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Directing In the Intimate Zone

Directing In the Intimate Zone – Christchurch

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DEGNZ encourages directors, actors and producers to join us for a one-day Christchurch workshop with Louise Leitch on directing intimacy, after the first Directing In the Intimate Zone workshop in Auckland. Until now, many directors haveโ€ฆ
Read more
Camino Skies

To Be or Not to Be? That Was the Question.

Almost a year ago, the Directors & Editors Guild of NZ membership voted to become a union. At this yearโ€™s AGM on Saturday 5 October, DEGNZ will adopt a new constitution that will allow the Guild to formalise its status as a union and affiliateโ€ฆ
Read more

Film Talk: Capital in the 21st Century – October 10

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Join DEGNZ and Rialto Cinemas for a Q&A screening of New Zealand documentary Capital in the 21st Century. Special guest director Justin Pemberton will be present for a half-hour audience Q&A after the film. Adapting one of the mostโ€ฆ
Read more
Camino Skies

Just Not Cutting It

Just over four years ago a group of senior editors were sitting around on a Sunday afternoon in Auckland lamenting the fact that standards just werenโ€™t like they used to be. They questioned each other as to why that was. The answer they cameโ€ฆ
Read more
Rehearsal & Performance logo

Rehearsal & Performance Workshops with Director Caroline Bell-Booth

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The Rehearsal & Performance series provides regular opportunities for directors and actors to practise their craft. Each workshop brings in an experienced moderator to guide participants as they explore a workshop scene in groups (one director,โ€ฆ
Read more
SPADA Post Workflow Worshops

SPADA Post-Production Workflow Workshops

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SPADA, in association with DEGNZ, presents a day-long workshop introducing the concepts and processes of the post-production workflow. Delivered by Editor Annie Collins and Producer Catherine Fitzgerald, this workshop will give an overviewโ€ฆ
Read more
Camino Skies

The Future of (NZ) Film

When Bob Iger of Disney speaks about the future of film, itโ€™s worth listening. Why? Because amongst the hundreds of companies that sit under the Disney umbrella are 20th Century Fox, Lucas Film, Marvel, and Pixar. Brands number in theโ€ฆ
Read more
Camino Skies

Is It Time for TVNZ to Revert to Public Broadcasting?

My op-ed this week is devoted to personal musings in the lead up to the NZ Screen Sector Strategy hui, and the changing nature of the screen industry as we know it. Colin Peacock on the Radio New Zealand website wrote on the weekend aboutโ€ฆ
Read more

NZFC Gender, Diversity & Inclusion in the Screen Industry Survey

Please follow this link to take part in the Gender, Diversity and Inclusion in the Screen Industry Survey: https://survey.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0fbQkfJwZOiboI5 Thanks for participating! This invitation comes from Te Tumu Whakaataโ€ฆ
Read more
Camino Skies

Where to From Here?

The Screen Sector Strategy has announced the dates of its intended hui in 3 locales to gather industry input into a strategy document for the New Zealand Screen Industry. This will be taken to Government in the first half of 2020. This isโ€ฆ
Read more
Camino Skies

Are We Missing the Streamer Boat?

Itโ€™s hard not to bang on about streaming services when they are continuing to upend the screen industry as we know it. Media intelligence service FilmTake recently reported that Disney, WarnerMedia, and Apple are expected to spend betweenโ€ฆ
Read more
NZIFF 2019

NZIFF 2019: DEGNZ Member Round Up

Tonight, the New Zealand International Film Festival opens and with that, we congratulate members of the Directors & Editors Guild of NZ who have films in this year's programme. For My Father's Kingdom For My Fatherโ€™s Kingdom premieresโ€ฆ
Read more
Rehearsal & Performance logo

Wellington – Rehearsal & Performance with Director Chris Dudman

, ,
The Rehearsal & Performance series provides regular opportunities for directors and actors to practise their craft. Each workshop brings in an experienced moderator to guide participants as they explore a workshop scene in groups (one director,โ€ฆ
Read more
Director Thom Zimny

Masterclass with Thom Zimny at NZIFF 2019

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Film director Thom Zimny (The Gift: The Journey of Johnny Cash) will lead a Masterclass for filmmakers in Auckland as part of NZIFF 2019. This is the second time NZIFF has been able to provide a Masterclass designed for industry practitioners,โ€ฆ
Read more
Animals

Directing Masterclass with Sophie Hyde

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DEGNZ is excited to present a Directing Masterclass with Australian director/producer Sophie Hyde on Saturday 27 July in Auckland. In this interactive Masterclass, Sophie will share on how she came to be making film and television and howโ€ฆ
Read more
Camino Skies

Film Talk: Camino Skies – July 10

,
Enjoy New Zealand documentary Camino Skies at our next Film Talk in association with Rialto Cinemas. Director Fergus Grady will be present for a half-hour audience Q&A after the film. The inspirational journey of six antipodean pilgrimsโ€ฆ
Read more
Camino Skies

Pictures Worth a Thousand Words

,
In my last blog editorial I wrote of Fair Remuneration and the meetings DEGNZ President Howard Taylor and I attended in Tokyo at the General Assembly of the International Confederation of Societies of Authors and Composers (CISAC) and Executiveโ€ฆ
Read more
Camino Skies

2019 Table Reads Round Three

,
Calling for actors and directors/writers with scripts for a Table Read on Saturday 10 August! Round 3 opens on 8 July and closes 2 August. A core cast โ€“ max six actors โ€“ together with a writer+director team OR writer/director will collaborateโ€ฆ
Read more
Directing In the Intimate Zone

Directing In the Intimate Zone – Christchurch

,
DEGNZ encourages directors, actors and producers to join us for a one-day Christchurch workshop with Louise Leitch on directing intimacy, after the first Directing In the Intimate Zone workshop in Auckland. Until now, many directors haveโ€ฆ
Read more
Camino Skies

To Be or Not to Be? That Was the Question.

