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‘1978’ Seeks a Boost for Post-Prodctuion

April Phillips (DEGANZ) is crowdfunding to finish post-production on 1978, a feature filmย she co-wrote and is co-directing. Set in 1978, the film follows the lives of a rural Mฤori-Pฤkehฤ family fighting on two fronts: the loss of ancestralโ€ฆ
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Hereโ€™s Hoping

Donald Trumpโ€™s tariff threats on film is causing considerable angst globally and extreme nervousness in New Zealand, even though detail is still entirely lacking, apart from Jon Voightโ€™s plan, which seems to have triggered Trumpโ€™s reaction. Inโ€ฆ
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DEGANZ Members are ImagineNATIVE

Seven DEGANZ members' mahi is being showcased in this year's programme of imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival, the worldโ€™s largest exhibition for film, video, audio, and digital, and interactive media made by Indigenous creators. Startingโ€ฆ
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‘The Sender’: A Digital Blackmail Whodunnit For The Social Media Age

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The Sender, directed by Liv McClymont (DEGANZ) and edited by fellow member Ben Chesters, is out now on Instagram and TikTok. The NZ On Air funded web series was created by Liv and producer Jessica Todd to meet young audiences where they are.โ€ฆ
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DEGANZ Members Feature at Sydney Film Festival

Three feature films from DEGANZ members have been selected for this year's Sydney Film Festival (SFF). SFF is celebrating its 72nd year with more than 240 films from 70 countries in the programme. The selected films cover themes of resistance,โ€ฆ
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Time for a Movie Night! Watch ‘Red, White & Brass’ On Netflix Now

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If you missed catching local comedy Red, White & Brass in cinemas, you can now stream in on Netflix instead! DEGANZ board president Ben Powdrell was one of the editors on the film. Inspired by a true story, a Tongan rugby superfan hatchesโ€ฆ
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How a Professional Website Can Help Your Film Career

It can be useful for freelance filmmakers to have a professional online space for their work. DEGANZ's Events and Membership Coordinator, Izzi Hoskyn, sat down with Tema Pua of Tempixel Design to chat about how having a website can help freelanceโ€ฆ
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Pooley’s ‘Choir Games’ Coming to Sky Open and Neon

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DEGANZ member Leanne Pooley's inspiring docuseries Choir Games is dropping on Sky Go and Neon on 4 May. The four-part series tells the story of two choirs, New Zealandโ€™s Kaitฤia Community Voices and New York Cityโ€™s Young Peopleโ€™s Chorus,โ€ฆ
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Liang Kills It on Apple TV’s ‘Murderbot’

Roseanne Liang (DEGANZ) continues her success overseas, directing two episodes of Apple TV's latest original series, Murderbot. She recently attended the star-studded premiere in New York City ahead of the show's global release on 16 May 2025.โ€ฆ
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โ€˜Marlon Williams: Ngฤ Ao E Rua โ€“ Two Worldsโ€™ Hits the Big Screen

The highly anticipated documentary Marlon Williams: Ngฤ Ao E Rua โ€“ Two Worlds celebrated its world premiere in Tฤmakai Makarau Auckland on Tuesday, 29 April and is now playing in cinemas across Aotearoa. The documentary, edited by DEGANZโ€ฆ
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DEGANZ Members Selected for Script to Screen Development Initiatives

Congrats to DEGANZ members Sapna Samant and Rouzie Hassanova for being selected for Script to Screen's South Shorts and Waitaha Screen Development Incubator programmes, respectively. South Shorts 2025 South Shorts is an annual mentorship programmeโ€ฆ
Read more
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Pathways

We held a successful Screenlink event last night together with Advertising Producers Aotearoa. The topic was the nature of working across TV commercials, scripted and narrative features. It was interesting to hear about the pathways fromโ€ฆ
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‘n00b’ is off to Cannes

n00b's success streak continues! The local dramedy series, directed by DEGANZ members Victoria Boult and Josh Frizzell, has been selected for the Short Form Competition at Canneseries. Canneseries is an annual international television seriesโ€ฆ
Read more

DEGANZ Members Celebrate World Premieres with Doc Edge

Doc Edge kicks off its 20th anniversary by announcing the first 15 films selected for this year's festival, including Devils on Horses and Mighty Indeed (former working title The Climate Canary) from DEGANZ members Edward Sampson, Vanessa Wells,โ€ฆ
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‘LวŽo Lao LวŽo Le’ Wins at MWFF

Congratulations to DEGANZ member Julie Zhu on winning Best Short Film for LวŽo Lao LวŽo Le at the Melbourne Women Film Festival (MWFF)! Fellow member Brendon Chan edited the short, which premiered in 2023. Since, it has travelled to numerousโ€ฆ
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DEGANZ Watch List: Series Galore

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Check out these new series from DEGANZ members Rouzie Hassanova, Robyn Grace, and Jack Woon. It's great to see DEGANZ members in the mix of new local series on both primetime and online. These shows offer insight into different cultural identitiesโ€ฆ
Read more

Director & Editor Jack Woon: How I Got Started in the Industry

I made my first film when I was about 8. I hijacked my dadโ€™s chonky Hi-8 home video camera, hit record, stopped, then hit record again. I could make people vanish! In my first year of high school, I made a Star Wars parody about the ozoneโ€ฆ
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Macleod is Making Waves

Congratulations to Incubator alum Isla Macleod (DEGANZ) for being selected for theย second iteration of A Wave in the Ocean (AWITO). Through the professional development programme, the seven selected filmmakers will engage in a full-timeโ€ฆ
Read more

