Responding to the release of appalling international statistics, members of DEGNZ and WIFT gathered in Auckland on Monday night last week to talk about gender imbalance in the NZ screen industry. Broadcaster Kim Hill moderated a lively discussion with panelists Gaylene Preston, Annie Goldson, Cushla Dillon and Jackie van Beek, who had varying views on […]
DEGNZ is pleased to call for applications from members for a one day editing workshop with acclaimed UK editor, Justine Wright (Locke, Touching The Void, The Last King of Scotland, The Iron Lady). The eight selected editor participants will cut scenes from one of Justine’s recent films and discuss their editing choices. Justine will talk […]
A memorial service to celebrate the life of Caterina de Nave will be held on: Saturday Saturday 30 August at 2.00pm Christ the King Parish Church 260 Richardson Road Mt Roskill Auckland Dear friends, colleagues and whanau, The screen industry in Aotearoa has lost one of its greatest champions, and we have lost a beloved […]
DEGNZ, with support from The New Zealand Film Commission, is pleased to offer the opportunity for a New Zealand director to screen their film to an invited audience at the prestigious DGA Theatre in Los Angeles. The successful applicant will be flown to LA for the screening and a Q&A afterwards hosted by the Directors […]
We’re excited to be hosting a special Q&A screening of The Last Saint, a powerful NZ film about a teenage Polynesian boy living in the heart of Auckland city. With his P-addicted mother well on the way to going completely off the rails, three people enter his life – each with a promise – and each […]