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Rangi’s Directorial Debut with Semi-Autobiographical Feature

DEGANZ member Shane Rangi (Ngฤti Porou) is set to have his directorial debut with his semi-autobiographical feature film,ย Taonga. Long-time collaborator and Oscar-winning filmmaker, James Cameron, isย one of the production's executive producers. Whileโ€ฆ
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‘Still Here’ for Season Two

Award-winning docuseries Still Here is back for season two, with multiple DEGANZ members on the team! Litia Tuiburelevu (DEGANZ) directed and co-produced the series with fellow member Josh Yong as supervising producer and executive producer.โ€ฆ
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March’s ‘I SEE YOU’ Boosted Campaign

DEGANZ member Briar March is crowdfunding to complete her new short film, I SEE YOU. The film, written and directed by Briar, tells the story of a young mother struggling to see her 2-year-old daughter with Down Syndrome for who she is -โ€ฆ
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Set Education

Iโ€™ve just come off a Zoom with a bunch of articulate and intelligent students pursuing careers in the screen industry. It prompted me to write about the ongoing work happening around the reform of vocational education that DEGANZ is engagedโ€ฆ
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‘Juniper’ and its String of Successes

Juniper, written and directed by DEGANZ member Matthew Saville and edited by fellow member Peter Roberts, continues its successful run following the film's release in 2021. The film delves into the relationship between Ruth, played by Oscar-nomineeโ€ฆ
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NZFC Funding for Writer/Directors

NZFC announced their August funding decisions, with multiple DEGANZ members attached to projects as writer/directors. Feature Film Production Investment Lomu Documentary Logline: Experience the unstoppable force of Jonah Lomu, the greatestโ€ฆ
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‘Taking Back Our Beach’ Takes to Cinema Screens

Taking Back Our Beach, a feature documentary directed by Anton Steel (DEGANZ), is set to have its theatrical release in Aotearoa cinemas on 5 October. The film looks at the community response to the 2011 cargo vessel Rena grounding on ลŒtฤitiโ€ฆ
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Show Me (DEGANZ Members’) Shorts

This year's Show Me Shorts, Aotearoa's leading international short film festival, is chock full of DEGANZ members' mahi! Check this complete list to see which programmes their films are screening in and make sure to book your seats for yourโ€ฆ
Read more

‘The Strangest of Angels’ Flies to Prague

DEGANZ member Rebecca Tansley's feature film The Strangest of Angels is heading overseas for the 60th Golden Prague International Television Festival. The film is in competition with other works centered around music, dance, and theatre as partโ€ฆ
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McGill Seeking Support for ‘FARM’ on Boosted

DEGANZ member Kate McGill is seeking support for her short film's Boosted campaign. Inspired by a dream Kate had nearly ten years ago, FARM is about Jeanie, an elderly woman who believes her late husband has been reincarnated as a cow onโ€ฆ
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Director Mia Maramara: How I Got Started in the Industry

Looking back, I would say that my lifeโ€™s theme is, โ€œThere are no wasted moments." Itโ€™s a lesson I have clung to working in the film industry, where there are all sorts of twisty roads lined with the bloated corpses of dead passion projectsโ€ฆ
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‘I Stand For Consent’ – McClymont’s Catalyst for Change

DEGANZ member and advocate for comprehensive consent education, Liv McClymont's short documentary I Stand For Consent premieres on World Sexual Health Day. Perfectly enough, this year's theme is consent. Motivated by a survey exposing theโ€ฆ
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‘Te Whakairo’ Portrays Wildlife Through an Art Lens

Congratulations to DEGANZ members Vanessa Wells and Emma Smart for their short film making the Wild Earth Oceania Film Festival (WEOFF) selection! Te Whakairo - Ngฤ Kฤซ o Te Tai Ao (The Carvings Carry the Stories of the World), directed andโ€ฆ
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Barne’s ‘River of Freedom’ Flows to Cinemas

Feature documentary River of Freedom, directed by Gaylene Barnes (DEGANZ), premieres on 5 September before its general cinema release from the 7th. The film gets to the heart of the 2022 COVID mandate protests, told from the inside of theโ€ฆ
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‘K Road Chronicles’ – a Celebration of the Human Spirit

K' Road Chronicles is back for a third groundbreaking season with DEGANZ member Benjamin Murray on board as assistant editor. The web series amplifies the voices of the homeless and impoverished in Aotearoa. It all started with transgenderโ€ฆ
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A Local Film for Horror Genre Lovers: ‘God’s Favourites Fall Hardest’

Help DEGANZ member Brian Gill bring short film God's Favourites Fall Hardest to life by supporting the project's Boosted campaign. Brian is taking on multiple roles for the film as the editor and producer. The short calls upon and pays homageโ€ฆ
Read more
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Whatโ€™s The Benefit For Me?

