Department of Post NZ

16/10/2024

The Show Me Shorts awards were presented to nine filmmakers over the weekend and a massive shout out to the team taking out the Department of Post Best New Zealand Film: Vea Mafile’o, Eldon Booth, Alex Lovell for Lea Tupu’anga (Mother Tongue). The judges hailed the film as a true reflection of the diversity and richness of our stories here in Aotearoa.

Grab your tickets and get along to a line up of shorts that we're all fizzing about, thanks Show Me Shorts Film Festival for yet another incredible festival!

A speech therapist oversells her Tongan language skills to get a job.

17/06/2024

Shout out to Tom Hern, Belindalee Hope, and Nua Finae - the creative geniuses behind this sexy and hilarious tale, based on the true story of an ethical brothel in small-town New Zealand. It’s been an absolute blast and privilege to work on something so norm-shaking, just as we'd expect from this amazing producing team.

Our talented crew at Department of Post handled DIT/Dailies, Editorial, VFX, and Picture Post. Hats off to everyone involved!

Stay tuned for a wild ride!

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16/06/2024

Our latest project Ka Whawhai Tonu is premiering at the Sydney Film Festival this weekend and hitting cinemas on August 1st! It’s been a privilege to help tell this powerful story of relentless battle, crafted by the descendants of those who lived it.

Big shout out to our team at Department of Post for their amazing work on DIT/Dailies, Editorial, VFX, Picture Post, and Sound Post. We couldn’t have done it without you!

Mark your calendars and get ready to be moved by this incredible film.

Tiki Taane & Arli Liberman - Hold On To The Dream Ft. Louis Baker“Hold On To The Dream” is the stirring theme song for the powerful new feature film “Ka Whaw...

14/06/2024

We’re super stoked to have helped bring this awesome story to life! 🎬✨ It’s a fun tale of rebellion with a deeper, darker truth that just had to be told. We couldn’t be prouder of how it all came together.Massive shout out to the amazing wahine who made it happen: Maddie Dai, Josephine Stewart-Te Whiu, Maria Ines, Morgan Waru, Polly Fryer.
Our crew at Department of Post handled DIT/Dailies, Editorial, and Picture Post, and it was such a blast from start to finish. Can’t wait for you all to check it out!

Coming to Aotearoa New Zealand cinemas August 22. Opening Night of Whānau Mārama New Zealand International Film Festival.Screening at Sydney, Melbourne and P...

03/04/2024

It's been an honour and privilege to fulfil VFX, theatrical picture & sound post alongside Director Michael Jonathan and the team bringing to screen the Battle of Ōrākau. This film is in an authentic narrative based on real survivor accounts and made with a cast & crew, of whom many are descendants of those who fought in the actual battle. Providing world-class tools to Aotearoa filmmakers, enabling them to tell such stories with such impact - is exactly why we're here.

15/03/2024

Congratulations to Josephine Stewart-Te Whiu and the Piki Films team for taking out the SXSW "Special Jury Award for Filmmaking"!

It’s an absolute treat and honour to work with such talented filmmakers and be part of bringing such incredible and powerful stories to screen.

Thank you for trusting us in handling dailies and picture post for "We Were Dangerous".

Executive produced by Taika Waititi, Māori filmmaker Josephine Stewart-Te Whiu’s debut is a short but effective calling card.

08/02/2024

The team at DOP are thrilled to announce the release of Dark City The Cleaner, which will be available to watch on Neon & SoHo from March 4.

Department of Post is honoured to have supplied dailies, HDR picture post, sound post & VFX for this brilliant series.

We can't wait to see this on screen!

Congratulations to the whole crew on a stellar series.

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06/12/2023

Congratulations to all the nominees at the NZTV Awards last night. A special mention and congratulations to the following winners:

Sam and the Great Southern team who won an award for Best Reality on Restaurant That Makes Mistakes.

No Māori Allowed for Best Doco.

Educators Series 3 for Best Comedy.

The Walkers for Best Reality.

And Sesilia Pusiaki for Best Supporting Actress on Inky Pinky Ponky.

The team at DOP is ecstatic for you all and we are super stoked that we had the opportunity to contribute to each and every one of these amazing projects! What a way to see the year out!

03/10/2023

DOP is thrilled to be supporting the Show Me Shorts Film Festival kaupapa for another year!

Congratulations and good luck to all three nominees who have been nominated for the Department of Post Best New Zealand Film Award.

Lǎo Lao Lǎo Le by Jazz dos Santos, Puteri Raja Ariff, Julie Zhu
Anu by Rachel Fawcett, Pulkit Arora
Buttons & Dumplings by Calvin Sang, Mei Ling Lee

28/09/2023

Down For Love Season 2 goes to air tonight on TV2 at 8:30pm. Exciting!

DOP are stoked to have been a part of this gem, providing Grade for all eps.

Awesome mahi everyone!!

06/06/2023

Huge congratulations to all of the Doc Edge winners from over the weekend! Special shout out to Blandine who took out the DOP award for Best NZ Emerging Filmmaker.

DOP is proud to be a GOLD partner of such an amazing documentary festival.

19/05/2023

Pink Shirt Day 💖

At DOP we are proud to stand up against bullying and support all of those around us! Join the movement🩷

21/04/2023

Congratulations to Rob Tapert, the New Zealand cast and crew and the Evil Dead Rise team on an epic film.

Department of Post is honoured to have worked on such an amazing project.

Highly recommend watching this film 🍿

New Line Cinema and Renaissance Pictures present a return to the iconic horror franchise, “Evil Dead Rise,” from writer/director Lee Cronin (“The Hole in the...

01/02/2023

Red White and Brass will be released in Aotearoa to New Zealand audiences on Thursday 23 March 2023 before its international release.

Congratulations to the team at Piki Films for producing such an amazing film.

DOP had the absolute pleasure of providing the DIT & Post for this awesome production.

Go and have a watch whānau!

In NZ Cinemas 23 March 2023Maka, a Tongan superfan, will do whatever it takes to get tickets to the Tonga v France Rugby World Cup game - even if that means ...

19/12/2022

Introducing Live to Lead, a Netflix Documentary Series globally premiering on December 31st.

We couldn’t be prouder to be a part of telling these stories and motivating a meaningful change from right here in Aotearoa, completing post production to the highest of standards to deliver this Dolby Atmos, Dolby Vision, Netflix Documentary Series.

Our team of artists alongside Blackwell & Ruth black, inspiring a fight for change in 2023.

Extraordinary leaders reflect on their legacies and share messages of courage, compassion, humility, hope and generosity. Inspired by the iconic legacy of Ne...

13/12/2022

Congratulations to Hawiki, which has been selected as one of 19 films out of the 10980 entries for the Sundance International Short Film competition section. We would love to give a big shout out to the crew of Hawiki which includes :

Director/Screenwriter: Nova Paul
Producer: Tara Riddell
Editor: Richard Shaw
Composer: Karl Steven

And from here at Department Of Post :
Re recording Mixer - Derek Metivier
Colourist/Online Editor - Joss Hardman

You've all done such an exceptional job! Well Done 👏