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Watch Season Two of Drama Head Highย 

The second season of Head High from DEGNZ member Tim Worrall has been playing Monday nights on Three. Recommended by The Spinoff as one to watch with the whฤnau, you can stream season one and two of the award-winning series on ThreeNow. Timโ€ฆ
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Celia Jaspers with her daughter on set

Jaspers’ Milk Travels During Lockdown

DEGNZ member Celia Jaspers' zero budget short film, Milk, has been accepted into a further seven festivals internationally: Tirana International Film Festival in Albania, Montana International Film Festival, Sidewalk Film Festival (USA),โ€ฆ
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ScreenSafe โ€“ COVID-19 / Delta Outbreak / Level 2 Update

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7th September 2021 โ€“ SCREEN INDUSTRY DISTRIBUTION Kia ora koutou katoa to all in the Screen Industry, hoping you are all staying safe in your bubbles! Please note the ScreenSafe COVID-19 Health and Safety team is currently looking atโ€ฆ
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ScreenSafe โ€“ COVID-19 / Delta Outbreak – UPDATE

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2 September 2021 - SCREEN INDUSTRY DISTRIBUTION Kia ora koutou katoa to all in the Screen Industry, hoping you are all staying safe in your bubbles! Please note the ScreenSafe COVID-19 Health and Safety team is currently looking at whatโ€ฆ
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Postponed: Directors Toolkit for Emerging Pan-Asian Directors

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Update: Please see here for the latest update on postponement. The application deadline has been extended to Monday 8 November, 9am. Call for applications DEGNZ is delighted to present a workshop for new and emerging Pan-Asian directors,โ€ฆ
Read more

Time to Grow Up

Yesterday I was sitting all day on line in the National Affiliates Conference of the Council of Trade Unions. There were three of us from the screen industry. Teachers, nurses, forestry workers, maritime workers, supermarket workers and everybodyโ€ฆ
Read more

Changes to DEGNZ Workshops and Events in September

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Here is an update on the Guild's September workshops and networking events to provide you with a bit of clarity in these uncertain times. Editors & Assistant Editors Gathering - Wellington (Sep 1) Cancelled - instead, DEGNZ and our editorโ€ฆ
Read more

Roseanne Liang Joins the Creative Team for Netflixโ€™s Avatar Series

We are excited to hear that DEGNZ member Roseanne Liang will serve as a director on Netflixโ€™s live action adaptation of Avatar: The Last Airbender!ย The series will follow the story depicted in the original Nickelodeon animated show, set inโ€ฆ
Read more

Write Room Wellington Selects Jaimee Poipoi

Congratulations to our member Jaimee Poipoi who has been selected to partake in Write Room Wellington 2021. Jaimee will join the programmeโ€™s mentor team as this yearโ€™s Producer intern. Mentors include DEGNZ members Rob Sarkies (Out ofโ€ฆ
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Rebecca Tansleyโ€™s Short Film Selected for DC Shorts

DEGNZ member Rebecca Tansleyโ€™s latest short film, The Finding, has been selected for the DC Shorts International Film Festival in Washington DC next month. Written and directed by Rebecca, the short film follows a teenagerโ€™s efforts to reconnectโ€ฆ
Read more

COVID-19: Financial Support Available

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Dear Members, This is a brief update to pass on financial support information from business.govt.nz, which is part of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment. Click here to learn more about: types of financial support availableโ€ฆ
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ScreenSafe COVID 19 Health and Safety โ€“ UPDATE

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18th August 2021 The Auckland and the Coromandel region has moved to Alert Level 4 for the next 7 days. This came into effect at 11.59pm on Tuesday 17th August. The rest of New Zealand has moved to Alert Level 4 for the next 3 days. Thisโ€ฆ
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Hard Work Brings Good Luck

I attended the DEGNZ Rialto Film Talk last night of James Ashcroftโ€™s Coming Home In The Dark. Listening to James talk in the Q & A facilitated by DEGNZ member Hweiling Ow, it was clear to me that not only had James worked incrediblyโ€ฆ
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Draw Open: Table Reads Round 3

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Developing a feature film? Why not enter the draw for the next Virtual Table Read. Provided you're a member of DEGNZ and/or NZWG, submit your script by 3 September! The winner/winning team will receive a free script-in-development table readโ€ฆ
Read more

Christopher Walkerโ€™s Doco to Screen as Part of Exhibition

DEGNZ member Christopher Walkerโ€™s Spears From All Sides will be screening for three weeks (August 30 - September 19) at the City Gallery in Wellington, as part of the film programme accompanying Brett Grahamโ€™s exhibition, Tai Moana Tai Tangataโ€”aโ€ฆ
Read more

Woodford-Robinson Lends a Helping Hand to Mr. Corman

Jonno Woodford-Robinson (DEGNZ) has edited three episodes on A24โ€™s comedy-drama series, Mr. Corman, which debuted on Apple TV last week. Members Greg Jennings and Amanda Mulderry served as first assistant editors. The 10-part series followsโ€ฆ
Read more

Members Selected for NZFCโ€™s Online Programme

The NZFC has announced the ten screen storytellers who will take part in their 2021 online mentorship programme. Congrats to board member Renae Maihi and members Pennie Hunt and Matasila Freshwater! Renae Maihi will be mentored by writer-directorโ€ฆ
Read more

Membersโ€™ Short Films Feature in the Latest Season of Loading Docs

The latest Loading Docs season titled Tumanako/Hope is set to premiere online on August 26. Eight short documentaries make up the collection, including films made by our members director Mia Maramara and producer/editor Bianca Delalic. Miaโ€ฆ
Read more

