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CANCELLED: Christchurch – Rehearsal & Performance with Director Simon Bennett

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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
Film Talk: Daffodils

Watch: Daffodils Q&A with Writer Rochelle Bright

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Writer Rochelle Bright discusses Kiwi musical Daffodils and the process of adapting her critically acclaimed stage play for the screen. Here's a snippet from the Q&A. On finding whose story it was:   "I think what makes the scriptโ€ฆ
Read more

DEGNZ Announces Incubator Participants

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DEGNZ is thrilled to announce the selection of the Emerging Women Filmmakers Incubator participants for 2019. Once again we have a stellar group of women directors who have shown considerable talent in their areas of endeavor. We look forwardโ€ฆ
Read more
Screenlink: Fresh Eggs

Screenlink: Fresh Eggs – Writing & Directing Television – Auckland

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New time and place announced: Fresh Eggs co-creator/co-writer Nick Ward and lead director Britta Hawkins take us behind-the-scenes into the creative process of making television. DEGNZ and NZWG members are warmly invited to join us for thisโ€ฆ
Read more
Director Jason Stutter

Directors Toolkit with Jason Stutter – Queenstown

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Innovative New Zealand director Jason Stutter leads this two-day workshop offering a practical guide to directing for emerging directors of short films and feature-length projects. The Directors Toolkit aims to establish a professional approachโ€ฆ
Read more

Film Talk: Daffodils (March 20)

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Daffodils is a bittersweet love story told with beautiful re-imaginings of iconic New Zealand songs. Directed by DEGNZ member David Stubbs, the musical stars Rose McIver, George Mason and Kimbra. Catch the film at this Rialto Film Talk screeningโ€ฆ
Read more
Alibi

Young Creators: Got an Alibi

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We're having a Young Creators hang-out on the last Wednesday of the month! We are stoked to have David de Lautour (Westside's Ted West) in to share on his experiences as co-creator and director of Plus6Four Entertainment's binge-worthy web seriesโ€ฆ
Read more
In The Zone film

Intimacy Guidelines a Win-Win

UK based Intimacy Coordinator Ita Oโ€™Brien spent three days in Auckland last December sharing her highly acclaimed approach to intimacy on set. The events gave actors, directors, producers, writers and crew from the stage and screen industriesโ€ฆ
Read more
Rehearsal & Performance logo

Auckland – Rehearsal & Performance with Actor/Director Jackie van Beek

, ,
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
Screenlink: The Making of Daffodils

Screenlink: The Making of Daffodils – Wellington

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Join DEGNZ and SPADA on March 13 for a relaxed evening with guests directorย David Stubbs and producer Richard Fletcher. David and Richard will share on the trials and tribulations, plusses and pleasures of making Kiwi musical Daffodils.โ€ฆ
Read more
In The Zone film

Call for Applications: DEGNZ Women Filmmakers Incubator 2019

,
DEGNZ is pleased to be able to offer the Women Filmmakers Incubator for a third year in 2019. We now welcome applications from female directors to be a part of this programme. Background The overall vision of the DEGNZ Women Filmmakers Incubatorโ€ฆ
Read more
In The Zone film

Watch: In The Zone Q&A with Robyn Paterson & Terrance Wallace

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Director Robyn Paterson and Terrance Wallace, founder of the InZone Project, share on the process of making their 2018 feature documentary In The Zone.ย The film follows Terrance's journey to establish first a home for minority teens in Newโ€ฆ
Read more
Jennifer Ward-Lealand

Directing In the Intimate Zone

,
Call for Applications. Until now, many directors have given little thought to directing actors in scenes that involve intimacy, nudity and simulated sex. This needs to be addressed, as these scenes can make actors feel extremely vulnerable,โ€ฆ
Read more
In The Zone film

What Does 2019 Hold for NZ Film?

