Congratulations to the DEGNZ members whose films will screen at Cinema des Antipodes, a festival that showcases New Zealand and Australian films in the French town of Saint-Tropez as a taster ahead of the Festival des Antipodes this October. DEGNZ board member Stallone Vaiaoga-Ioasa’s Hibiscus and Ruthless and Take Home Pay both screen as part of […]
Congratulations to DEGNZ member Arvid Eriksson, as his short film Acknowledgements picked up the Grand Jury Prize for Best Arthouse Short Film and the Audience Award at Film Invasion LA. In a Q&A with the film festival, Arvid spoke about the amazing experience making this film and how quickly it all came together with the […]
DEGNZ member Celia Jaspers’s short film Milk has made official selection in the Oscar-qualifying LA Shorts International Film Festival this month, one of only 12 films selected from Australasia. The short film, made on a zero budget with an outpouring of generosity and kindness, follows a story of a young girl who foregoes her hard-earned […]
The Vista Foundation’s subsidised counselling offer provided for the screen industry in partnership with Home and Family Counselling will be closed effective on Friday 30 July 2021. Vista Foundation has subsidised 206 hours of professional counselling since the offer began in May 2020, with five hours of counselling provided in the last 2-3 months. Foundation […]
The Aotearoa box-office hit Cousins will release in select theatres in the US on July 2, after being picked up by Array Releasing, the distribution arm of Ava DuVernay’s Array collective. Edited by DEGNZ member Alex Boyd, the film debuted at number one at the box office and quickly became a local hit, earning $1.6 […]