New Zealand Film Commission CEO David Strong has been in the job for nearly six months now, and has presided over both triumphs and setbacks in that time. There's dealing with Covid, of course, trying to keep the industry afloat as productions go into hiatus - or in the case of big-budget TV series Rings of Power and Cowboy Bebop, go off-shore. But there's good news too. It's been one our most fruitful periods ever, with local films like Cousins, Juniper, Baby Done and many more. And this week there was the historic news that Jane Campion's Power of the Dog has been nominated for a record number of Academy Awards. Simon Morris talks to David Strong at the end of a very busy week.