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‘Ms. Information’ in Cinemas Now

After premiering at Whฤnau Mฤrama NZIFF this year, Ms. Information, directed by Gwen Isaac (DEGANZ), is now playing in cinemas nationwide. The feature documentary is a visceral and intimate look into the life of the polarising, pink-hairedโ€ฆ
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Hunter’s Handycam Time Machine

DEGANZ member Sarah Hunter invites viewers into the time machine that is her new docuseries, MARAUDERS. Through archive handycam footage, she reveals a never-before-seen side of iconic Kiwi musical group Fat Freddy's Drop on their 2003 Europeanโ€ฆ
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‘Te Hokinga Mai – The Return’ Out Now

The first two episodes of Te Hokinga Mai - The Return, produced and directed by DEGANZ member Kathleen Mantel, are available to watch on Whakaata Mฤori now. The eight-part docuseries offers an intimate look into people's journeys acrossโ€ฆ
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Gardiner-Hoskins Wins at ImagineNATIVE

DEGANZ member Piata Gardiner-Hoskins, with Todd Karehana, won the ImagineNATIVE Film Festival's Experimental Audio Award for their scripted drama podcast The River. The accolade comes with a $1,500 cash prize. Piata co-directed and co-wroteโ€ฆ
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‘The Sea Inside Her’ Sea-ks Support

Want to see a 6-foot-long shark swim through a living room? DEGANZ members Alyx Duncan and Adam-Luka Turjak are raising funds through Boosted to do just that in their new silent film, The Sea Inside Her. When a loving grandmother, left toโ€ฆ
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What’s the buzz, tell me what’s a-happening?

๏ปฟNZ On Airโ€™s Where Are the Audiences Survey 2023 confirmed what previous reports have been warning ofโ€”the death of linear television in New Zealand. (WATA research here.) Three telling points were highlighted in the document that attestโ€ฆ
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Welcome to this Year’s DEGANZ Board

Welcome to the 2023-2024 DEGANZ Board, elected at the recent AGM on 21 October! Thank you to returning members Robyn Paterson (President), Steven Chow (Vice-President), Phil Gore (Treasurer), Margot Francis, Rฤhera Herewini-Mulligan (Ngฤiโ€ฆ
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20+ DEGANZ Members as NZTV Award Finalists

The New Zealand Television Awards (NZTVA) announced the finalists for 2023, with over 20 DEGANZ members' mahi receiving nominations. Each year, the NZTVA recognise and honour the excellence, special skills, and unique talents of those workingโ€ฆ
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Bop to the Top of the South Film Festival

The Top of the South Film Festival is returning for its ninth year, with films from DEGANZ members Danika Leigh Ciullo and Brian Gill in the 'The Savage and Savage Aotearoa' programme. Danika's short, Shredded, follows two young men whenโ€ฆ
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MistyFlicks Picks DEGANZ Members

The Misty Flicks Film Festival is featuring multiple DEGANZ members' mahi this November. The festival highlights films shot in the Waikato and Central Aotearoa regions or that have a connection with these regions through cast and crew. Otherโ€ฆ
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Editor Luke Haigh: How I Got Started in the Industry

Hey there! I'm Luke Haigh, a freelance film editor who's worked in both the commercial and feature film worlds for the last 20 years. I first fell in love with editing around the age of 15 or 16. It was a Media Studies class in high schoolโ€ฆ
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Taylor’s Directorial Debut at Pร–FF

DEGANZ member Loren Taylor's directorial feature debut, The Moon is Upside Down, is having its world premiere at the 2023 Pร–FF Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival. The film will screen in the First Feature Competition, a collection of firstโ€ฆ
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Show Me (Shorts) Winners

Show Me Shorts had a wonderful Awards Night on Sunday 8 October, with multiple members nominated for and receiving awards. DEGANZ member Julie Zhu'sย LวŽo Lao LวŽo Le swept up three of the eight awards. Julie not only won DEGANZ's very ownโ€ฆ
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… and They’re Off to Berlin!

Down Under Berlin in Germany is showcasing several members' hard work - some as festival veterans and others celebrating premieres! The festival is Europe's leading festival for Australian and Kiwi films, screening a wide range of productionsโ€ฆ
Read more

Best of the Best at NZ WebFest

The 2023 NZ Web Fest selection is stacked with DEGANZ members, with some nominated for awards! NZ Web Fest was created in 2015 to celebrate web series and online video content. Over the years, the festival has evolved and was accepted asโ€ฆ
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What Can We Take From The Strikes?

By the time you read this the Writerโ€™s Guild of Americaโ€™s (WGA) strike will be over. The Screen Actors Guild (SAG) and American Federation of Television and Radio Artists' (AFTRA)โ€”not yet. So what can we take from the strikes? I sawโ€ฆ
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Netflix’s ‘Sex Education’ Gets the Savill Treatment

Season 4 of the beloved Netflix series Sex Education is out now, with two of the eight episodes directed by 2018 Incubator alum Michelle Savill. The show is known for being awkwardly hilarious, following the lives of the students, staff,โ€ฆ
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Tansley is as Good as Gold at the Golden Prague Festival

Congratulations Rebecca Tansley (DEGANZ) for winning the Special Mention Award for Extraordinary Artistic Achievement at the Golden Prague International Television Festival for her film The Strangest of Angels. The Strangest of Angelsย isโ€ฆ
Read more

