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A Girl Called Elvis

Never, Rarely, Sometimes, Always

I was listening to a podcast this morning in which Eliza Hittman, the director of the feature film Never, Rarely, Sometimes, Always was being interviewed. It very clearly highlighted to me that she is a talented filmmaker, although I have yetโ€ฆ
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Hulu Acquires Kiwi Transgender Drama Rลซrangi

American on demand service Hulu has picked up the US rights to Kiwi drama Rลซrangi, directed by Max Currie (DEGNZ). Currie expressed his joy saying, โ€œHoly cow, we are streaming on Hulu! This is proof the skyโ€™s the limit for New Zealandโ€™sโ€ฆ
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Arahanga Recognised in Te Aupounamu Mฤori Screen Excellence Awards

Congratulations to the recipients of this years Te Aupounamu Mฤori Screen Excellence Awards. With two time Academy Award nominee Ra Vincent, taking out the $50,000 award, both Julian Arahanga (Ngฤti Rangi, Ngฤti Raukawa), and Puti Puti Rฤโ€ฆ
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Haigh Wins Axis Awards for Editing

DEGNZ member and editor Luke Haigh won big at the Axis Awards, the local NZ advertising awards held in March. Luke took home four of the six editing awards given out on the night. He won Gold for editing on Toyota Hilux Unbreakable Bond,โ€ฆ
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The Pinkies are Back Now in Cinemas

The Pinkies are Back is a heart-warming and hilarious feature film, following a group of extraordinary women on their journey to rebuild a dragon-boating team. Edited by DEGNZ board member Francis Glenday, the film is now in cinemas around Aotearoa. Theโ€ฆ
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Maramara Raising Funds for Loading Doc Only Human

Director and member Mia Maramara's project Only Human is part of season 8 of the award-winning Loading Docs initiative. Only Human is an animated short film that asks the question: Is it possible to break up with your family? They say youโ€ฆ
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Boost the Final Episode of LQBTQIA+ Webseries Sui Generis

Season 3 of Sui Generis is underway and the creators are crowdfunding to shoot the last episode of this anthology series. The seriesโ€™ director, Roberto Nascimento (DEGNZ) and his production team are aiming for a $6000 goal for their boostedโ€ฆ
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DEGNZ Members Selected for Pan Asian Projects Fund

Congrats to members Julie Zhu with Takeout Kids, Incubator alumna Michelle Ang and Ghazaleh Golbakhsh with Hair Now and Julia Parnell with The Hustle for their projects being selected for the March 2021 Pan Asian Projects Fund. For this fund,โ€ฆ
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A Girl Called Elvis

2021 Virtual Table Reads

NZWG and DEGNZ are once again offering Virtual Table Reads for 2021. Following the success of the virtual Table Reads during 2020, the 2021 Table Reads will take place online and script submissions are being accepted from NZWG and DEGNZ membersโ€ฆ
Read more

High Tide Donโ€™t Hide to Feature at Doc Edge 2021

Doc Edge Festival has announced three films, which are set to screen as part of the 16th edition. One is High Tide Donโ€™t Hide, directed by members of The Rebel Film Collective: Niva Kay (DEGNZ), Emily McDowell, Nia Phipps and Phil Stebbing. Inโ€ฆ
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Pain Selected for Three International Film Festivals

Congratulations are in order for the team behind Pain that includes director and Incubator alumna Anna Duckworth and editor Brendon Chan. The short, funded under the NZ Film Commissionโ€™s Fresh Shorts, has been selected for three internationalโ€ฆ
Read more
A Girl Called Elvis

Cutting Through The Hype

Scrolling through my Facebook feed yesterday to catch up on industry news, a Stuff article caught my eye. โ€œCan Aotearoa make the screen the next primary industry?โ€ the hook headline blared. Diving into the article, I read that SIGANZโ€ฆ
Read more
Female editor working with three screensDEGNZ

