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News & Press Releases
Reschedule of the TFL Kula Film Awards, SPR Bollywood Dance Competition & Audio Visual Industry Open Day
The Fiji Audio Visual Commission (FAVC) announced today that the TFL Kula Film Awards, the SPR Bollywood Dance Competition & the Audio Visual Industry Open Day is to be rescheduled to the end of September. MORE
Film Industry Assist Flood Victims
Representatives of the local and Australian film industry have banded together to assist the victims of the recent floods in the Northern Division. MORE
FAVC to stage Open Day and Film & Dance Awards in July - May 16 2007
The Fiji Audio Visual Commission today launched the 2007 TFL Kula Film Awards, the Audio Visual Industry Open Day and the Bollywood Dance Competition. MORE
Piracy and Copyright - May 10 2007
The Fiji Audio Visual Commission (FAVC) today issued a statement expressing its concern on the sale of pirated films and music during the “Suva on Sale” fete. MORE
High Profile Film Shot In Fiji - April 11 2007
Chairman of the Fiji Audio Visual Commission, Richard Broadbridge, today announced another high-profile film to shoot in Fiji. MORE
Reality TV Show Completes Production In Fiji - February 16 2007
After a banner year of TV series and film production in Fiji in 2006, the Fiji Audio Visual Commission (FAVC) today announced the completion of the production of yet another major reality TV series in Fiji.MORE
Free Eye Clinic In Savusavu - February 2 2007
Leading eye specialists from the United States arrive into the country next week for their annual free eye clinic and surgery. MORE
Fijian Filmmaker Guest at Open Day - 28 July 2006
A YOUNG Fijian filmmaker who is making a name for himself in major block-buster films will be a guest at the Audio Visual Industry Open Day that will be held at the FDB Foreshore in Suva this Friday and Saturday, July 28-29. MORE
Films by Local Students to air on Fiji One - 22 July 2007
Short films made by Fiji students will air tomorrow night on Fiji One. Three months after the announcement of Fiji’s first ever film awards, the TFL Kula Film Awards, all the films made by schools were received by the Fiji Audio Visual Commission (FAVC) this week. MORE
School Prepare for Bollywood Dancing - 20 July 2006
Schools from around the country are preparing for the first ever SPR Bollywood Dance Awards. And a surprise entry is from the all-boys Fijian boarding institution, Ratu Kadavulevu School. The Awards, sponsored by South Pacific Recordings Ltd, is being organized by the Fiji Audio Visual Commission (FAVC) as part of the TFL Kula Film Awards and the Audio Visual Industry Open Day. MORE
Schools Prepare For Kula Film Awards - 15 June 2006
Twelve schools from around the country have confirmed their participation in the Kula Film Awards, an initiative of the Fiji Audio Visual Commission (FAVC). MORE
French TV Production in Fiji - 31 May 2006
The Fiji Audio Visual Commission (FAVC) announced today that a French television magazine “Thalassa” will be filming in Fiji in the next couple of weeks. MORE
FAVC Appoints New Legal Counsel - 29 May 2006
The Fiji Audio Visual Commission (FAVC) is pleased to announce the appointment of Barbara Malimali as its Legal Counsel. MORE
New TV Show For Fiji - 9 May 2006
Just days after the announcement of the return of the “Celebrity Love Island” production to Fiji, the Fiji Audio Visual Commission today announced the production of another TV series in Fiji. MORE
Celebrity Love Island Returns to Fiji - 3 May 2006
The Fiji Audio Visual Commission (FAVC) and Granada TV UK today announced the production of season two of “Celebrity Love Island” in Fiji. MORE
FAVC to stage Open Day and Film Awards - 28 April 2006
The Fiji Audio Visual Commission today announced the launch of Fiji’s first ever film awards, the Kula Film Awards.
