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The Lucky Country

When you look at the problems besetting the world, with amongst other things COVID-19 still rampant in many countries, the U.S. a powder keg ready to explode and war raging on a number of fronts, itโ€™s hard not to look at little ole New Zealand,โ€ฆ
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ScreenSafe Health and Safety COVID-19 Toolkit Update

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Additional Departmental Roles + Small Crew Guidelines Below are the updated guidelines for the ScreenSafe Health and Safety COVID-19 Toolkit โ€“ Department Roles. These guidelines are a best practice guide and have been created to support eachโ€ฆ
Read more
Ministry of Social Development

COVID-19 Income Relief Payment

,
The following scheme has just been announced, and may be of help to you and/or colleagues and friends. COVID-19 Income Relief Payment If you lose your job (including self-employment)ย from 1 March 2020ย to 30 October 2020 due to COVID-19,โ€ฆ
Read more
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Ch-ch-changes

,
Just when you thought we were all stuck in our ways, along came COVID-19. Now changes are flowing thick and fast to adapt to the brave new world this deadly virus has inflicted upon us. The Resource Management Act is being given the flickโ€ฆ
Read more
2020 DEGNZ Incubator

Introducing the DEGNZ Incubator Directors for 2020

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The Directors & Editors Guild of NZ is delighted to introduce the seven directors selected for the fourth DEGNZ Emerging Women Filmmakers Incubator: Michelle Ang, Charlotte Evans, Pennie Hunt, Stella Reid, Rachel Ross, Jessica Grace Smithโ€ฆ
Read more
Cliff Curtis

Vista Foundation and Home & Family Counselling Offers Support to Screen Industry Members

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DEGNZ would like to express our deep gratitude to the Vista Foundation and Home & Family Counselling for providing DEGNZ members with this professional counselling offer. The recent global pandemic has been particularly tough on the filmโ€ฆ
Read more
Comedy Directing

Comedy Directing with Jonathan Brough

,
The real skill of a comedy director is working out what kind of funny suits each project. There are so many different flavours of comedy, and it moves so fast, that deciding on your tone - then being able to execute it - is crucial. This workshopโ€ฆ
Read more
Screen Industry Workers Bill

May 25 Submission Deadline for the Screen Industry Workers Bill

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The Screen Industry Workers Bill We are just over a week away from the Monday 25 May deadline for public submissions to the select committee. In order to see pay and working conditions improve for you and others working in the industry,โ€ฆ
Read more
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View from the Bottom (of the North Island)

As the first glimmer of dawn lights the sky and the promise of Level Two becomes more real, its time I stopped leaving all the communication to our ED Tui. He is doing an amazing job. Thank you, Tui. Tui and Tema, our events manager, are workingโ€ฆ
Read more
Screenlink: The Editor, a Composer's Friend or Foe?

Screenlink: The Editor, a Composerโ€™s Friend or Foe?

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SCGNZ and DEGNZ present โ€œThe Editor, a Composerโ€™s Friend or Foe?โ€ A special event that looks at the importance of communication and teamwork between an Editor and a Film Composerโ€ฆ Will they be friends or foes by the end of the mix? Joinโ€ฆ
Read more

DEGNZ Forum: Draft Screen Sector Strategy 2030 Panel Discussion

With COVID-19 upon us, itโ€™s even more important than ever that we get a strategy for the screen sector right. DEGNZ is hosting a panel discussion on Facebook Live to be moderated by business journalist and commentator Rod Oram on Friday 1โ€ฆ
Read more
COVID-19 Action Group logo

B.C. and A.C. โ€“ Before and After Coronavirus

,
You would think 28 days in lockdown would give you plenty of time to think. For me, it hasnโ€™t as I have been extremely preoccupied along with a number of other industry people in the Pan-Sector COVID-19 Action Group, working on how to getโ€ฆ
Read more

Directing Actors with Miranda Harcourt

,
DEGNZ is pleased to present a Directing Actors workshop with internationally renowned acting and directing coach Miranda Harcourt. This 3-hour interactive seminar will take place on Zoom on May 10. We invite emerging directors (with short film/commercial/webโ€ฆ
Read more
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DEGNZ Connect on April 16

,
DEGNZ will host its first CONNECT forum for members on Thursday 16 April from 2 - 3PM. DEGNZ Executive Director Tui Ruwhiu will provide an update on the work the COVID-19 Action Group is engaged in. He will then be available, together withโ€ฆ
Read more
Stay at home, make a video

DEGNZ Play – Week Three!

