Congratulations are in order for the winners of the DEGANZ Best Director and DEGANZ Best Editor awards at the 2022 Show Me Shorts Film Festival. Best Director went to Brendan Canty for Atali’i O Le Crezent (Sons of the Crezent), while Richard Shaw took home the prize for Best Editor for his work on Breathe. […]
From production company Eight, the powerful documentary film Beyond Conversion is available to watch on TVNZ+. Produced by DEGANZ member Leanne Pooley and directed by Loren Prendiville, Beyond Conversion is an intimate look at the fight to ban conversion practices in Aotearoa. The story is told through the voices of Kiwi survivors, who have laid […]
The documentary feature Ms. Information is running an all-or-nothing fundraising campaign on Boosted right now. Director Gwen Isaac and producing team Phillida Perry and Alex Reed would love your help to get this nearly finished film, Ms. Information, out into the world. The campaign finishes midday November 8, 2022. In March 2020 Gwen found herself in the house of non-conforming […]
Episode 6 of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, edited by DEGANZ member Jochen FitzHerbert, was released on Amazon Prime in the weekend. Titled Udûn, the sixth episode has been hailed as one of the best of the season so far. Andy Welch of The Guardian called it a fantastic episode “with […]
Show Me Shorts 2022 have announced the nominees for their annual Awards night. Seventeen short films were nominated across eight categories including Best Director and Best Editor. As proud sponsors of these awards, DEGANZ warmly congratulates the nominees below and we look forward to seeing your hard work screen across the country. The Awards Night […]