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Porteousโ€™ Loner Released on NZ On Screen

Loner is a six-part web series, directed by DEGNZ member and Incubator alumnaย Lauren Porteous, that explores friendship, love and loneliness and reminds us that the only way things change is through action. Loner is now available on NZ On Screen.โ€ฆ
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Members Behind the Cut of Wellington Paranormal Season 3

The series, naturally, shot in Te Whanganui-a-Tara, is now available for kiwis to enjoy. Several DEGNZ members are credited on the series, including Alex Boyd as Editor, Amanda Mulberry as 1st Assistant Editor and Scott Milligan as Assistantโ€ฆ
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Six Angry Women Documentary Reopens Historical Mystery

The documentaryย Six Angry Women was released on International Women's Day (March 8) on TVNZ1 and is available on demand. Director and DEGNZ member Megan Jones reopened the 1984 mystery case where โ€˜six feminists kidnapped an Auckland Universityโ€ฆ
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Boosted Campaign for Short Thriller The Push

Short thriller The Push, directed by DEGNZ memberย Kyan Krumdieck, is crowd-funding on Boosted.ย Director Kyan, writer Tom Sainsbury and their team are seeking a total of $12,000 in production funds. Now they have 11 days to make the remainderโ€ฆ
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Home Release of Six60: Till the Lights Go Out

DEGNZ member and director Julia Parnellsโ€™ documentary, Six60: Till the Lights Go Out, about Aotearoaโ€™s biggest band is now available on Blu-Ray, DVD & Digital. The documentary reveals Six60's untold story of ambition and creative vulnerability. โ€œAโ€ฆ
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Unite against COVID-19

COVID-19 Update from DEGNZ

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Now that we find ourselves at Level 3 again, the Government has a number of support mechanisms for both independent contractors and businesses that you may be able to apply for. Businesses (including independent contractors) can again accessโ€ฆ
Read more

Show Me the Money

The standoff between the Australian Government and the global digital platforms has been a fascinating insight into the power the platforms, particularly Facebook, now hold. Australiaโ€™s News Media and Digital Platforms Mandatory Bargainingโ€ฆ
Read more

Travel Virtually, And In Style By Watching Lap of Luxury

Lockdown border laws may keep us restricted to Aotearoa but Lap of Luxury, directed by Bryn Evans (DEGNZ) and offline edited by Steven Chow (DEGNZ) and Anthea Ede Smith, transports us to the world's most glamorous places. Thanks to Evans, Chowโ€ฆ
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Know Your Rights Workshops

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The three screen unions being the Directors & Editors Guild of NZ, Equity New Zealand and the Newย Zealand Writers Guild are pleased to announce the launch of a series of โ€˜Know Your Rightsโ€™ย workshops at nine locations around New Zealand. Theโ€ฆ
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Someday Stories Announce Filmmakers for 2021

Congratulations to member Ruby Harris (fourth from the left, top row) for being selected for Someday Stories 2021. With the support of NZ On Air and Te Mangai Paho, six short films have been funded. According to Someday, the themes of theseโ€ฆ
Read more

Power Rangers Dino Fury is here!

Episode one, directed by Charlie Haskell (DEGNZ) has been released in the US with more episodes being released weekly. Fellow DEGNZ members, Caroline Bell-Booth and Michael Hurst both directed seven episodes each in the franchisesโ€™ new series.โ€ฆ
Read more

The Walkers, Now Available on TVNZ OnDemand

DEGNZ member Ben Wildish is the Kaiwawahi Korero (editor) on the series. The series follows kiwi icon, Stan Walker through 2020 as he juggles the role of musician, activist, son, brother and friend. With whanau on both sides of the Tasman, theโ€ฆ
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DEGNZ

Direct South: Travel Grants for Dunedin Workshop

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Film Otago Southland (FOS) is thrilled to support the DEGNZ Direct South: Short Film Workshop, to take place in Dunedin Sunday 30 May. FOS is offering up to five travel grants for participants within the Otago and Southland region. Michelleโ€ฆ
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ScreenSafe COVID 19 Health and Safety โ€“ UPDATE: 15 February 2021

,
An update from ScreenSafe: As of 11:59pm, Sunday 14 February, Auckland has moved to Alert Level 3 and the rest of New Zealand moved to Alert Level 2. This will remain in place until at least until 12 midnight, Wednesday 17 February. Allโ€ฆ
Read more

The COVID Boomerang

With the vaccine within sight and just when we thought all we had to worry about was who was going to win the Americaโ€™s Cupโ€ฆ here we go again. Itโ€™s only through the news, our friends and other sources do we comprehend the horror ofโ€ฆ
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Members Selected for Fresh Shorts 2020

The NZFC and Script to Screen yesterday announced the six successful teams funded through the highly contestable Fresh Shorts initiative. Congratulations to members Hweiling Ow and Mia Maramara with their short film project Vivie, and DEGNZโ€ฆ
Read more

Upcoming World Premiere of Encounters

Eight emerging kiwi directors came together to tell eight stories of love, life and death in this multi-genre feature film. Encounters was designed to give up and coming directors the opportunity to collaborate and gain experience in the makingโ€ฆ
Read more

New Zealand Premiere of Shadow in the Cloud

Last week, DEGNZ board member and the film's director, Roseanne Liang, was joined by kiwi cast members, crew and whanau to celebrate the first screening of Shadow in the Cloud in Aotearoa. Due to COVID-19 travel restrictions, Liang could notโ€ฆ
Read more