,
Entries from Week Two of DEGNZ Play have come in and are now up on our YouTube channel for you to enjoy! Check our what our members have made this week. Can you come up with a video up to 60-seconds long on the theme for Week Three, NEW PERSPECTIVES?โ€ฆ
Read more
COVID-19 Action Group logo

Database of DEGNZ Editor Members Who Can Work from Home

, ,
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 8 April 2020 To help address the difficult work situation due to the COVID-19 crisis during lockdown, the Directors and Editors Guild of New Zealand has compiled a database of members who can carry out editing, colourโ€ฆ
Read more
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Special Bulletin – April 6

,
Some of you may be wondering what we have been up to in the last two to three weeks, so I thought it time to update you all. Rather than make an effort only under the DEGNZ banner, we quickly decided to join with many of the other guilds,โ€ฆ
Read more
COVID-19 Action Group logo

SPADA Co-Presidents Interview CEOs of NZOA and NZFC on the Impacts of COVID-19

,
SPADA Co-Presidents Sharon Menzies and Richard Fletcher's Q&A with NZ Film Commission CEO Annabelle Sheehan and NZ On Air CEO Cameron Harland. Tune in to hear from the CEOs of the NZFC and NZ On Air as they discuss the events of the pastโ€ฆ
Read more
COVID-19 Action Group logo

The Lucky Country

When you look at the problems besetting the world, with amongst other things COVID-19 still rampant in many countries, the U.S. a powder keg ready to explode and war raging on a number of fronts, itโ€™s hard not to look at little ole New Zealand,โ€ฆ
Read more
ScreenSafe banner

ScreenSafe Health and Safety COVID-19 Toolkit Update

,
Additional Departmental Roles + Small Crew Guidelines Below are the updated guidelines for the ScreenSafe Health and Safety COVID-19 Toolkit โ€“ Department Roles. These guidelines are a best practice guide and have been created to support eachโ€ฆ
Read more
Ministry of Social Development

COVID-19 Income Relief Payment

,
The following scheme has just been announced, and may be of help to you and/or colleagues and friends. COVID-19 Income Relief Payment If you lose your job (including self-employment)ย from 1 March 2020ย to 30 October 2020 due to COVID-19,โ€ฆ
Read more
COVID-19 Action Group logo

Ch-ch-changes

,
Just when you thought we were all stuck in our ways, along came COVID-19. Now changes are flowing thick and fast to adapt to the brave new world this deadly virus has inflicted upon us. The Resource Management Act is being given the flickโ€ฆ
Read more
2020 DEGNZ Incubator

Introducing the DEGNZ Incubator Directors for 2020

,
The Directors & Editors Guild of NZ is delighted to introduce the seven directors selected for the fourth DEGNZ Emerging Women Filmmakers Incubator: Michelle Ang, Charlotte Evans, Pennie Hunt, Stella Reid, Rachel Ross, Jessica Grace Smithโ€ฆ
Read more
Cliff Curtis

Vista Foundation and Home & Family Counselling Offers Support to Screen Industry Members

,
DEGNZ would like to express our deep gratitude to the Vista Foundation and Home & Family Counselling for providing DEGNZ members with this professional counselling offer. The recent global pandemic has been particularly tough on the filmโ€ฆ
Read more
Comedy Directing

