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‘n00b’ on Netflix Australia

Local dramedy series n00b, directed by DEGANZ members Victoria Boult and Josh Frizzell, is available to stream on Netflix in Australia. The show, created by Victoria and producer Rachel Fawcett, is set in 2005 Gore, Aotearoa. It follows theโ€ฆ
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DEGANZ Members Amongst the 2025 Day One Shorts

Day One has announced the eight commissioned teams for this year's round of short films, including two projects featuring DEGANZ members Giselle Ilaoa, Lee Li, and Tyler Redmond. The competition was tough this year, with 109 applicationsโ€ฆ
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Here We Go

Weโ€™ve got Trump in the White House again and billionaires running that country, LAโ€™s still burning, and the war in Ukraine ongoing, while a tenuous ceasefire has been reached in Gaza. On the domestic front, The Principles of the Treatyโ€ฆ
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‘n00b’ Goes to Market in Berlin

Comedy-drama series n00b, directed by DEGANZ members Victoria Boult and Josh Frizzell, is heading to the Berlinale Series Market. The market is a joint initiative of the European Film Market, Berlinale Co-Production Market and Berlinale Talents,โ€ฆ
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‘The Haka Party Incident’ and ‘Tinฤ’ Coming to Local Cinemas Soon

2025 is kicking off strong with feature films The Haka Party Incident and Tinฤ coming soon to cinemas across the motu. The Haka Party Incident, a documentary by Katie Wolfe (DEGANZ), hits theatres across Aotearoa in late January with Tinฤ,โ€ฆ
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DEGANZ Members Pack their Bags for Story Camp Aotearoa 2025

Congratulations to DEGANZ members Mia Maramara, Pulkit Arora, William McKegg, and Matthew Saville on being selected for Script to Screen's Story Camp Aotearoa 2025! The residential feature film lab fosters the craft, voice, and vision ofโ€ฆ
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Catch Up on These Works from DEGANZ Members

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DEGANZ members have been busy with new films and series premiering over the holidays including a documentary about aging, a reimagining of a beloved children's literary character, and a drama-filled teen mystery. Check this list of new worksโ€ฆ
Read more

‘Jasper’s Belt’ Seeks a Boost

Celestine Ocean (DEGANZ) is crowdfunding for her next short film, Jasper's Belt, on Boosted. Inspired by her experience growing up in a lower-class home and how her younger self contextualised it, Jasper's Belt unpacks the childhood experienceโ€ฆ
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That Time of the Year

December is upon us again. Before we hit the beaches or mountains, itโ€™s time to reflect on what has been a tumultuous year for the New Zealand screen industry. On the positive side, weโ€™ve had a great crop of New Zealand films and television,โ€ฆ
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Welcome to the 2025 DEGANZ Board

Welcome to the 2025 DEGANZ Board, elected at the AGM on 23 November! Thank you to returning members Ben Powdrell (President), Rฤhera Herewini-Mulligan (Ngฤi Tลซhoe/Ngฤi Tai/Te Whฤnau a Apanui) (Vice-President), Phil Gore (Treasurer),โ€ฆ
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NZTV Awards Wins

DEGANZ members swept up multiple awards at the New Zealand Television Awards on 22 November this year. After the Party, directed by Peter Salmon (DEGANZ), had a particularly successful night winning a record nine awards in total. Peter wasโ€ฆ
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Off to Palm Springs

Aotearoa feature films Tinฤ and The Moutain, edited by DEGANZ members Luke Haighย and Cushla Dillonย respectively, are off to the 2025 Palm Springs International Film Festival! This year marks the 36th year of the festival showcasing workโ€ฆ
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DEGANZ Watch List: Holiday Edition

,
Even though DEGANZ is beginning to wrap up for the year, our members are still dropping new work! Check out this list of new films and series to watch over the holiday period. From drama series to documentaries, there's plenty of local mahiโ€ฆ
Read more

Music to Our Ears: Luping’s ‘Classics Explained’ Wins Best Animated Web Series

Animated web series Classics Explained, directed by DEGANZ member Jo Luping (Incubator 2024), won Best Animated Web Series at the UK Online Web Fest in London this year with its episode on composer Sergei Rachmaninoff. The festival praised theโ€ฆ
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‘PleasureDora’ Pร–FFs Off

PleasureDora, directed and edited by Mark Prebble (DEGANZ), is continuing its successful international festival run. In November, the sci-fi short screened at Pร–FF Shorts in Talin, Estonia. It was aptly selected for the Night Cinema programme,โ€ฆ
Read more
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Women and Directing

We have just wrapped the eighth and last Emerging Women Filmmakers Incubator. This also brings to a close the year-long Incubator programme in its current manifestation as we have been unable to secure funding for it. In reflecting on womenโ€ฆ
Read more

DEGANZ Members are Making it Rain

From 100 applications submitted, Script to Screen selected DEGANZ members Pulkit Arora, Armagan Ballantyne, and Jackie van Beek for its new innovative mentorship programme, Rainmakers Aotearoa. After narrowing applications down, Script toโ€ฆ
Read more

Mฤori Excellence Celebrated at RIFF

The Rotorua Indigenous Film Festival (RIFF) ran last week, with multiple DEGANZ members' work screening. The intense, three-day festival is a hub of Indigenous films, networking, and industry workshops. Created and run by Mฤori filmmakers,โ€ฆ
Read more