Two-Day Workshop for Maori Editors

,
Ko te manu e kai ana i te miro nลnฤ te ngahere,ย  ko te manu e kai ana i te mฤtauranga nลnฤ te ao. โ€˜The forest belongs to the bird who feasts on the miro berry,ย  the world belongs to the bird who feasts on educationโ€™. Two-Dayโ€ฆ
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DEGNZ

2021 Call for Applications: DEGNZ Emerging Women Filmmakers Incubator

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For the first time in its five-year history and as part of its Diversity focus, the DEGNZ Emerging Women Filmmakers Incubator for 2021 will focus solely on a Diversity call for applications. The Directors & Editors Guild of NZ welcomesโ€ฆ
Read more

Cornerstone Launches World Sales for Nude Tuesday

Cornerstone has launched world sales at the 2021 European Film Market (EFM) for marriage-in-crisis comedy Nude Tuesday, directed by DEGNZ member ArmaฤŸan Ballantyne and written by and starring Guild member Jackie van Beek. Performed entirelyโ€ฆ
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Doc Edge Pitch 2021 Selects Members

Congratulations to the many DEGNZ members who have been selected as finalists for Doc Edge Pitch 2021. DEGNZ members accepted as finalists include, Vanessa Wells with The Climate Canary, Gwen Isaac with Siouxsie & The Virus, Paul Wolfframโ€ฆ
Read more

Anthology Series Features Filipino Episode by DEGNZ members

Congratulations to Mia Maramara (writer-director) and Hweiling Ow (writer-producer) who received funding from the NZ On Air and Te Mangai Paho co-fund initiative. Their episode titled, Albularyo: The Witch Doctor, is one of six in a new TVNZโ€ฆ
Read more
A Girl Called Elvis

Support A Girl Called Elvis

Wellington filmmakersย Miles Wilson (DEGNZ) and Lindsay Christopherson are hoping to raise funds forย their project A Girl Called Elvis. The short filmย about two siblings growing closer through a family quest is expected to begin filming inโ€ฆ
Read more
A Girl Called Elvis

Never, Rarely, Sometimes, Always

I was listening to a podcast this morning in which Eliza Hittman, the director of the feature film Never, Rarely, Sometimes, Always was being interviewed. It very clearly highlighted to me that she is a talented filmmaker, although I have yetโ€ฆ
Read more

Hulu Acquires Kiwi Transgender Drama Rลซrangi

American on demand service Hulu has picked up the US rights to Kiwi drama Rลซrangi, directed by Max Currie (DEGNZ). Currie expressed his joy saying, โ€œHoly cow, we are streaming on Hulu! This is proof the skyโ€™s the limit for New Zealandโ€™sโ€ฆ
Read more

Arahanga Recognised in Te Aupounamu Mฤori Screen Excellence Awards

Congratulations to the recipients of this years Te Aupounamu Mฤori Screen Excellence Awards. With two time Academy Award nominee Ra Vincent, taking out the $50,000 award, both Julian Arahanga (Ngฤti Rangi, Ngฤti Raukawa), and Puti Puti Rฤโ€ฆ
Read more

Haigh Wins Axis Awards for Editing

DEGNZ member and editor Luke Haigh won big at the Axis Awards, the local NZ advertising awards held in March. Luke took home four of the six editing awards given out on the night. He won Gold for editing on Toyota Hilux Unbreakable Bond,โ€ฆ
Read more

The Pinkies are Back Now in Cinemas

The Pinkies are Back is a heart-warming and hilarious feature film, following a group of extraordinary women on their journey to rebuild a dragon-boating team. Edited by DEGNZ board member Francis Glenday, the film is now in cinemas around Aotearoa. Theโ€ฆ
Read more

Maramara Raising Funds for Loading Doc Only Human

Director and member Mia Maramara's project Only Human is part of season 8 of the award-winning Loading Docs initiative. Only Human is an animated short film that asks the question: Is it possible to break up with your family? They say youโ€ฆ
Read more

