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‘Inky Pinky Ponky’: A New Kind of Teenage Romcom

Inky Pinky Ponky, co-directed by Ramon Te Wake (DEGANZ), offers a new take on the classic high school romcom, cementing itself in the hearts of young LGBTQIA+ and Pasifika viewers. Based on the real-life experiences of co-writer and leadโ€ฆ
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DEGANZ Members Flourish with Seed Grants

Congrats to the DEGANZ members selected for the first 2023 round of the New Zealand Writers Guild's (NZWG) Seed Grants! Pulkit Arora (DEGANZ) and Joseph J. U. Taylor (DEGANZ) are two of the six Seed Grant recipients. Fellow members Hweilingโ€ฆ
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Lee Calls Out ‘Where My Asians At?!’

DEGANZ member Jolin Lee (Incubator 2022) is truly embodying the Directors and Editors Guild, having directed and edited the new music video Where My Asians At?! The new single by Tฤmaki Makarau based singer/songwriter RESHMA celebrates andโ€ฆ
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IndieGo-Go Support the ‘Cookies and Cream’ Crowdfunding Campaign

DEGANZ member Arka Gupta is looking for crowdfunding support for his upcoming short film, Cookies and Cream. The film peeks into the lives of Phoebe, a five-year-old experiencing the early stages of hearing loss, and Rachel, her young workingโ€ฆ
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An Update on SIWA

Over the last two and a half months, we have been having educational evenings on the Screen Industry Workers Act (SIWA) across four sub-sectors: Advertising & Marketing Content Factual & Entertainment Scripted Film - Narrativeโ€ฆ
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Made with Pride: A list of LGBTQIA+ Content Made by Members

Look no further for LGBTQIA+ content to check out this Pride Month! We've compiled a list of LGBTQIA+ projects by or featuring DEGANZ members: Films Fiona Clark: Unafraid This feature documentary celebrates one of Aotearoa's most renownedโ€ฆ
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Ow’s New Sitcom ‘Homebound 3.0’

The new Kiwi sitcom Homebound 3.0, co-directed by DEGANZ member Hweiling Ow (Incubator 2021), is streaming on ThreeNow. The series follows the trainwreck schemes of two thirty-somethings still living at home trying to get their parents lessโ€ฆ
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From the Fire Nation to the Wellness Cult: A Sneak Peek at Liang’s Upcoming Projects

Sneak a peek into DEGANZ member Roseanne Liang's upcoming projects. The Season 2 trailer of TVNZ's dystopian dramedy Creamerie is available online now. Set eight years after a deadly virus seemingly brings on the extinction of the entireโ€ฆ
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Brooks’ Bounty of Birds Selected for NZIFF

NZIFF released the Ngฤ Whanaunga Mฤori Pasifika Shorts selection, featuring Kลkako, written and directed by DEGANZ member Douglas Brooks (Te Ati Haunui-a-Pฤpฤrangi, Ngฤti Tuwharetoa, Ngฤti Kahungungu, Ngฤti Pฤkehฤ). The short filmโ€ฆ
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NZ’s Godfather of Genre Cinema Returns with ‘Night Freaks’

Aotearoa's godfather of genre cinema, David Blyth (DEGANZ), returns with his new quirky musical docufiction, NIGHT FREAKS. The genre mashup feature is based loosely on his own experience of alien encounters and was filmed across the pandemicโ€ฆ
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Director Leanne Pooley: How I Got Started in the Industry

,
I am a Film School dropout and my slow but steady trajectory from PA to Director/Producer is the classic example of working my way up from the bottom. In the mid-eighties I was studying at one of the best TV/Film Schools in Toronto, Canada;โ€ฆ
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DEGANZ Members Feature at NZIFF 2023

New Zealand International Film Festival (NZIFF) has announced this year's NZ feature films, with DEGANZ members involved in half of the twelve selected. In their announcement press release, NZIFF General Manager Sally Woodfield commented: Weโ€™reโ€ฆ
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NZIFF 2023: DEGANZ Members as NZ’s Best