‘n00b’ on Netflix Australia

Local dramedy series n00b, directed by DEGANZ members Victoria Boult and Josh Frizzell, is available to stream on Netflix in Australia. The show, created by Victoria and producer Rachel Fawcett, is set in 2005 Gore, Aotearoa. It follows theโ€ฆ
Read more

DEGANZ Members Amongst the 2025 Day One Shorts

Day One has announced the eight commissioned teams for this year's round of short films, including two projects featuring DEGANZ members Giselle Ilaoa, Lee Li, and Tyler Redmond. The competition was tough this year, with 109 applicationsโ€ฆ
Read more
View from the Top banner

Here We Go

Weโ€™ve got Trump in the White House again and billionaires running that country, LAโ€™s still burning, and the war in Ukraine ongoing, while a tenuous ceasefire has been reached in Gaza. On the domestic front, The Principles of the Treatyโ€ฆ
Read more

‘n00b’ Goes to Market in Berlin

Comedy-drama series n00b, directed by DEGANZ members Victoria Boult and Josh Frizzell, is heading to the Berlinale Series Market. The market is a joint initiative of the European Film Market, Berlinale Co-Production Market and Berlinale Talents,โ€ฆ
Read more

‘The Haka Party Incident’ and ‘Tinฤ’ Coming to Local Cinemas Soon

2025 is kicking off strong with feature films The Haka Party Incident and Tinฤ coming soon to cinemas across the motu. The Haka Party Incident, a documentary by Katie Wolfe (DEGANZ), hits theatres across Aotearoa in late January with Tinฤ,โ€ฆ
Read more

DEGANZ Members Pack their Bags for Story Camp Aotearoa 2025

Congratulations to DEGANZ members Mia Maramara, Pulkit Arora, William McKegg, and Matthew Saville on being selected for Script to Screen's Story Camp Aotearoa 2025! The residential feature film lab fosters the craft, voice, and vision ofโ€ฆ
Read more

Catch Up on These Works from DEGANZ Members

,
DEGANZ members have been busy with new films and series premiering over the holidays including a documentary about aging, a reimagining of a beloved children's literary character, and a drama-filled teen mystery. Check this list of new worksโ€ฆ
Read more

‘Jasper’s Belt’ Seeks a Boost

Celestine Ocean (DEGANZ) is crowdfunding for her next short film, Jasper's Belt, on Boosted. Inspired by her experience growing up in a lower-class home and how her younger self contextualised it, Jasper's Belt unpacks the childhood experienceโ€ฆ
Read more
View from the Top banner

That Time of the Year

December is upon us again. Before we hit the beaches or mountains, itโ€™s time to reflect on what has been a tumultuous year for the New Zealand screen industry. On the positive side, weโ€™ve had a great crop of New Zealand films and television,โ€ฆ
Read more

Welcome to the 2025 DEGANZ Board

Welcome to the 2025 DEGANZ Board, elected at the AGM on 23 November! Thank you to returning members Ben Powdrell (President), Rฤhera Herewini-Mulligan (Ngฤi Tลซhoe/Ngฤi Tai/Te Whฤnau a Apanui) (Vice-President), Phil Gore (Treasurer),โ€ฆ
Read more

NZTV Awards Wins

DEGANZ members swept up multiple awards at the New Zealand Television Awards on 22 November this year. After the Party, directed by Peter Salmon (DEGANZ), had a particularly successful night winning a record nine awards in total. Peter wasโ€ฆ
Read more

Off to Palm Springs

Aotearoa feature films Tinฤ and The Moutain, edited by DEGANZ members Luke Haighย and Cushla Dillonย respectively, are off to the 2025 Palm Springs International Film Festival! This year marks the 36th year of the festival showcasing workโ€ฆ
Read more

DEGANZ Watch List: Holiday Edition

,
Even though DEGANZ is beginning to wrap up for the year, our members are still dropping new work! Check out this list of new films and series to watch over the holiday period. From drama series to documentaries, there's plenty of local mahiโ€ฆ
Read more

Music to Our Ears: Luping’s ‘Classics Explained’ Wins Best Animated Web Series

Animated web series Classics Explained, directed by DEGANZ member Jo Luping (Incubator 2024), won Best Animated Web Series at the UK Online Web Fest in London this year with its episode on composer Sergei Rachmaninoff. The festival praised theโ€ฆ
Read more

‘PleasureDora’ Pร–FFs Off

PleasureDora, directed and edited by Mark Prebble (DEGANZ), is continuing its successful international festival run. In November, the sci-fi short screened at Pร–FF Shorts in Talin, Estonia. It was aptly selected for the Night Cinema programme,โ€ฆ
Read more
View from the Top banner

Women and Directing

We have just wrapped the eighth and last Emerging Women Filmmakers Incubator. This also brings to a close the year-long Incubator programme in its current manifestation as we have been unable to secure funding for it. In reflecting on womenโ€ฆ
Read more

DEGANZ Members are Making it Rain

From 100 applications submitted, Script to Screen selected DEGANZ members Pulkit Arora, Armagan Ballantyne, and Jackie van Beek for its new innovative mentorship programme, Rainmakers Aotearoa. After narrowing applications down, Script toโ€ฆ
Read more

Mฤori Excellence Celebrated at RIFF

The Rotorua Indigenous Film Festival (RIFF) ran last week, with multiple DEGANZ members' work screening. The intense, three-day festival is a hub of Indigenous films, networking, and industry workshops. Created and run by Mฤori filmmakers,โ€ฆ
Read more