DEGANZ member Liv McClymont is the newest director signed to the local independent production studio Supernormal. Liv has been building her portfolio over the past few years with documentaries I Stand for Consent and The Man Outside and, most recently, the dramedy web series The Sender. Commercially, she directed the 2degrees campaign NOtifications to promote digital […]
This week’s DEGANZ Watch List includes stories of new pathways. In Dead Ahead, edited by DEGANZ member Ben Wildish, a family moves back to Aotearoa and finds themselves on an unknown path that sends their whānau, from the past and present, into a frenzy. Board member Robyn Paterson‘s company Sweet Productions highlights the path to […]
Whānau Mārama New Zealand International Film Festival (NZIFF) is back for 2025 and is bigger than ever. This year will feature a selection of around 100 films across the four main cities and six regions across Aotearoa. 11 DEGANZ members have worked on eight films in the lineup this year, most of which make up […]
DEGANZ member Jesse Dixon edited Netflix’s recently released documentary Trainwreck: The Astroworld Tragedy. Currently, it ranks third on Netflix’s global top 10 movies. In 2021, hundreds of people were injured and ten were killed in a crowd crush during the headlining performance at Travis Scott’s Astroworld music festival in Houston, Texas. The film unpacks the […]
Congratulations to Ricard J Curtis (DEGANZ) for winning the Live Action Short Award with Rapido at the 2025 imaginNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival! This is an Oscar-qualifying category, meaning the film is now eligible for consideration for the Academy Awards in the Best Live Action Short Film category. Rapido follows a young Māori boy whose […]