I went to a Screen Industry Guild of Aotearoa New Zealand (SIGANZ) membership drive event last night. And this morning I read a blog post out of the US about the effort to establish an independent producers union. SIGANZ, like DEGANZ andโ€ฆ
Read more

‘Down for Love’ has Found it’s Match with Netflix

While we wait for season 2 of Down for Love, season 1 of the wholesome reality series, produced by DEGANZ board president Robyn Paterson, caught the eye of Netflix and is now internationally available on the streaming service! As describedโ€ฆ
Read more

Rangi’s Directorial Debut with Semi-Autobiographical Feature

DEGANZ member Shane Rangi (Ngฤti Porou) is set to have his directorial debut with his semi-autobiographical feature film,ย Taonga. Long-time collaborator and Oscar-winning filmmaker, James Cameron, isย one of the production's executive producers. Whileโ€ฆ
Read more

‘Still Here’ for Season Two

Award-winning docuseries Still Here is back for season two, with multiple DEGANZ members on the team! Litia Tuiburelevu (DEGANZ) directed and co-produced the series with fellow member Josh Yong as supervising producer and executive producer.โ€ฆ
Read more

March’s ‘I SEE YOU’ Boosted Campaign

DEGANZ member Briar March is crowdfunding to complete her new short film, I SEE YOU. The film, written and directed by Briar, tells the story of a young mother struggling to see her 2-year-old daughter with Down Syndrome for who she is -โ€ฆ
Read more
View from the Top banner

Set Education

Iโ€™ve just come off a Zoom with a bunch of articulate and intelligent students pursuing careers in the screen industry. It prompted me to write about the ongoing work happening around the reform of vocational education that DEGANZ is engagedโ€ฆ
Read more

‘Juniper’ and its String of Successes

Juniper, written and directed by DEGANZ member Matthew Saville and edited by fellow member Peter Roberts, continues its successful run following the film's release in 2021. The film delves into the relationship between Ruth, played by Oscar-nomineeโ€ฆ
Read more

NZFC Funding for Writer/Directors

NZFC announced their August funding decisions, with multiple DEGANZ members attached to projects as writer/directors. Feature Film Production Investment Lomu Documentary Logline: Experience the unstoppable force of Jonah Lomu, the greatestโ€ฆ
Read more

‘Taking Back Our Beach’ Takes to Cinema Screens

Taking Back Our Beach, a feature documentary directed by Anton Steel (DEGANZ), is set to have its theatrical release in Aotearoa cinemas on 5 October. The film looks at the community response to the 2011 cargo vessel Rena grounding on ลŒtฤitiโ€ฆ
Read more

Show Me (DEGANZ Members’) Shorts

This year's Show Me Shorts, Aotearoa's leading international short film festival, is chock full of DEGANZ members' mahi! Check this complete list to see which programmes their films are screening in and make sure to book your seats for yourโ€ฆ
Read more

‘The Strangest of Angels’ Flies to Prague

DEGANZ member Rebecca Tansley's feature film The Strangest of Angels is heading overseas for the 60th Golden Prague International Television Festival. The film is in competition with other works centered around music, dance, and theatre as partโ€ฆ
Read more

McGill Seeking Support for ‘FARM’ on Boosted

DEGANZ member Kate McGill is seeking support for her short film's Boosted campaign. Inspired by a dream Kate had nearly ten years ago, FARM is about Jeanie, an elderly woman who believes her late husband has been reincarnated as a cow onโ€ฆ
Read more

Director Mia Maramara: How I Got Started in the Industry

Looking back, I would say that my lifeโ€™s theme is, โ€œThere are no wasted moments." Itโ€™s a lesson I have clung to working in the film industry, where there are all sorts of twisty roads lined with the bloated corpses of dead passion projectsโ€ฆ
Read more

‘I Stand For Consent’ – McClymont’s Catalyst for Change

DEGANZ member and advocate for comprehensive consent education, Liv McClymont's short documentary I Stand For Consent premieres on World Sexual Health Day. Perfectly enough, this year's theme is consent. Motivated by a survey exposing theโ€ฆ
Read more

‘Te Whakairo’ Portrays Wildlife Through an Art Lens

Congratulations to DEGANZ members Vanessa Wells and Emma Smart for their short film making the Wild Earth Oceania Film Festival (WEOFF) selection! Te Whakairo - Ngฤ Kฤซ o Te Tai Ao (The Carvings Carry the Stories of the World), directed andโ€ฆ
Read more

Barne’s ‘River of Freedom’ Flows to Cinemas

Feature documentary River of Freedom, directed by Gaylene Barnes (DEGANZ), premieres on 5 September before its general cinema release from the 7th. The film gets to the heart of the 2022 COVID mandate protests, told from the inside of theโ€ฆ
Read more

‘K Road Chronicles’ – a Celebration of the Human Spirit

K' Road Chronicles is back for a third groundbreaking season with DEGANZ member Benjamin Murray on board as assistant editor. The web series amplifies the voices of the homeless and impoverished in Aotearoa. It all started with transgenderโ€ฆ
Read more

A Local Film for Horror Genre Lovers: ‘God’s Favourites Fall Hardest’

Help DEGANZ member Brian Gill bring short film God's Favourites Fall Hardest to life by supporting the project's Boosted campaign. Brian is taking on multiple roles for the film as the editor and producer. The short calls upon and pays homageโ€ฆ
Read more
View from the Top banner

Whatโ€™s The Benefit For Me?

I went to a Screen Industry Guild of Aotearoa New Zealand (SIGANZ) membership drive event last night. And this morning I read a blog post out of the US about the effort to establish an independent producers union. SIGANZ, like DEGANZ andโ€ฆ
Read more

‘Down for Love’ has Found it’s Match with Netflix

While we wait for season 2 of Down for Love, season 1 of the wholesome reality series, produced by DEGANZ board president Robyn Paterson, caught the eye of Netflix and is now internationally available on the streaming service! As describedโ€ฆ
Read more