SPADA Co-Presidents Interview CEOs of NZOA and NZFC on the Impacts of COVID-19

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SPADA Co-Presidents Sharon Menzies and Richard Fletcher’s Q&A with NZ Film Commission CEO Annabelle Sheehan and NZ On Air CEO Cameron Harland.

Tune in to hear from the CEOs of the NZFC and NZ On Air as they discuss the events of the past three weeks and the measures they have implemented or are looking to implement to address the impact of COVID-19. The guests also offer further clarity about what is currently known, what is unknown, and how we can all work towards a positive outcome in the future.

 

SPADA Co-Presidents interview CEOs of NZOA and NZFC on the impacts of COVID-19 from Screen Industry NZ on Vimeo.

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DEGNZ Play – Here’s the Theme for Week Two

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Let your creative juices flow

Thank you to our director and editor members who submitted a video for the first week of DEGNZ Play! Each one of them made us smile in under 60 seconds, which is gold in a time like now.

Watch the ‘Bubble’ Collection

We hope that these will encourage more people to make your own videos in Week Two! The theme for Week Two is MOVEMENT. Due to Easter coming up, the deadline to submit your videos is Saturday 11 April, 12 noon.

For more details on how DEGNZ Play works, click here.

To submit a video

Please send it via WeTransfer to admin@deganz.co.nz with your name, the week’s theme, your video’s title and your city/town in the message.

Go on, get your creative juices flowing!

The DEGNZ team

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Catch-Up on Young Creators: Think Outside the Box

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Online Young Creators: Think Outside the Box

We had an awesome time speaking to Jonathan, Milon and Gabe from commercial video production company Chillbox Creative in the latest in our Young Creators series. It was lovely to see that while we couldn’t meet up in person, familiar faces from our membership and others in the filmmaking community tuned in during the live-stream.

The video is available to watch if you couldn’t catch it live.

 

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Young Creators: Think Outside the Box

Online Young Creators: Think Outside the Box

LIVE-STREAM 4PM on Facebook

7.5 years after leaving uni, the six-part team at Chillbox (a commercial video production company) has embarked on pre-production for ‘Loop Track’, their first self-funded feature film. COVID-19 has meant a postponement to production (which was scheduled for May), and has required a large amount of adaptation.

On April 2, they’ll share a bit about how they’re adapting to the realities of COVID-19, and thoughts on how we can make the most of the lockdown, as creative people. In addition, they’ll share a bit about the Chillbox story – and the journey from creating commercial content to feature filmmaking.

If you’re thinking of starting up your own production company or hungry for insight into how best to balance making commercial content with your creative projects, Milon Tesiram, Jonathan Potton and Gabriel Lunte from Chillbox Creative will be connecting from their homes to answer all your burning questions!

Facilitated by Tema Pua from DEGNZ

WHEN:           Thu 2 April 2020, 4 – 5pm
WHERE:         DEGNZ Facebook Page

Register here

DEGNZ Young Creators is a programme of events with a mission to inform and inspire younger or emerging directors and editors to build successful, sustainable careers in the screen industry.

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COVID-19: Breaches of work rights will be logged with unions

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COVID-19 and Your Work Rights

Source: CTU, 29 March 2020

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The Council of Trade Unions has today launched an online tool for working Kiwis to identify employers who aren’t doing the right thing during the COVID-19 period.

CTU President Richard Wagstaff is concerned that some employers are not following the law; “We continue to hear really concerning reports of unacceptable behaviour by some employers. I do want to stress that the majority of employers are doing the right thing, they are looking after their employees and following the clear guidance from the government. But unfortunately this is not universally the case.”

“We want to ensure that people are able to tell their stories and log what is happening for them. Due to the number and complexity of problems that a significant number of working people are experiencing, we need to create a register so that these cases can be triaged and addressed.”

“Where we identify there are systematic breaches of employment law will we be raising these with government.”

“Employment law still needs to be adhered to – employers who breach the law need to be held to account.”

There are 6 main areas we are seeing poor behaviour from employers

  1. Dismissals/redundancies
  2. Annual leave/sick leave use
  3. Use of the “wage subsidy”
  4. Changing terms and conditions of employment
  5. Treatment of casual and other precarious working people
  6. Health and safety/essential services

“We strongly encourage anyone who has not been treated fairly to ensure that they log it with us. Together, we will identify whether there are specific employers and industries which need to be urgently communicated with,” Wagstaff said.

Click here for a full-length HD interview with CTU Secretary Melissa Ansell-Bridges as she explains the initiative and why it’s needed.

ENDS

For more information contact:

Richard Wagstaff, CTU President – 027 277 8131

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