This year marks the 44th edition of the 2024 AXIS Awards, celebrating the creativity, talent, and innovation of the Aotearoa advertising industry, with DEGANZ members Luke Haigh, Cushla Dillon, and Gaysorn Thavat shortlisted as finalists. Luke secured four of the 11 finalist spots in the Film Craft – Editing category for the following ads: Good Oil Films’ Let Your Body […]
Stef Harris (DEGANZ) is crowdfunding on Boosted for his latest short film, Sister Josephine. Inspired by Stef’s childhood in the 70s, the film explores the relationship between Maaka, a frightened boy, and Sister Josephine, a nun who teaches him how to stand up for himself. The NZ Film Commission and Script initially funded the film […]
We are excited to announce the six participants for the 2024 Emerging Women Filmmakers Incubator. This marks the eighth annual Incubator, DEGANZ’s year-long programme, designed to help talented emerging women directors accelerate their careers and selected projects. Across five day-long workshops, participants will engage with highly experienced industry professionals, feedback on their projects, career advice, networking opportunities, and mini-workshops […]
Long-anticipated Kiwi features The Convert and The Mountain are coming to local cinema screens this March, both with DEGANZ members credited as editors. The Convert Edited by Luke Haigh (DEGANZ), The Convert comes out in Aotearoa on 14 March. This local release follows its successful international premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival last September. […]
Four DEGANZ members have been selected for Script to Screen’s 2024 Story Camp feature film lab. The lab fosters the craft, voice, and vision of the eight selected screenwriters or creative teams for the development of their feature film screenplays. They workshop their projects with advice from local and international mentors in a rigorous week-long […]