‘Ms. Information’ in Cinemas Now

After premiering at Whฤnau Mฤrama NZIFF this year, Ms. Information, directed by Gwen Isaac (DEGANZ), is now playing in cinemas nationwide. The feature documentary is a visceral and intimate look into the life of the polarising, pink-hairedโ€ฆ
Read more

Hunter’s Handycam Time Machine

DEGANZ member Sarah Hunter invites viewers into the time machine that is her new docuseries, MARAUDERS. Through archive handycam footage, she reveals a never-before-seen side of iconic Kiwi musical group Fat Freddy's Drop on their 2003 Europeanโ€ฆ
Read more

‘Te Hokinga Mai – The Return’ Out Now

The first two episodes of Te Hokinga Mai - The Return, produced and directed by DEGANZ member Kathleen Mantel, are available to watch on Whakaata Mฤori now. The eight-part docuseries offers an intimate look into people's journeys acrossโ€ฆ
Read more

Gardiner-Hoskins Wins at ImagineNATIVE

DEGANZ member Piata Gardiner-Hoskins, with Todd Karehana, won the ImagineNATIVE Film Festival's Experimental Audio Award for their scripted drama podcast The River. The accolade comes with a $1,500 cash prize. Piata co-directed and co-wroteโ€ฆ
Read more

‘The Sea Inside Her’ Sea-ks Support

Want to see a 6-foot-long shark swim through a living room? DEGANZ members Alyx Duncan and Adam-Luka Turjak are raising funds through Boosted to do just that in their new silent film, The Sea Inside Her. When a loving grandmother, left toโ€ฆ
Read more
View from the Top banner

What’s the buzz, tell me what’s a-happening?

๏ปฟNZ On Airโ€™s Where Are the Audiences Survey 2023 confirmed what previous reports have been warning ofโ€”the death of linear television in New Zealand. (WATA research here.) Three telling points were highlighted in the document that attestโ€ฆ
Read more

Welcome to this Year’s DEGANZ Board

Welcome to the 2023-2024 DEGANZ Board, elected at the recent AGM on 21 October! Thank you to returning members Robyn Paterson (President), Steven Chow (Vice-President), Phil Gore (Treasurer), Margot Francis, Rฤhera Herewini-Mulligan (Ngฤiโ€ฆ
Read more

20+ DEGANZ Members as NZTV Award Finalists

The New Zealand Television Awards (NZTVA) announced the finalists for 2023, with over 20 DEGANZ members' mahi receiving nominations. Each year, the NZTVA recognise and honour the excellence, special skills, and unique talents of those workingโ€ฆ
Read more

Bop to the Top of the South Film Festival

The Top of the South Film Festival is returning for its ninth year, with films from DEGANZ members Danika Leigh Ciullo and Brian Gill in the 'The Savage and Savage Aotearoa' programme. Danika's short, Shredded, follows two young men whenโ€ฆ
Read more

MistyFlicks Picks DEGANZ Members

The Misty Flicks Film Festival is featuring multiple DEGANZ members' mahi this November. The festival highlights films shot in the Waikato and Central Aotearoa regions or that have a connection with these regions through cast and crew. Otherโ€ฆ
Read more

Editor Luke Haigh: How I Got Started in the Industry

Hey there! I'm Luke Haigh, a freelance film editor who's worked in both the commercial and feature film worlds for the last 20 years. I first fell in love with editing around the age of 15 or 16. It was a Media Studies class in high schoolโ€ฆ
Read more

Taylor’s Directorial Debut at Pร–FF

DEGANZ member Loren Taylor's directorial feature debut, The Moon is Upside Down, is having its world premiere at the 2023 Pร–FF Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival. The film will screen in the First Feature Competition, a collection of firstโ€ฆ
Read more

Show Me (Shorts) Winners

Show Me Shorts had a wonderful Awards Night on Sunday 8 October, with multiple members nominated for and receiving awards. DEGANZ member Julie Zhu'sย LวŽo Lao LวŽo Le swept up three of the eight awards. Julie not only won DEGANZ's very ownโ€ฆ
Read more

… and They’re Off to Berlin!

Down Under Berlin in Germany is showcasing several members' hard work - some as festival veterans and others celebrating premieres! The festival is Europe's leading festival for Australian and Kiwi films, screening a wide range of productionsโ€ฆ
Read more

Best of the Best at NZ WebFest

The 2023 NZ Web Fest selection is stacked with DEGANZ members, with some nominated for awards! NZ Web Fest was created in 2015 to celebrate web series and online video content. Over the years, the festival has evolved and was accepted asโ€ฆ
Read more
View from the Top banner

What Can We Take From The Strikes?

By the time you read this the Writerโ€™s Guild of Americaโ€™s (WGA) strike will be over. The Screen Actors Guild (SAG) and American Federation of Television and Radio Artists' (AFTRA)โ€”not yet. So what can we take from the strikes? I sawโ€ฆ
Read more

Netflix’s ‘Sex Education’ Gets the Savill Treatment

Season 4 of the beloved Netflix series Sex Education is out now, with two of the eight episodes directed by 2018 Incubator alum Michelle Savill. The show is known for being awkwardly hilarious, following the lives of the students, staff,โ€ฆ
Read more

Tansley is as Good as Gold at the Golden Prague Festival

Congratulations Rebecca Tansley (DEGANZ) for winning the Special Mention Award for Extraordinary Artistic Achievement at the Golden Prague International Television Festival for her film The Strangest of Angels. The Strangest of Angelsย isโ€ฆ
Read more