Bookworm, edited by Dan Kircher (DEGANZ), kicked off this year’s Fantasia International Film Festival in Montreal as the opening night film. This was the feature’s world premiere, earning many positive reviews leading up to its wider cinematic release. The film explores universal themes of fatherhood, survival, and overcoming fear against the rugged South Island landscape. […]
Ka Whawhai Tonu has become the highest-grossing NZ film this year after just four weeks in cinema and now sits at just over $800,000 at the box office. The screenplay was written by DEGANZ member Tim Worrall while board member Te Rurehe Paki and fellow member Martin Brinkler ACE edited the feature. Transmission Films states that […]
DEGANZ board member Celia Jaspers has been selected for the Melbourne International Film Festival’s (MIFF) 37ºSouth: PostScript & Direct. The programme enables directors, writers, and creatives from Australia and Aotearoa to meet with, pitch to, and network with selected producers. Celia attended the 2023 programme as a producer and is excited to be returning as […]
DEGANZ member and 2022 Incubator alum Mary-Lyn Chambers‘ in-development series The Lads has made The 2024 Women’s List. The Women’s List is an American screenplay competition to bolster women writers in the screen industry. The selected screenplays receive promotion from The Women’s List on their website and social media. Additionally, the selected writers gain access to […]
Check out the trailer for the new docu-series Wheel Blacks: Bodies on the Line, directed by DEGANZ Board President Robyn Paterson and edited by fellow DEGANZ member Jai Waite. The series goes behind the scenes of Aotaroa’s wheelchair rugby team as they battle to rise above declining resources for the chance to qualify for the […]