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Meng Foon: The Symbolic Bridge between Māori and Chinese Communities

Meng is a new, bilingual documentary co-directed and co-produced by Steven Chow (DEGANZ) and Julie Zhu (DEGANZ) and edited by fellow member Josh Yong. It highlights how titular subject Meng Foon's mahi in the NZ Human Rights Commission…

Tansley Finds Success in Future and Past Projects

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DEGANZ member Rebecca Tansley’s second film for the New Zealand Opera, The Strangest of Angels, is currently in pre-production. While her first film with NZO, Semele, was of the titular opera’s live performance, this new project will be…

On the Podcast: Directing Kids – A Case Study with Steven Chatterton

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Earlier in the year, DEGANZ was joined by UK director/writer Steven Chatterton to discuss his approach when directing kids. He shares the tools he found useful when working with a first time child actor in his short film Adnan. Steven discusses…

Beings Being Better Beings in Comedy Web Series Self Help

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DEGANZ member Michelle Ang explores the tumultuous journey of healing and self-improvement in the new comedy web series, Self Help, out now on YouTube! She and Rawiri Jobe directed four episodes each of the eight-part series, produced by Wrestler…

DEGANZ Members Selected for Script to Screen’s FilmUp

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DEGANZ members were selected for the 10th annual FilmUp Mentorship Programme! Kim Webby(writer/director/producer) Kim is a documentary maker with over 30 years of experience and a dozen documentaries and long-form television series. The…

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Directing In the Intimate Zone – Auckland

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Learn professional best practices in this introduction to directing on-screen intimacy. Participants will receive training on considerations and respectful processes when working on a range of ‘intimate scenes’ in this one-day workshop…

NZ Industry Skills Survey on Education and Training Needs

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After being delayed due to covid, the NZ Industry Skills Survey has been released and you can complete it now. If you are an employer and HOD, industry professional, or an emerging practitioner across film, TV, VFX, animation, radio (creating…

Spilling the Tea in New Docuseries What’s the Disabili-Tea

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What’s the Disabili-Tea, edited by DEGANZ member and alum Brendon Chan is available to watch on Attitude! DEGANZ president Robyn Paterson worked as the executive producer with director and producer Justin Scott. It explores the lives of queer…

Ang’s Hair Now Gets to the Root of our Prickly Relationship with Hair

News, Women Filmmakers Incubator

The first two episodes of Hair Now, directed by Michelle Ang (DEGANZ), are available on The Spinoff. The series, edited by Kat Kasajima and made with the support of NZOA, features six Pan-Asian wahine and their relationships with their hair. Episode…

More Than I Can Eat in a Media Lunch

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As if we didn’t have enough on our plate with the Screen Industry Workers Bill, the Reform of Vocational Education, The Screen Sector Investment Review, and an NZFC still in managerial stagnancy sans a permanent CEO (David Strong has resigned…

Mandalina Stanisich’s Bass Line to Screen Throughout Germany

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DEGANZ member Mandalina Stanisich’s 2018 short film Bass Line is set to screen at the Silver Screen - European Film Festival for Generations (EFFG). During the festival, screenings take place in about 100 venues across Germany to more than…

NZIFF: NZ’s Best 2022 Short Film Competition Winners

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After the sold-out screening of New Zealand's Best 2022 short film competition, Whānau Marama: NZIFF announced the winners. DEGANZ member Bala Murali Shingade's Perianayaki, written and produced by Shreya Gejji and edited by Shailesh Prajapati…

NZ Films Selected for Edinburgh, 4 out of 5 Involving DEGANZ Members

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The 75th Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF) is featuring multiple members' mahi this year! The festival runs from 12-20 August and will screen five NZ projects across various programmes. Member Michelle Savill’s Millie Lies Low…

Jake Tabata’s Boosted Campaign for The Creature Closes Soon

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DEGANZ member Jake Tabata's Boosted campaign for horror, queer web series The Creature closes on 26 August! The project is in the final stretch, currently sitting at 73% of its total goal of $9,000. This project is Jake's first excursion…

Mothers of the Revolution Shortlisted for Best Single Documentary Grierson Award

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Mothers of the Revolution, directed by Briar March and co-edited by DEGANZ board member Margot Francis, Simon Coldrick, John Gilbert, and Tim Woodhouse, has been shortlisted for a 2022 Grierson Award. Along with seven other films, it is in the…

Editor Luka Turjak: How I Got Started in the Industry

Blog, How I Got Started in the Industry

I joined a children’s choir just after my 3rd birthday. That was in Yugoslavia, Zagreb, in 1983. Choir defined me as a person. I’ve learned early on we are all individuals with different needs, wants and perception, so listening is often…

Mīria George’s Fire in the Water, Fire in the Sky to Screen in Edinburgh

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The Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF) has chosen DEGANZ member Mīria George’s short film fire in the water, fire in the sky for its 2022 programme. While a few Kiwi feature films will be screening during the festival – Nude Tuesday,…

Hweiling Ow Chosen as Finalist in Unreal Engine Short Film Challenge

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Member Hweiling Ow’s and Peter Haynes’ animation Cheng Beng has received funding from the Unreal Engine Real-Time Short Film Challenge! Unreal Engine selected the project, alongside another film project from Australia, out of a short list…