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COVID-19 Financial Support for Sole Traders and the Self-Employed

If your income or business has been impacted by Alert Levels 3 and 4, you may be eligible to apply for financial support. As many directors and editors are self-employed, this is an overview of what support is available from the New Zealand…

NZIFF 2021: 5 Shorts with Features to Catch at the Festival

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The New Zealand International Film Festival has announced that local shorts will also screen before selected feature films in Auckland and Wellington, on top of the NZ’s Best and the Ngā Whanaunga Māori Pasifika short film sections. Keep…

NZIFF 2021: Members’ Shorts Compete in Ngā Whanaunga

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Congratulations to our DEGNZ members whose short films have been selected to compete in this year’s Ngā Whanaunga Māori Pasifika Shorts. Disrupt Our very own Margot Francis (DEGNZ board member) was the supervising editor while Lisa Greenfield…

NZIFF 2021: DEGNZ Members Selected for New Zealand’s Best

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Six short films have been selected as finalists for Whānau Mārama: New Zealand International Film Festival’s New Zealand’s Best Short Film Competition. Amongst those selected by Guest Selector, award-winning actress and filmmaker Kerry…

Francis Glenday

Distance or Remote Editing in Covid Restricted Conditions and International Productions

COVID Corner, News, Resources

There are a few options available to enable editing with your director, or if you are assisting your editor, when you’re unable to be in the same room or premises. There are both low and high end options depending on budget constraints. DEGANZ…

Josh Miller

Update to the ScreenSafe COVID-19 Protocols

COVID Corner, News

5th October 2021 Please find the links below and pdf’s attached to the revised ScreenSafe COVID-19 Protocols, including a cover letter outlining the key updates, revised departmental roles and alert levels. As you have seen from recent…

New: Standard Feature Film Editing Agreement

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We are really pleased to share with our members our latest standard agreement. We have designed the Standard Feature Film Editing Agreement to establish fair terms and conditions between editors and producers. Now available…

Time to Move On – Almost

Advocacy, Blog

DEGNZ President Howard Taylor signs off. I am retiring from my role as president of the DEGNZ. Going, but not quite gone. As required by the constitution, I will be continuing as a board member for another year to ensure a smooth transition. I…

Crowdfunding: Feature Documentary Pacific Mother Examines Aotearoa’s Maternity System

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Director Kathy McRae (DEGNZ) and her team are independently funding a feature documentary that dives deeper into themes explored in Water Baby, their Loading Docs short film. Water Baby (2019) documented freediving couple Sachiko Fukumoto…

DEGNZ Members Selected for NZ Web Fest 21

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Celebrating filmmakers of great web series content from across the globe, NZ Web Fest returns this year with a line-up that includes works from DEGNZ members. 100 Year Forecast 100 Year Forecast (pictured above) is a five-part documentary…

NZIFF: Huge Line-up of DEGNZ Filmmakers to Premiere their Work

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The 2021 Whānau Mārama: New Zealand International Film Festival has announced an impressive lineup of New Zealand feature films. More than a few DEGNZ members have had their films selected and we would like to congratulate each and every member.…

Peninsula Adds More Notches on its Belt

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Earlier this year DEGNZ members writer/director Fiona McKenzie (pictured during filming) and producer/editor Scott Flyger saw the World Premiere of their short film Peninsula at the Tribeca Film Festival. Now the film has just won the ‘Let’s…

Chow’s Tale of Adolescent Rage Lands in North America

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We are beyond proud of DEGNZ Board member Steven Chow whose short film Munkie will have its United States premiere at the 20th edition San Diego International Film Festival (14 - 24 October). Starting out as a thesis short film for his Masters…

How I Got into the Screen Industry

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On Wednesday evening I participated in our online Editors and Assistant Editors Gathering. There were about 35 of us. It was an opportunity to discuss issues that affect editors and assistant editors, and to network. One of the questions…

Q&A: Chia Hsu on Her Drama Editor Attachment to Dan Kircher

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DEGNZ member Chia Chi Hsu answers some questions about her experience shadowing Millie Lies Low editor Dan Kircher and what she learnt from the mentorship. Chia was selected in 2020 to take part in our Drama Editor Attachment Scheme, funded…

DEGNZ Members Take Show Me Shorts

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We’re excited to see that the 16th annual Show Me Shorts Film Festival programme, just announced, is bursting with our members' work! You will find a list of them below and be able to catch these great films at the Festival in October. June…

MAP Development Grants Awarded to Members and Their Projects

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MAP Screen Development: New & Emerging Storytellers has named 12 grant recipients who will receive $4000 to help progress their projects to the next stage. We are thrilled for DEGNZ members Louise Foster (Tommy and the Blue Man), Jack Woon…

Paerangi Project Picks Teams to Mentor Online

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Congratulations to members Kim Georgine and Rafa Yam who have been selected to take part in Stage 2 of Script to Screen's Paerangi Project. A student at University of Otago, Rafa Yam is writing and directing Kahit Ano Para Sa Inyo (Anything…