Screen Industry Survey Regional Data for 2008/09 revealed a healthy 51% increase in Wellington screen production revenue – $531 million up from $352 million the previous year.
“Film Wellington is delighted by the survey results,” said Delia Shanly, Manager, Film Wellington. “We have companies which are winning international awards, not only in feature films, but also in TV and interactive web based media. You just need to look at the success of Sticky Pictures’ short film Six Dollar Fifty Man, Krafthaus winning a Digital Emmy for Reservoir Hill and Production Shed’s prize-winning television series Kaitangata Twitch.”
