The New Zealand Film Commission (NZFC) has offered equity investments to two feature films with DEGANZ members Rebecca Tansley and Rouzie Hassanova involved. My Name is Pati is a feature documentary with Rebecca as the writer/director and producer. The film will receive up to $865,638. The project is about “The remarkable story of Samoan brothers who sang […]
Loading Docs is back for its 10th season, with DEGANZ members at the helm of half of the selected documentaries. Through the development initiative, participants receive extensive guidance and mentorship, helping them to produce short documentaries with international appeal. The programme helps participants enhance their skills in story development, fundraising, documentary production and editing, audience […]
DEGANZ member Paula Whetu Jones‘ series Spinal Destination is out now, with editing by fellow member Julian Currin. The dark comedy centres on Tessa Rivers whose busy life is upended by a mysterious illness, leaving her paralysed from the waist down. While seeking treatment at a spinal rehabilitation unit, she meets the eccentric residents and […]
DEGANZ member and 2017 Incubator alum, Catherine Bisley‘s short film Cetology is off to the Brazilian film festival Fantaspoa. The thriller will play in the Sessão de Curtas 07 (Short Session 07) program along with 13 other short films from across the globe. The film takes its name from the study of whales, which recently […]
Mysterious Ways, edited by DEGANZ member Peter Roberts, is out now on TVNZ+! The feature film centres on the relationship between a Vicar and his Samoan boyfriend. The lack of support from their religious and cultural communities is exasperated when a media storm kicks up around their engagement. The film unpacks taboos of queerness within […]