Making the announcement in Suva, FAVC Chairman, Joe Mar, said the Awards are primarily aimed at raising public awareness, particularly amongst young people, of the potential of the local audio visual industry. MORE
Fiji Teens to join International Cast - 27 February 2006
In an exciting new development in the emerging Fiji film and TV production sector, Pirate Islands Fiji Limited this morning announced it has cast two young Fijian actors to join an international cast in the forthcoming “Pirate Islands 2 – The Lost Treasure of Fiji” TV series. MORE
FAVC Appoints New Marketing Manager - 7 February 2006
The Fiji Audio Visual Commission (FAVC) is pleased to announce the appointment of Florence Swamy as Manager Marketing and Public Relations. MORE
Island locale offers beefy rebates - 11 October 2004
VARIETY. By Peter Calder -- The handover of a $2 million check, the first fruit of a rebate scheme designed to attract film productions to the Fiji Islands, presages a boom in the islands' movie biz, insiders say. MORE
Taking a bite of the digital animation pie - 23 September 2004
ABC ASIA PACIFIC. After successfully luring movie makers for some years now, Fiji is about to go for a cut of the digital animation pie as well. MORE
Movie Rakes in $43.3m - 10 September 2004
FIJI TIMES. HOLLYWOOD moviemakers are showing unparalleled interest in Fiji in the wake of the box office success of Anacondas: The Hunt for Blood Orchid. Fiji Audio Visual Commission marketing manager Wayne Covell said the movie had lifted Fiji's profile as a movie-making destination. MORE
Crackdown on video piracy - 31 August 2004
ABC Radio Australia. Fiji's Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase, while promoting initiatives aimed at promoting national savings and economic recovery, is also doing his bit to protect other promising sectors. The Prime Minister has called on local authorities to crack down on movie piracy in an effort to preserve the goodwill struck with foreign film producers. MORE
Fiji makes filmmakers welcome to the Jungle - 4 August 2004
HOLLYWOOD REPORTER by Borys Kit. With its pristine beaches, crystal blue water and lush tropical islands, Fiji might bill itself as a perfect vacation spot, but it has not been known as a perfect shooting location. Not many productions have filmed in the country, which comprises hundreds of islands over an area the size of New Jersey. "Blue Lagoon" and "Cast Away" are among the few Fijian productions. MORE
US ‘The Island’ to shoot in Fiji & Australia - 4 August 2004
ENCORE by Fiona Williams. The Fiji Audio Visual Commission's Wayne Covell said Fiji's close proximity to Australian facilities and crew meant it "makes sense" to promote the region as a Pacific filmmaking hub. MORE
Sun, Sand and Savings - 1 August 2004
ReaLSCReeN by Kimberley Brown. "The idea was to attract fully funded productions, not just those looking to raise financing," says Wayne Covell, the FAVC's film commissioner, legal and marketing manager. MORE
Historical Discussions on Co-production Treaty - 16 May 2004
THE BUSINESS OF FILM May 16, 2004 (front page Cannes Film Festival) Historical Discussions on Co-production Treaty. In a groundbreaking move, Chairman Josaia B Mar, CEO Taniela (Dan) Bolea, and Legal & Marketing Manager Wayne Covell of the Fiji Audio Visual Commission met with Acting Secretary Edwin Kanguatjivi of the Namibia Film Commission Secretariat and Guy Nockels of Namibia Film ... MORE
Miramax rolling with 'Elf Strike' - 16 May 2004
Variety by JOHN HOPEWELL. Miramax Films has taken North American TV and home entertainment rights to toon pic "The Great North Pole Elf Strike," which is being made by Chris Walker's Modern Cartoons. MORE
Fiji has animated plan for biz - 15 May 2004
Hollywood Reporter, by BLAKE MURDOCH. Fiji ramped up its plans to attract offshore production with attractive tax incentives and diverse locations with the announcement Friday that a joint venture animation studio will be established on the small Pacific island. MORE
CSM Announces Mulitiple Film Projects for Fiji - 27 April 2004
CSM Communications today announced a slate of film projects it plans to shoot in Fiji in the next couple of years.
Making the announcement today at the offices of the Fiji Audio Visual Commission, CSM President and Executive Producer, Lori Hall, said her company was very impressed with the sheer beauty of Fiji, the friendliness of its people and the support infrastructure all of which would make filming in Fiji a sensible and practical undertaking. MORE
Fiji Favorites: Guys in Dresses - 5 September 2003
New York Times, by DAVE KEHR. "The old action heroes haven't died in Fiji," Mr. Pierson reported over cappuccino in a West Village cafe. "Stallone is still huge, Steven Seagal is still huge, and they love Chuck Norris." But the highlight in this experiment in bringing American movies to the edge of the world was seeing the Three Stooges. MORE
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