The New Zealand International Film Festival (NZIFF) has announced this yearโ€™s New Zealand's Best lineup, with DEGANZ members involved in four of the six short films selected.ย  From the 81 films submitted this year, only 12 were chosenโ€ฆ
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McKenzie Chosen for Canterbury Screen Story Incubator 2023

DEGANZ member Fiona McKenzie (Incubator 2022) has been selected for this year's Waitaha Canterbury Screen Story Incubator with her new feature film Caroline. The Waitaha Canterbury Screen Story Incubator is a programme organised by Scriptโ€ฆ
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DEGANZ Members Make Waves at Doc Edge Awards 2023

Congratulations to DEGANZ members Katherine McRae and Blandine Massiet du Biest for winning big at this year's Doc Edge festival! Katherine's Pacific Mother won Best NZ Feature, Editing, and Cinematography, while she took home Best NZ Director.โ€ฆ
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More ‘n00b’ to Come

Popular TikTok series n00b, co-created and directed by DEGANZ member Victoria Boult (Incubator 2023), is heading to ThreeNow and Three as a new comedy series. According to the NZ on Air media release, Great Southern Television has received upโ€ฆ
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‘Still Here’ at the 2023 Voyager Media Awards

The Voyager Media Awards has announced the 2023 winners with Still Here taking home the Best Video Documentary Series title. Congratulations to DEGANZ members Josh Yong and Frangipani Foulks who are credited as editor and assistant editor respectively.โ€ฆ
Read more

Feast Your Eyes on DEGANZ Members at Vision Feast 2023

DEGANZ members Sophie Black, James Fink-Jensen, Eva Fulco, and Brian Gill have been nominated at this yearโ€™s Vision Feast 2023.ย  Vision Feast is an annual short film and music video festival that acknowledges filmmakers with a creativeโ€ฆ
Read more

‘Inky Pinky Ponky’: A New Kind of Teenage Romcom

Inky Pinky Ponky, co-directed by Ramon Te Wake (DEGANZ), offers a new take on the classic high school romcom, cementing itself in the hearts of young LGBTQIA+ and Pasifika viewers. Based on the real-life experiences of co-writer and leadโ€ฆ
Read more

DEGANZ Members Flourish with Seed Grants

Congrats to the DEGANZ members selected for the first 2023 round of the New Zealand Writers Guild's (NZWG) Seed Grants! Pulkit Arora (DEGANZ) and Joseph J. U. Taylor (DEGANZ) are two of the six Seed Grant recipients. Fellow members Hweilingโ€ฆ
Read more

Lee Calls Out ‘Where My Asians At?!’

DEGANZ member Jolin Lee (Incubator 2022) is truly embodying the Directors and Editors Guild, having directed and edited the new music video Where My Asians At?! The new single by Tฤmaki Makarau based singer/songwriter RESHMA celebrates andโ€ฆ
Read more

IndieGo-Go Support the ‘Cookies and Cream’ Crowdfunding Campaign

DEGANZ member Arka Gupta is looking for crowdfunding support for his upcoming short film, Cookies and Cream. The film peeks into the lives of Phoebe, a five-year-old experiencing the early stages of hearing loss, and Rachel, her young workingโ€ฆ
Read more
View from the Top banner

An Update on SIWA

Over the last two and a half months, we have been having educational evenings on the Screen Industry Workers Act (SIWA) across four sub-sectors: Advertising & Marketing Content Factual & Entertainment Scripted Film - Narrativeโ€ฆ
Read more

Made with Pride: A list of LGBTQIA+ Content Made by Members

Look no further for LGBTQIA+ content to check out this Pride Month! We've compiled a list of LGBTQIA+ projects by or featuring DEGANZ members: Films Fiona Clark: Unafraid This feature documentary celebrates one of Aotearoa's most renownedโ€ฆ
Read more

Ow’s New Sitcom ‘Homebound 3.0’