Watch Season Two of Drama Head Highย 

The second season of Head High from DEGNZ member Tim Worrall has been playing Monday nights on Three. Recommended by The Spinoff as one to watch with the whฤnau, you can stream season one and two of the award-winning series on ThreeNow. Timโ€ฆ
Read more
Celia Jaspers with her daughter on set

Jaspers’ Milk Travels During Lockdown

DEGNZ member Celia Jaspers' zero budget short film, Milk, has been accepted into a further seven festivals internationally: Tirana International Film Festival in Albania, Montana International Film Festival, Sidewalk Film Festival (USA),โ€ฆ
Read more

ScreenSafe โ€“ COVID-19 / Delta Outbreak / Level 2 Update

,
7th September 2021 โ€“ SCREEN INDUSTRY DISTRIBUTION Kia ora koutou katoa to all in the Screen Industry, hoping you are all staying safe in your bubbles! Please note the ScreenSafe COVID-19 Health and Safety team is currently looking atโ€ฆ
Read more
ScreenSafe banner

ScreenSafe โ€“ COVID-19 / Delta Outbreak – UPDATE

,
2 September 2021 - SCREEN INDUSTRY DISTRIBUTION Kia ora koutou katoa to all in the Screen Industry, hoping you are all staying safe in your bubbles! Please note the ScreenSafe COVID-19 Health and Safety team is currently looking at whatโ€ฆ
Read more

Postponed: Directors Toolkit for Emerging Pan-Asian Directors

,
Update: Please see here for the latest update on postponement. The application deadline has been extended to Monday 8 November, 9am. Call for applications DEGNZ is delighted to present a workshop for new and emerging Pan-Asian directors,โ€ฆ
Read more

Time to Grow Up

Yesterday I was sitting all day on line in the National Affiliates Conference of the Council of Trade Unions. There were three of us from the screen industry. Teachers, nurses, forestry workers, maritime workers, supermarket workers and everybodyโ€ฆ
Read more

Changes to DEGNZ Workshops and Events in September

, ,
Here is an update on the Guild's September workshops and networking events to provide you with a bit of clarity in these uncertain times. Editors & Assistant Editors Gathering - Wellington (Sep 1) Cancelled - instead, DEGNZ and our editorโ€ฆ
Read more

Roseanne Liang Joins the Creative Team for Netflixโ€™s Avatar Series

We are excited to hear that DEGNZ member Roseanne Liang will serve as a director on Netflixโ€™s live action adaptation of Avatar: The Last Airbender!ย The series will follow the story depicted in the original Nickelodeon animated show, set inโ€ฆ
Read more

Write Room Wellington Selects Jaimee Poipoi

Congratulations to our member Jaimee Poipoi who has been selected to partake in Write Room Wellington 2021. Jaimee will join the programmeโ€™s mentor team as this yearโ€™s Producer intern. Mentors include DEGNZ members Rob Sarkies (Out ofโ€ฆ
Read more

Rebecca Tansleyโ€™s Short Film Selected for DC Shorts

DEGNZ member Rebecca Tansleyโ€™s latest short film, The Finding, has been selected for the DC Shorts International Film Festival in Washington DC next month. Written and directed by Rebecca, the short film follows a teenagerโ€™s efforts to reconnectโ€ฆ
Read more

COVID-19: Financial Support Available

,
Dear Members, This is a brief update to pass on financial support information from business.govt.nz, which is part of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment. Click here to learn more about: types of financial support availableโ€ฆ
Read more
ScreenSafe banner

ScreenSafe COVID 19 Health and Safety โ€“ UPDATE

,
18th August 2021 The Auckland and the Coromandel region has moved to Alert Level 4 for the next 7 days. This came into effect at 11.59pm on Tuesday 17th August. The rest of New Zealand has moved to Alert Level 4 for the next 3 days. Thisโ€ฆ
Read more

Hard Work Brings Good Luck

I attended the DEGNZ Rialto Film Talk last night of James Ashcroftโ€™s Coming Home In The Dark. Listening to James talk in the Q & A facilitated by DEGNZ member Hweiling Ow, it was clear to me that not only had James worked incrediblyโ€ฆ
Read more

Draw Open: Table Reads Round 3

,
Developing a feature film? Why not enter the draw for the next Virtual Table Read. Provided you're a member of DEGNZ and/or NZWG, submit your script by 3 September! The winner/winning team will receive a free script-in-development table readโ€ฆ
Read more

Christopher Walkerโ€™s Doco to Screen as Part of Exhibition

DEGNZ member Christopher Walkerโ€™s Spears From All Sides will be screening for three weeks (August 30 - September 19) at the City Gallery in Wellington, as part of the film programme accompanying Brett Grahamโ€™s exhibition, Tai Moana Tai Tangataโ€”aโ€ฆ
Read more

Woodford-Robinson Lends a Helping Hand to Mr. Corman

Jonno Woodford-Robinson (DEGNZ) has edited three episodes on A24โ€™s comedy-drama series, Mr. Corman, which debuted on Apple TV last week. Members Greg Jennings and Amanda Mulderry served as first assistant editors. The 10-part series followsโ€ฆ
Read more

Members Selected for NZFCโ€™s Online Programme

The NZFC has announced the ten screen storytellers who will take part in their 2021 online mentorship programme. Congrats to board member Renae Maihi and members Pennie Hunt and Matasila Freshwater! Renae Maihi will be mentored by writer-directorโ€ฆ
Read more

Membersโ€™ Short Films Feature in the Latest Season of Loading Docs

The latest Loading Docs season titled Tumanako/Hope is set to premiere online on August 26. Eight short documentaries make up the collection, including films made by our members director Mia Maramara and producer/editor Bianca Delalic. Miaโ€ฆ
Read more