Porteousโ€™ Loner Released on NZ On Screen

Loner is a six-part web series, directed by DEGNZ member and Incubator alumnaย Lauren Porteous, that explores friendship, love and loneliness and reminds us that the only way things change is through action. Loner is now available on NZ On Screen.โ€ฆ
Read more

Members Behind the Cut of Wellington Paranormal Season 3

The series, naturally, shot in Te Whanganui-a-Tara, is now available for kiwis to enjoy. Several DEGNZ members are credited on the series, including Alex Boyd as Editor, Amanda Mulberry as 1st Assistant Editor and Scott Milligan as Assistantโ€ฆ
Read more

Six Angry Women Documentary Reopens Historical Mystery

The documentaryย Six Angry Women was released on International Women's Day (March 8) on TVNZ1 and is available on demand. Director and DEGNZ member Megan Jones reopened the 1984 mystery case where โ€˜six feminists kidnapped an Auckland Universityโ€ฆ
Read more

Boosted Campaign for Short Thriller The Push

Short thriller The Push, directed by DEGNZ memberย Kyan Krumdieck, is crowd-funding on Boosted.ย Director Kyan, writer Tom Sainsbury and their team are seeking a total of $12,000 in production funds. Now they have 11 days to make the remainderโ€ฆ
Read more

Home Release of Six60: Till the Lights Go Out

DEGNZ member and director Julia Parnellsโ€™ documentary, Six60: Till the Lights Go Out, about Aotearoaโ€™s biggest band is now available on Blu-Ray, DVD & Digital. The documentary reveals Six60's untold story of ambition and creative vulnerability. โ€œAโ€ฆ
Read more
Unite against COVID-19

COVID-19 Update from DEGNZ

,
Now that we find ourselves at Level 3 again, the Government has a number of support mechanisms for both independent contractors and businesses that you may be able to apply for. Businesses (including independent contractors) can again accessโ€ฆ
Read more

Show Me the Money

The standoff between the Australian Government and the global digital platforms has been a fascinating insight into the power the platforms, particularly Facebook, now hold. Australiaโ€™s News Media and Digital Platforms Mandatory Bargainingโ€ฆ
Read more

Travel Virtually, And In Style By Watching Lap of Luxury

Lockdown border laws may keep us restricted to Aotearoa but Lap of Luxury, directed by Bryn Evans (DEGNZ) and offline edited by Steven Chow (DEGNZ) and Anthea Ede Smith, transports us to the world's most glamorous places. Thanks to Evans, Chowโ€ฆ
Read more

Know Your Rights Workshops

,
The three screen unions being the Directors & Editors Guild of NZ, Equity New Zealand and the Newย Zealand Writers Guild are pleased to announce the launch of a series of โ€˜Know Your Rightsโ€™ย workshops at nine locations around New Zealand. Theโ€ฆ
Read more

Someday Stories Announce Filmmakers for 2021

Congratulations to member Ruby Harris (fourth from the left, top row) for being selected for Someday Stories 2021. With the support of NZ On Air and Te Mangai Paho, six short films have been funded. According to Someday, the themes of theseโ€ฆ
Read more

Power Rangers Dino Fury is here!

Episode one, directed by Charlie Haskell (DEGNZ) has been released in the US with more episodes being released weekly. Fellow DEGNZ members, Caroline Bell-Booth and Michael Hurst both directed seven episodes each in the franchisesโ€™ new series.โ€ฆ
Read more

The Walkers, Now Available on TVNZ OnDemand

DEGNZ member Ben Wildish is the Kaiwawahi Korero (editor) on the series. The series follows kiwi icon, Stan Walker through 2020 as he juggles the role of musician, activist, son, brother and friend. With whanau on both sides of the Tasman, theโ€ฆ
Read more
DEGNZ

Direct South: Travel Grants for Dunedin Workshop

, ,
Film Otago Southland (FOS) is thrilled to support the DEGNZ Direct South: Short Film Workshop, to take place in Dunedin Sunday 30 May. FOS is offering up to five travel grants for participants within the Otago and Southland region. Michelleโ€ฆ
Read more
ScreenSafe banner

ScreenSafe COVID 19 Health and Safety โ€“ UPDATE: 15 February 2021

,
An update from ScreenSafe: As of 11:59pm, Sunday 14 February, Auckland has moved to Alert Level 3 and the rest of New Zealand moved to Alert Level 2. This will remain in place until at least until 12 midnight, Wednesday 17 February. Allโ€ฆ
Read more

The COVID Boomerang

With the vaccine within sight and just when we thought all we had to worry about was who was going to win the Americaโ€™s Cupโ€ฆ here we go again. Itโ€™s only through the news, our friends and other sources do we comprehend the horror ofโ€ฆ
Read more

Members Selected for Fresh Shorts 2020

The NZFC and Script to Screen yesterday announced the six successful teams funded through the highly contestable Fresh Shorts initiative. Congratulations to members Hweiling Ow and Mia Maramara with their short film project Vivie, and DEGNZโ€ฆ
Read more

Upcoming World Premiere of Encounters

Eight emerging kiwi directors came together to tell eight stories of love, life and death in this multi-genre feature film. Encounters was designed to give up and coming directors the opportunity to collaborate and gain experience in the makingโ€ฆ
Read more

New Zealand Premiere of Shadow in the Cloud

Last week, DEGNZ board member and the film's director, Roseanne Liang, was joined by kiwi cast members, crew and whanau to celebrate the first screening of Shadow in the Cloud in Aotearoa. Due to COVID-19 travel restrictions, Liang could notโ€ฆ
Read more