‘1978’ Seeks a Boost for Post-Prodctuion

April Phillips (DEGANZ) is crowdfunding to finish post-production on 1978, a feature filmย she co-wrote and is co-directing. Set in 1978, the film follows the lives of a rural Mฤori-Pฤkehฤ family fighting on two fronts: the loss of ancestralโ€ฆ
Read more
View from the Top banner

Hereโ€™s Hoping

Donald Trumpโ€™s tariff threats on film is causing considerable angst globally and extreme nervousness in New Zealand, even though detail is still entirely lacking, apart from Jon Voightโ€™s plan, which seems to have triggered Trumpโ€™s reaction. Inโ€ฆ
Read more

DEGANZ Members are ImagineNATIVE

Seven DEGANZ members' mahi is being showcased in this year's programme of imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival, the worldโ€™s largest exhibition for film, video, audio, and digital, and interactive media made by Indigenous creators. Startingโ€ฆ
Read more

‘The Sender’: A Digital Blackmail Whodunnit For The Social Media Age

,
The Sender, directed by Liv McClymont (DEGANZ) and edited by fellow member Ben Chesters, is out now on Instagram and TikTok. The NZ On Air funded web series was created by Liv and producer Jessica Todd to meet young audiences where they are.โ€ฆ
Read more

DEGANZ Members Feature at Sydney Film Festival

Three feature films from DEGANZ members have been selected for this year's Sydney Film Festival (SFF). SFF is celebrating its 72nd year with more than 240 films from 70 countries in the programme. The selected films cover themes of resistance,โ€ฆ
Read more

Time for a Movie Night! Watch ‘Red, White & Brass’ On Netflix Now

,
If you missed catching local comedy Red, White & Brass in cinemas, you can now stream in on Netflix instead! DEGANZ board president Ben Powdrell was one of the editors on the film. Inspired by a true story, a Tongan rugby superfan hatchesโ€ฆ
Read more

How a Professional Website Can Help Your Film Career

It can be useful for freelance filmmakers to have a professional online space for their work. DEGANZ's Events and Membership Coordinator, Izzi Hoskyn, sat down with Tema Pua of Tempixel Design to chat about how having a website can help freelanceโ€ฆ
Read more

Pooley’s ‘Choir Games’ Coming to Sky Open and Neon

,
DEGANZ member Leanne Pooley's inspiring docuseries Choir Games is dropping on Sky Go and Neon on 4 May. The four-part series tells the story of two choirs, New Zealandโ€™s Kaitฤia Community Voices and New York Cityโ€™s Young Peopleโ€™s Chorus,โ€ฆ
Read more

Liang Kills It on Apple TV’s ‘Murderbot’

Roseanne Liang (DEGANZ) continues her success overseas, directing two episodes of Apple TV's latest original series, Murderbot. She recently attended the star-studded premiere in New York City ahead of the show's global release on 16 May 2025.โ€ฆ
Read more

โ€˜Marlon Williams: Ngฤ Ao E Rua โ€“ Two Worldsโ€™ Hits the Big Screen

The highly anticipated documentary Marlon Williams: Ngฤ Ao E Rua โ€“ Two Worlds celebrated its world premiere in Tฤmakai Makarau Auckland on Tuesday, 29 April and is now playing in cinemas across Aotearoa. The documentary, edited by DEGANZโ€ฆ
Read more

DEGANZ Members Selected for Script to Screen Development Initiatives

Congrats to DEGANZ members Sapna Samant and Rouzie Hassanova for being selected for Script to Screen's South Shorts and Waitaha Screen Development Incubator programmes, respectively. South Shorts 2025 South Shorts is an annual mentorship programmeโ€ฆ
Read more
View from the Top banner

Pathways

We held a successful Screenlink event last night together with Advertising Producers Aotearoa. The topic was the nature of working across TV commercials, scripted and narrative features. It was interesting to hear about the pathways fromโ€ฆ
Read more

‘n00b’ is off to Cannes

n00b's success streak continues! The local dramedy series, directed by DEGANZ members Victoria Boult and Josh Frizzell, has been selected for the Short Form Competition at Canneseries. Canneseries is an annual international television seriesโ€ฆ
Read more

DEGANZ Members Celebrate World Premieres with Doc Edge

Doc Edge kicks off its 20th anniversary by announcing the first 15 films selected for this year's festival, including Devils on Horses and Mighty Indeed (former working title The Climate Canary) from DEGANZ members Edward Sampson, Vanessa Wells,โ€ฆ
Read more

‘LวŽo Lao LวŽo Le’ Wins at MWFF

Congratulations to DEGANZ member Julie Zhu on winning Best Short Film for LวŽo Lao LวŽo Le at the Melbourne Women Film Festival (MWFF)! Fellow member Brendon Chan edited the short, which premiered in 2023. Since, it has travelled to numerousโ€ฆ
Read more

DEGANZ Watch List: Series Galore

,
Check out these new series from DEGANZ members Rouzie Hassanova, Robyn Grace, and Jack Woon. It's great to see DEGANZ members in the mix of new local series on both primetime and online. These shows offer insight into different cultural identitiesโ€ฆ
Read more

Director & Editor Jack Woon: How I Got Started in the Industry

I made my first film when I was about 8. I hijacked my dadโ€™s chonky Hi-8 home video camera, hit record, stopped, then hit record again. I could make people vanish! In my first year of high school, I made a Star Wars parody about the ozoneโ€ฆ
Read more

Macleod is Making Waves

Congratulations to Incubator alum Isla Macleod (DEGANZ) for being selected for theย second iteration of A Wave in the Ocean (AWITO). Through the professional development programme, the seven selected filmmakers will engage in a full-timeโ€ฆ
Read more