The new Kiwi sitcom Homebound 3.0, co-directed by DEGANZ member Hweiling Ow (Incubator 2021), is streaming on ThreeNow. The series follows the trainwreck schemes of two thirty-somethings still living at home trying to get their parents lessโ€ฆ
Read more

From the Fire Nation to the Wellness Cult: A Sneak Peek at Liang’s Upcoming Projects

Sneak a peek into DEGANZ member Roseanne Liang's upcoming projects. The Season 2 trailer of TVNZ's dystopian dramedy Creamerie is available online now. Set eight years after a deadly virus seemingly brings on the extinction of the entireโ€ฆ
Read more

Brooks’ Bounty of Birds Selected for NZIFF

NZIFF released the Ngฤ Whanaunga Mฤori Pasifika Shorts selection, featuring Kลkako, written and directed by DEGANZ member Douglas Brooks (Te Ati Haunui-a-Pฤpฤrangi, Ngฤti Tuwharetoa, Ngฤti Kahungungu, Ngฤti Pฤkehฤ). The short filmโ€ฆ
Read more

NZ’s Godfather of Genre Cinema Returns with ‘Night Freaks’

Aotearoa's godfather of genre cinema, David Blyth (DEGANZ), returns with his new quirky musical docufiction, NIGHT FREAKS. The genre mashup feature is based loosely on his own experience of alien encounters and was filmed across the pandemicโ€ฆ
Read more

Director Leanne Pooley: How I Got Started in the Industry

,
I am a Film School dropout and my slow but steady trajectory from PA to Director/Producer is the classic example of working my way up from the bottom. In the mid-eighties I was studying at one of the best TV/Film Schools in Toronto, Canada;โ€ฆ
Read more

DEGANZ Members Feature at NZIFF 2023

New Zealand International Film Festival (NZIFF) has announced this year's NZ feature films, with DEGANZ members involved in half of the twelve selected. In their announcement press release, NZIFF General Manager Sally Woodfield commented: Weโ€™reโ€ฆ
Read more

NZIFF 2023: DEGANZ Members as NZ’s Best

The New Zealand International Film Festival (NZIFF) has announced this yearโ€™s New Zealand's Best lineup, with DEGANZ members involved in four of the six short films selected.ย  From the 81 films submitted this year, only 12 were chosenโ€ฆ
Read more

McKenzie Chosen for Canterbury Screen Story Incubator 2023

DEGANZ member Fiona McKenzie (Incubator 2022) has been selected for this year's Waitaha Canterbury Screen Story Incubator with her new feature film Caroline. The Waitaha Canterbury Screen Story Incubator is a programme organised by Scriptโ€ฆ
Read more

DEGANZ Members Make Waves at Doc Edge Awards 2023

Congratulations to DEGANZ members Katherine McRae and Blandine Massiet du Biest for winning big at this year's Doc Edge festival! Katherine's Pacific Mother won Best NZ Feature, Editing, and Cinematography, while she took home Best NZ Director.โ€ฆ
Read more

More ‘n00b’ to Come

Popular TikTok series n00b, co-created and directed by DEGANZ member Victoria Boult (Incubator 2023), is heading to ThreeNow and Three as a new comedy series. According to the NZ on Air media release, Great Southern Television has received upโ€ฆ
Read more

‘Still Here’ at the 2023 Voyager Media Awards

The Voyager Media Awards has announced the 2023 winners with Still Here taking home the Best Video Documentary Series title. Congratulations to DEGANZ members Josh Yong and Frangipani Foulks who are credited as editor and assistant editor respectively.โ€ฆ
Read more

Feast Your Eyes on DEGANZ Members at Vision Feast 2023

DEGANZ members Sophie Black, James Fink-Jensen, Eva Fulco, and Brian Gill have been nominated at this yearโ€™s Vision Feast 2023.ย  Vision Feast is an annual short film and music video festival that acknowledges filmmakers with a creativeโ€ฆ
Read more