From 100 applications submitted, Script to Screen selected DEGANZ members Pulkit Arora, Armagan Ballantyne, and Jackie van Beek for its new innovative mentorship programme, Rainmakers Aotearoa. After narrowing applications down, Script to Screen interviewed 12 short-listed applicants to hear more about what they hoped to get from the programme, the type of mentor they were […]
The Rotorua Indigenous Film Festival (RIFF) ran last week, with multiple DEGANZ members’ work screening. The intense, three-day festival is a hub of Indigenous films, networking, and industry workshops. Created and run by Māori filmmakers, the festival is based around the values of manaakitanga and kotakitanga. Ngā Aho Whakaari’s Aho Shorts 2024 Collection premiered during […]
Congratulations to DEGANZ members Pulkit Arora and Jayde Hudson for receiving writing grants from the New Zealand Writers Guild’s (NZWG) 2024 Seed Round. Each round offers different types of funding aimed at writers of different experience levels. Seed offers six grants of $10,000 for the development of a first draft of a feature film script. […]
An exciting update from our previous piece about the DEGANZ members nominated for awards at this year’s NZ Web Fest! Six projects with members involved won awards. The Ahikāroa team had a particularly successful run, taking home four awards by the end of the night. The festival held the awards ceremony in Tāmaki Makaurau on 10 […]
Dame Valerie Adams: More Than Gold, edited by Margot Francis (DEGANZ) and produced by fellow member Leanne Pooley, continues its successful international film festival run with the Guangzhou International Documentary Film Festival (GZDOC). The film will screen in cinemas in Guangzhou and Shenzhen this December, hosted by the NZ Consulate General in Guangzhou. Now with […]