2025 is kicking off strong with feature films The Haka Party Incident and Tinā coming soon to cinemas across the motu. The Haka Party Incident, a documentary by Katie Wolfe (DEGANZ), hits theatres across Aotearoa in late January with Tinā, edited by fellow member Luke Haigh, screening locally just a month later. Read more about the […]
Congratulations to DEGANZ members Mia Maramara, Pulkit Arora, William McKegg, and Matthew Saville on being selected for Script to Screen’s Story Camp Aotearoa 2025! The residential feature film lab fosters the craft, voice, and vision of the selected screenwriters or creative teams for the development of their screenplays. The programme aims to meet the specific […]
DEGANZ members have been busy with new films and series premiering over the holidays including a documentary about aging, a reimagining of a beloved children’s literary character, and a drama-filled teen mystery. Check this list of new works to see if you have any catching up to do on local screen mahi. Predict My Future […]
Celestine Ocean (DEGANZ) is crowdfunding for her next short film, Jasper’s Belt, on Boosted. Inspired by her experience growing up in a lower-class home and how her younger self contextualised it, Jasper’s Belt unpacks the childhood experience of harsh realities. The film is a reminder of the softer moments, silliness, and simplicity of being a […]
Welcome to the 2025 DEGANZ Board, elected at the AGM on 23 November! Thank you to returning members Ben Powdrell (President), Rāhera Herewini-Mulligan (Ngāi Tūhoe/Ngāi Tai/Te Whānau a Apanui) (Vice-President), Phil Gore (Treasurer), Chris Dudman, Celia Jaspers, Te Rurehe Paki, Robyn Paterson, Justin Scott, Rebecca Tansley, and Gaysorn Thavat for taking on another year of […]