Comedy Directing with Jonathan Brough

,
The real skill of a comedy director is working out what kind of funny suits each project. There are so many different flavours of comedy, and it moves so fast, that deciding on your tone - then being able to execute it - is crucial. This workshopโ€ฆ
Read more
Screen Industry Workers Bill

May 25 Submission Deadline for the Screen Industry Workers Bill

,
The Screen Industry Workers Bill We are just over a week away from the Monday 25 May deadline for public submissions to the select committee. In order to see pay and working conditions improve for you and others working in the industry,โ€ฆ
Read more
COVID-19 Action Group logo

View from the Bottom (of the North Island)

As the first glimmer of dawn lights the sky and the promise of Level Two becomes more real, its time I stopped leaving all the communication to our ED Tui. He is doing an amazing job. Thank you, Tui. Tui and Tema, our events manager, are workingโ€ฆ
Read more
Screenlink: The Editor, a Composer's Friend or Foe?

Screenlink: The Editor, a Composerโ€™s Friend or Foe?

, ,
SCGNZ and DEGNZ present โ€œThe Editor, a Composerโ€™s Friend or Foe?โ€ A special event that looks at the importance of communication and teamwork between an Editor and a Film Composerโ€ฆ Will they be friends or foes by the end of the mix? Joinโ€ฆ
Read more

DEGNZ Forum: Draft Screen Sector Strategy 2030 Panel Discussion

With COVID-19 upon us, itโ€™s even more important than ever that we get a strategy for the screen sector right. DEGNZ is hosting a panel discussion on Facebook Live to be moderated by business journalist and commentator Rod Oram on Friday 1โ€ฆ
Read more
COVID-19 Action Group logo

B.C. and A.C. โ€“ Before and After Coronavirus

,
You would think 28 days in lockdown would give you plenty of time to think. For me, it hasnโ€™t as I have been extremely preoccupied along with a number of other industry people in the Pan-Sector COVID-19 Action Group, working on how to getโ€ฆ
Read more

Directing Actors with Miranda Harcourt

,
DEGNZ is pleased to present a Directing Actors workshop with internationally renowned acting and directing coach Miranda Harcourt. This 3-hour interactive seminar will take place on Zoom on May 10. We invite emerging directors (with short film/commercial/webโ€ฆ
Read more
COVID-19 Action Group logo

DEGNZ Connect on April 16

,
DEGNZ will host its first CONNECT forum for members on Thursday 16 April from 2 - 3PM. DEGNZ Executive Director Tui Ruwhiu will provide an update on the work the COVID-19 Action Group is engaged in. He will then be available, together withโ€ฆ
Read more
Stay at home, make a video

DEGNZ Play – Week Three!

,
Entries from Week Two of DEGNZ Play have come in and are now up on our YouTube channel for you to enjoy! Check our what our members have made this week. Can you come up with a video up to 60-seconds long on the theme for Week Three, NEW PERSPECTIVES?โ€ฆ
Read more
COVID-19 Action Group logo

Database of DEGNZ Editor Members Who Can Work from Home

, ,
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 8 April 2020 To help address the difficult work situation due to the COVID-19 crisis during lockdown, the Directors and Editors Guild of New Zealand has compiled a database of members who can carry out editing, colourโ€ฆ
Read more
COVID-19 Action Group logo

Special Bulletin – April 6

,
Some of you may be wondering what we have been up to in the last two to three weeks, so I thought it time to update you all. Rather than make an effort only under the DEGNZ banner, we quickly decided to join with many of the other guilds,โ€ฆ
Read more
COVID-19 Action Group logo

SPADA Co-Presidents Interview CEOs of NZOA and NZFC on the Impacts of COVID-19

,
SPADA Co-Presidents Sharon Menzies and Richard Fletcher's Q&A with NZ Film Commission CEO Annabelle Sheehan and NZ On Air CEO Cameron Harland. Tune in to hear from the CEOs of the NZFC and NZ On Air as they discuss the events of the pastโ€ฆ
Read more