DEGANZ members Mary-Lyn Chambers, Kerri Roggio, Callum Devlin, and Liv McClymont are fundraising for their upcoming feature film The Ungrateful Tenant in a particularly groovy way. Premiering in the Māhutonga strand at the 2026 Whānau Mārama NZIFF, The Ungrateful Tenant is a silent horror-comedy for the rental generation. The film follows an Auckland man as […]
Congratulations to DEGANZ members Jo Luping and Lynda Chanwai-Eearle on winning the 2026 imagineNATIVE Animated Short Award with I Duok Om I Bohuntung – The Owl and The Rainbow! Written by Lynda and directed by Jo, the film tells the story of a mother who transforms herself to bring hope and colour back into the […]
DEGANZ member Shamin Yazdani‘s docu-short Frozen – My Eggs and Me is opening the Show Me Shorts Iranian Short Film Nights across the motu. Made as part of the Day One Shorts initiative, the film follows Shamin on the brink of a mid-thirties birthday. Single and feeling uncertain about the future, she embarks on a […]
Principal photography is now underway in Tāmaki Makaurau on Daisy Chain, a wahine-led romantic comedy feature film funded by NZFC and set for distribution by Vendetta Films. DEGANZ members Kerri Roggio, Holly Pretorius, and Shamin Yazdani have joined the production as the editor, assistant editor, and director’s assistant, respectively. The film follows Daisy, a 30-something […]
A selection of films from Show Me Shorts was screened at the Beijing Film Academy, China’s leading film school, in May. It included work by DEGANZ members Isla Macleod, Julie Zhu, Brendon Chan, and Kerri Roggio. The screening was one of three events organised by the New Zealand Embassy in China. The programme introduced students […]