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The Pinkies are Back Now in Cinemas

The Pinkies are Back is a heart-warming and hilarious feature film, following a group of extraordinary women on their journey to rebuild a dragon-boating team. Edited by DEGNZ board member Francis Glenday, the film is now in cinemas around Aotearoa. The documentary centres around the dragon boating team, The Pink Dragons – breast cancer survivors […]

Maramara Raising Funds for Loading Doc Only Human

Director and member Mia Maramara’s project Only Human is part of season 8 of the award-winning Loading Docs initiative. Only Human is an animated short film that asks the question: Is it possible to break up with your family? They say you canโ€™t choose your family, but can you overcome irreconcilable differences with those you […]

Boost the Final Episode of LQBTQIA+ Webseries Sui Generis

Season 3 of Sui Generis is underway and the creators are crowdfunding to shoot the last episode of this anthology series. The seriesโ€™ director, Roberto Nascimento (DEGNZ) and his production team are aiming for a $6000 goal for their boosted campaign. Each episode of Sui Generis is a stand-alone story with its own style, conceived […]

DEGNZ Members Selected for Pan Asian Projects Fund

Congrats to members Julie Zhu with Takeout Kids, Incubator alumna Michelle Ang and Ghazaleh Golbakhsh with Hair Now and Julia Parnell with The Hustle for their projects being selected for the March 2021 Pan Asian Projects Fund. For this fund, NZ On Air invested $1.7m into six documentary projects that speak to the diversity of […]

2021 Virtual Table Reads

NZWG and DEGNZ are once again offering Virtual Table Reads for 2021. Following the success of the virtual Table Reads during 2020, the 2021 Table Reads will take place online and script submissions are being accepted from NZWG and DEGNZ members around the country. The T&Cs as per our usual Table Reads apply. Donโ€™t miss […]