The A Kōrero with… blog series is back for 2026! This time, DEGANZ’s Izzi spoke with Music Supervisor Aminé Ramer to hear all the ways music plays its part in screen productions. An award-winning music supervisor and consultant, Aminé has helped define the sound and emotional tone of feature films, documentaries, and television series. Her […]
Congratulations to DEGANZ member Stella Reid for winning the 2026 Aotearoa Music Award for Te Taumata o te Ataata Best Music Video Content with ‘Scared Old Men‘ by Dick Move! Despite the title, the song is not about men, but rather yells at the violent and decaying patriarchal systems that shape the world through fear, […]
After premiering at Sundance earlier this year, Big Girls Don’t Cry is returning to Aotearoa as the opening night film for this year’s Whānau Mārama New Zealand International Film Festival (NZIFF). Edited by Cushla Dillon (DEGANZ) and Chia-Chi Hsu, the feature is a tender coming-of-age portrait of girlhood, set in early 2000s Matakana. The film […]
Congratulations to DEGANZ member Allan George, who has been selected for the Māoriland Indigenous Co-Lab. Allan is participating in the programme as the writer/director of Ancestral Fusion, alongside producer Jason Taylor. The Māoriland Indigenous Co-Lab is a Māori-led advanced development programme designed to accelerate Indigenous feature film projects. It supports Māori and Indigenous filmmakers in […]
After unveiling a first glimpse of this year’s festival, Doc Edge has now released its full programme under the theme ‘F*&k the Algorithm: See the Stories Too Real for Social Media.’ Among the selected works are films from DEGANZ members Phillida Perry, Richard Curtis, Jonno Woodford-Robinson ANZSE, Kim Webby, and Mike Jonathan. For the past […]