free film festival Viewing

• Doc Edge has announced plans to go online for their 2020 festival, becoming the first Academy Award qualifying film festival and industry event in the Asia Pacific region, and the first NZ and Australian  film festival to do so. The festival runs 28 May - 21 June 2020.

• Show Me Shorts are providing a great selection of films in their Screening Room for free, including Uplifting Shorts for Lockdown, and buying some sanity for parents across the country by making their Shorts in Schools kit available for free. They are also bringing the cinema to you with their upcoming Mini Online Short Film Festival - buy your tickets online now.

• The Belfast Film Festival has turned their website into an online cinema - join them 1 - 9 April 2020 for new and archived films, along with Q&A's with filmmakers including John Cusack, Ken Loach and Robert Carlyle.

• Tribeca are putting up a new short film every day for people to watch.

• IDFA (International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam) invite you to take advantage of free documentaries to view. Within the Netherlands there are about 300 titles available for free. Outside the Netherlands there are almost 200.

• My Darling Quarantine Short Film Festival online, programmed by Enrico Vannucci, short film adviser to the Venice International Film Festival.

• Glasgow Short Film Festival, two shorts premiered each day.

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free online workshops / tutorials​

• The International Writing Programme at the University of Iowa has made a range of their online writing courses available for free. 

• Discover how your favourite films make it to your local cinema or television screen, through the film distribution process with FutureLearn's four week course - Film Distribution: Connecting Films with Audiences.

• NZ Cinematgrapher's Society is offering their members a free Q&A with Cinematographer Dave Garbett: Tips and Tricks for Filming Car Interior Travelling "Process" Shots. (1PM, Wed, April 22nd 2020)

• TIFF's 'Stay at Home Cinema' series brings the discussions to you.

• IBC Webinars offer free Business knowledge for the global media, entertainment & technology community.

• ​The EMA, ATEED and the Regional Business Partner Network have partnered to bring you free content to help you combat the ongoing issues businesses are facing in response to the evolving COVID-19 pandemic. 

• Screen Wellington and WellingtonNZ hosted an online workshop and live Q&A: 'Screen Sector Business Covid-19 Resilience' on 7th April. You can replay the discussion here.

• Sundance are offering free courses online with experienced practitioners in the film industry.

• ARRI Academy have made two of their Masterclasses available online for free - High Dynamic Range with Karl Walter Lindenlaub ASC or Large Format Cinematography with James Laxton ASC.

• And more good news for DoPs, Cinematographers and Gaffers - the Hurlbut Academy are offering their Illumination Experience Workshop for free. Plus, there's a free six-part tutorial series on 'Doing it all in Da Vinci'.

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free apps / online tools

• Adobe is Giving Everyone 2 Months of Free Creative Cloud

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free Content

• Free Audiobooks for Everyone, by Audible. Who doesn't love a freebie? It's a universal truth: free is more fun! So it goes without saying, getting to take your pick of free audiobooks will fill your ears with delight.

 

free Local Content Online

• We know the lockdown has been tough on many families and we're pleased to share a couple of cute local projects for tamariki. Stay Clear, Stay Clean, Stay Kind – from Pukeko Pictures is a free children's book for pre-schoolers. Papatūānuku (our earth mother) is Breathing – from ATEED, is a beautiful moment for all ages to pause and enjoy.

• It's all here and it's all free online! And, even better, it's all local - supporting local is the best thing you can do for your screen community right now!