Almost a year ago, the Directors & Editors Guild of NZ membership voted to become a union. At this yearโ€™s AGM on Saturday 5 October, DEGNZ will adopt a new constitution that will allow the Guild to formalise its status as a union and affiliateโ€ฆ
Read more

Film Talk: Capital in the 21st Century – October 10

,
Join DEGNZ and Rialto Cinemas for a Q&A screening of New Zealand documentary Capital in the 21st Century. Special guest director Justin Pemberton will be present for a half-hour audience Q&A after the film. Adapting one of the mostโ€ฆ
Read more
Camino Skies

Just Not Cutting It

Just over four years ago a group of senior editors were sitting around on a Sunday afternoon in Auckland lamenting the fact that standards just werenโ€™t like they used to be. They questioned each other as to why that was. The answer they cameโ€ฆ
Read more
Rehearsal & Performance logo

Rehearsal & Performance Workshops with Director Caroline Bell-Booth

, ,
The Rehearsal & Performance series provides regular opportunities for directors and actors to practise their craft. Each workshop brings in an experienced moderator to guide participants as they explore a workshop scene in groups (one director,โ€ฆ
Read more
SPADA Post Workflow Worshops

SPADA Post-Production Workflow Workshops

,
SPADA, in association with DEGNZ, presents a day-long workshop introducing the concepts and processes of the post-production workflow. Delivered by Editor Annie Collins and Producer Catherine Fitzgerald, this workshop will give an overviewโ€ฆ
Read more
Camino Skies

The Future of (NZ) Film

When Bob Iger of Disney speaks about the future of film, itโ€™s worth listening. Why? Because amongst the hundreds of companies that sit under the Disney umbrella are 20th Century Fox, Lucas Film, Marvel, and Pixar. Brands number in theโ€ฆ
Read more
Camino Skies

Is It Time for TVNZ to Revert to Public Broadcasting?

My op-ed this week is devoted to personal musings in the lead up to the NZ Screen Sector Strategy hui, and the changing nature of the screen industry as we know it. Colin Peacock on the Radio New Zealand website wrote on the weekend aboutโ€ฆ
Read more

NZFC Gender, Diversity & Inclusion in the Screen Industry Survey

Please follow this link to take part in the Gender, Diversity and Inclusion in the Screen Industry Survey: https://survey.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0fbQkfJwZOiboI5 Thanks for participating! This invitation comes from Te Tumu Whakaataโ€ฆ
Read more
Camino Skies

Where to From Here?

The Screen Sector Strategy has announced the dates of its intended hui in 3 locales to gather industry input into a strategy document for the New Zealand Screen Industry. This will be taken to Government in the first half of 2020. This isโ€ฆ
Read more
Camino Skies

Are We Missing the Streamer Boat?

Itโ€™s hard not to bang on about streaming services when they are continuing to upend the screen industry as we know it. Media intelligence service FilmTake recently reported that Disney, WarnerMedia, and Apple are expected to spend betweenโ€ฆ
Read more
NZIFF 2019

NZIFF 2019: DEGNZ Member Round Up

Tonight, the New Zealand International Film Festival opens and with that, we congratulate members of the Directors & Editors Guild of NZ who have films in this year's programme. For My Father's Kingdom For My Fatherโ€™s Kingdom premieresโ€ฆ
Read more
Rehearsal & Performance logo

Wellington – Rehearsal & Performance with Director Chris Dudman

, ,
The Rehearsal & Performance series provides regular opportunities for directors and actors to practise their craft. Each workshop brings in an experienced moderator to guide participants as they explore a workshop scene in groups (one director,โ€ฆ
Read more
Director Thom Zimny

Masterclass with Thom Zimny at NZIFF 2019

,
Film director Thom Zimny (The Gift: The Journey of Johnny Cash) will lead a Masterclass for filmmakers in Auckland as part of NZIFF 2019. This is the second time NZIFF has been able to provide a Masterclass designed for industry practitioners,โ€ฆ
Read more
Animals

Directing Masterclass with Sophie Hyde

,
DEGNZ is excited to present a Directing Masterclass with Australian director/producer Sophie Hyde on Saturday 27 July in Auckland. In this interactive Masterclass, Sophie will share on how she came to be making film and television and howโ€ฆ
Read more
Camino Skies

Film Talk: Camino Skies – July 10

,
Enjoy New Zealand documentary Camino Skies at our next Film Talk in association with Rialto Cinemas. Director Fergus Grady will be present for a half-hour audience Q&A after the film. The inspirational journey of six antipodean pilgrimsโ€ฆ
Read more
Camino Skies

Pictures Worth a Thousand Words

,
In my last blog editorial I wrote of Fair Remuneration and the meetings DEGNZ President Howard Taylor and I attended in Tokyo at the General Assembly of the International Confederation of Societies of Authors and Composers (CISAC) and Executiveโ€ฆ
Read more
Camino Skies

2019 Table Reads Round Three

,
Calling for actors and directors/writers with scripts for a Table Read on Saturday 10 August! Round 3 opens on 8 July and closes 2 August. A core cast โ€“ max six actors โ€“ together with a writer+director team OR writer/director will collaborateโ€ฆ
Read more