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Toothfish is proud to have provided the workflow solution for Mr Hugo's Little Library, shot in September 2025 at Avalon Studios Ltd. We had loads of fun on this one - make sure you and your kids catch it on TVNZ+, RNZ, TVOKids and The Knowledge Network

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Industry Insight: Toothfish | News | The Screen Guild Inside Toothfish: Brendan Dee and Rohan Satyanand on digital workflows, on-set tech, and modern production demands in Aotearoa.

Now that Avatar: Fire and Ash is in cinemas, we can share the bespoke DIT and Qtake systems that Toothfish built for this film.

There were a number of earlier iterations of these machines used throughout principal photography of both Way of Water and Fire and Ash. During the covid break our team went back to the drawing board and came up with the carts you see here. They were first put into service in 2021 and were used for the bulk of shooting for Fire and Ash.

These groundbreaking machines were capable of handling multiple 3D camera rigs, recording and outputting both SDR, 24fps 3D and HDR 48fps 4K. We even had 3D playback to VR headsets!

The first trailer just dropped for Avatar: Fire and Ash!

The Toothfish team played a pivotal role in bringing these films to the screen and we can't wait for you all to see what we've been working on for the past 6+ years!

Avatar: Fire and Ash | Official Trailer From Director James Cameron, watch the trailer for Avatar: Fire and Ash.Experience the film only in theaters December 19.With “Avatar: Fire and Ash,” James C...

Empire magazine have started to share some exclusive looks at Avatar: Fire and Ash.

We can't wait for everyone to finally see what we've been working on when A3 releases later this year!

The Toothfish team were delighted to hear that After The Party has swept the NZ TV Awards.

Toothfish provided full on-set workflow solutions for After The Party, with our Video team navigating some of Wellington's most challenging locations and our Off-set team handling Dailies and collaboration with the post team in Australia.

ATP scored 9 wins, beating the previous record holder The Luminaries (which Toothfish's Brendan Dee also worked on as DIT and Dailies Colorist)

Robyn Malcolm drama After The Party dominates at NZ TV Awards Show sets new record after winning nine gongs.

Tonight sees the finale of After The Party, which is getting rave reviews in NZ and airs in Australia next year.

The Toothfish team was proud to play a pivotal role in bringing this series to the screen, providing on-set monitoring and playback, on-set streaming, wireless systems, data management, dailies creation, rushes archiving and mediating between our Wellington sets and Australian post team.

This was one of the first productions in NZ to utilise the Arri REVEAL colour pipeline and as well as three of the new Alexa35 cameras, we had a slew on mixed media including Alexa Mini, Sony A7, Kinefinity MAVO and and whole load of iPhones.

We even developed a few new tools for the show, including metadata parsing that allowed for parallel processing in post, leading to a considerably streamlined transition from offline to online.

Watch After the Party | New Season | TVNZ+ Penny's world implodes when she accuses her husband of a s*x crime against her teenage daughter’s friend, and nobody believes her. Starring and co-created by Robyn Malcolm. Made with support from NZ on Air.

Toothfish designed and maintained the on-set video engineering system for Wētā FX's mocap department on this exciting project (as well as the two previous POTA films). Shot in Sydney, Australia during 2022 and 2023, we are excited to see the finished product in May 2024

Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes | Teaser Trailer Director Wes Ball breathes new life into the global, epic franchise set several generations in the future following Caesar’s reign, in which apes are the dom...

Now that Avatar: The Way of Water is in cinemas we can finally share this.

Here it is. The most complicated Qtake system ever constructed. Yes, that is 26 channels of video recording (we actually ran out of letters in the alphabet)! 16 channels of HD 24fps and 10 channels of 4K 48fps across 7 Mac systems slaved together.

Without this system and the incredible team that ran it, these movies would not have been possible. The individual machines were built by Gaylen Nebeker and the team at Nebtek, and then the whole system was put together in NZ and operated by the team at Toothfish

"She may not look like much, but she's got it where it counts, kid. I've made a lot of special modifications myself"

Toothfish are proud to have had a small hand in creating this video, highlighting the exceptional work that our Wellington friends and whanau do to bring epic stories to the big screen!

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