Boost the Final Episode of LQBTQIA+ Webseries Sui Generis

Season 3 of Sui Generis is underway and the creators are crowdfunding to shoot the last episode of this anthology series. The seriesโ€™ director, Roberto Nascimento (DEGNZ) and his production team are aiming for a $6000 goal for their boostedโ€ฆ
Read more

DEGNZ Members Selected for Pan Asian Projects Fund

Congrats to members Julie Zhu with Takeout Kids, Incubator alumna Michelle Ang and Ghazaleh Golbakhsh with Hair Now and Julia Parnell with The Hustle for their projects being selected for the March 2021 Pan Asian Projects Fund. For this fund,โ€ฆ
Read more
A Girl Called Elvis

2021 Virtual Table Reads

NZWG and DEGNZ are once again offering Virtual Table Reads for 2021. Following the success of the virtual Table Reads during 2020, the 2021 Table Reads will take place online and script submissions are being accepted from NZWG and DEGNZ membersโ€ฆ
Read more

High Tide Donโ€™t Hide to Feature at Doc Edge 2021

Doc Edge Festival has announced three films, which are set to screen as part of the 16th edition. One is High Tide Donโ€™t Hide, directed by members of The Rebel Film Collective: Niva Kay (DEGNZ), Emily McDowell, Nia Phipps and Phil Stebbing. Inโ€ฆ
Read more

Pain Selected for Three International Film Festivals

Congratulations are in order for the team behind Pain that includes director and Incubator alumna Anna Duckworth and editor Brendon Chan. The short, funded under the NZ Film Commissionโ€™s Fresh Shorts, has been selected for three internationalโ€ฆ
Read more
A Girl Called Elvis

Cutting Through The Hype

Scrolling through my Facebook feed yesterday to catch up on industry news, a Stuff article caught my eye. โ€œCan Aotearoa make the screen the next primary industry?โ€ the hook headline blared. Diving into the article, I read that SIGANZโ€ฆ
Read more
Female editor working with three screensDEGNZ

Two-Day Workshop for Maori Editors

,
Ko te manu e kai ana i te miro nลnฤ te ngahere,ย  ko te manu e kai ana i te mฤtauranga nลnฤ te ao. โ€˜The forest belongs to the bird who feasts on the miro berry,ย  the world belongs to the bird who feasts on educationโ€™. Two-Dayโ€ฆ
Read more
DEGNZ

2021 Call for Applications: DEGNZ Emerging Women Filmmakers Incubator

, ,
For the first time in its five-year history and as part of its Diversity focus, the DEGNZ Emerging Women Filmmakers Incubator for 2021 will focus solely on a Diversity call for applications. The Directors & Editors Guild of NZ welcomesโ€ฆ
Read more

Cornerstone Launches World Sales for Nude Tuesday

Cornerstone has launched world sales at the 2021 European Film Market (EFM) for marriage-in-crisis comedy Nude Tuesday, directed by DEGNZ member ArmaฤŸan Ballantyne and written by and starring Guild member Jackie van Beek. Performed entirelyโ€ฆ
Read more

Doc Edge Pitch 2021 Selects Members

Congratulations to the many DEGNZ members who have been selected as finalists for Doc Edge Pitch 2021. DEGNZ members accepted as finalists include, Vanessa Wells with The Climate Canary, Gwen Isaac with Siouxsie & The Virus, Paul Wolfframโ€ฆ
Read more

Anthology Series Features Filipino Episode by DEGNZ members

Congratulations to Mia Maramara (writer-director) and Hweiling Ow (writer-producer) who received funding from the NZ On Air and Te Mangai Paho co-fund initiative. Their episode titled, Albularyo: The Witch Doctor, is one of six in a new TVNZโ€ฆ
Read more
A Girl Called Elvis

Support A Girl Called Elvis

Wellington filmmakersย Miles Wilson (DEGNZ) and Lindsay Christopherson are hoping to raise funds forย their project A Girl Called Elvis. The short filmย about two siblings growing closer through a family quest is expected to begin filming inโ€ฆ
Read more