Kāinga is returning to Aotearoa! Following the feature’s premiere at NZIFF last year and its international festival run (including MIFF, HIFF, and IFFI Goa) the film will return to Kiwi screens on Radio New Zealand (RNZ). DEGANZ members Michelle Ang (Incubator 2020), Ghazaleh Golbaksh (Incubator 2021), Julie Zhu, and Nahyeon Lee (Incubator 2021) each directed […]
DEGANZ member Chaz Harris‘ latest short film, You’re Out, is having its European premiere as one of the 13 international short films in the 2023 FrightFest in London. It will screen in the Centreframe Short Film Showcase #1 at the Cineworld Leicester Square. This exciting news follows the film’s recent semi-finalist success at the Flickers’ […]
The Convert, edited by DEGANZ member Luke Haigh, is premiering at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) in September. The New Zealand-Australia production stars Guy Pearce as Thomas Munro, a lay preacher ministering to a British settlement in 1830s Aotearoa. His violent past as a soldier is questioned, and his faith is put to the […]
Congratulations to the winners of NZIFF’s NZ’s Best 2023 awards, including DEGANZ members Pulkit Arora and Jaimee Poipoi! After the six finalist films premiered, the jury (including DEGANZ member Peter Roberts) announced the winners. For Anu, Pulkit won the Creative New Zealand Emerging Talent award with a $4,000 cash prize. The jury commented: Writer-director Pulkit […]
NZFC announced the funding decisions for new productions to come, featuring many DEGANZ members on new and existing productions. Extended Screen Production Recovery Fund Boy Eats God Short Film; $8,250 Writer/Director: Litia Tuiburelevu Moving Houses Series 2 Series Doc; $71,094 Directors: Roz Mason, Emily Qereqeretabua Feature Film Finishing Grant These films received funding in time […]