I hope everyone is well and rested after the Christmas and New Year break. As we kick off the year, Iโ€™ve been forced to ponder what 2019 holds for NZ film both personally and because itโ€™s something we should all be asking ourselves withโ€ฆ
Read more
In The Zone film

First 2019 Table Read Now Open for Applications

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Applications open today for the first 2019 Table Read. A core cast โ€“ max six actors โ€“ together with a writer+director team OR writer/director will collaborate on each script-in-development table read. The script must have a director attachedโ€ฆ
Read more
Whatever It Takes_John Reid

Summer Giveaway: Whatever It Takes by John Reid

This summer, weโ€™re celebrating the release of the much-anticipated new book by filmmaker, writer and DEGNZ Lifetime member John Reid โ€“ Whatever It Takes: Pacific Films and John Oโ€™Shea 1948-2000. In Whatever It Takes, Reid tells theโ€ฆ
Read more

Geoff Murphy, Iconoclastic Filmmaker

When Geoff Murphy died last week, he left a film industry very different from the one that he entered in the 1970s. In those days it couldnโ€™t be called an industry โ€“ just a bunch of mates trying to make movies. Geoff was at the forefrontโ€ฆ
Read more
In The Zone film

Film Talk: Q&A Screening of In The Zone

,
From DEGNZ member Robyn Paterson comes the inspiring, challenging and emotional feature documentary, In The Zone. Join us on December 6 for a Film Talk of In The Zone at Rialto Cinemas Newmarket, Auckland. After the film, Robyn Paterson andโ€ฆ
Read more
Rehearsal & Performance logo

CANCELLED: Christchurch – Rehearsal & Performance with Director Simon Bennett

, ,
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
Film Talk: Daffodils

Watch: Daffodils Q&A with Writer Rochelle Bright

, ,
Writer Rochelle Bright discusses Kiwi musical Daffodils and the process of adapting her critically acclaimed stage play for the screen. Here's a snippet from the Q&A. On finding whose story it was:   "I think what makes the scriptโ€ฆ
Read more

DEGNZ Announces Incubator Participants

,
DEGNZ is thrilled to announce the selection of the Emerging Women Filmmakers Incubator participants for 2019. Once again we have a stellar group of women directors who have shown considerable talent in their areas of endeavor. We look forwardโ€ฆ
Read more
Screenlink: Fresh Eggs

Screenlink: Fresh Eggs – Writing & Directing Television – Auckland

, ,
New time and place announced: Fresh Eggs co-creator/co-writer Nick Ward and lead director Britta Hawkins take us behind-the-scenes into the creative process of making television. DEGNZ and NZWG members are warmly invited to join us for thisโ€ฆ
Read more
Director Jason Stutter

Directors Toolkit with Jason Stutter – Queenstown

,
Innovative New Zealand director Jason Stutter leads this two-day workshop offering a practical guide to directing for emerging directors of short films and feature-length projects. The Directors Toolkit aims to establish a professional approachโ€ฆ
Read more

Film Talk: Daffodils (March 20)

,
Daffodils is a bittersweet love story told with beautiful re-imaginings of iconic New Zealand songs. Directed by DEGNZ member David Stubbs, the musical stars Rose McIver, George Mason and Kimbra. Catch the film at this Rialto Film Talk screeningโ€ฆ
Read more
Alibi

Young Creators: Got an Alibi

,
We're having a Young Creators hang-out on the last Wednesday of the month! We are stoked to have David de Lautour (Westside's Ted West) in to share on his experiences as co-creator and director of Plus6Four Entertainment's binge-worthy web seriesโ€ฆ
Read more
In The Zone film

Intimacy Guidelines a Win-Win

UK based Intimacy Coordinator Ita Oโ€™Brien spent three days in Auckland last December sharing her highly acclaimed approach to intimacy on set. The events gave actors, directors, producers, writers and crew from the stage and screen industriesโ€ฆ
Read more
Rehearsal & Performance logo

Auckland – Rehearsal & Performance with Actor/Director Jackie van Beek

, ,
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
Screenlink: The Making of Daffodils

Screenlink: The Making of Daffodils – Wellington

, ,
Join DEGNZ and SPADA on March 13 for a relaxed evening with guests directorย David Stubbs and producer Richard Fletcher. David and Richard will share on the trials and tribulations, plusses and pleasures of making Kiwi musical Daffodils.โ€ฆ
Read more
In The Zone film

Call for Applications: DEGNZ Women Filmmakers Incubator 2019

,
DEGNZ is pleased to be able to offer the Women Filmmakers Incubator for a third year in 2019. We now welcome applications from female directors to be a part of this programme. Background The overall vision of the DEGNZ Women Filmmakers Incubatorโ€ฆ
Read more
In The Zone film

Watch: In The Zone Q&A with Robyn Paterson & Terrance Wallace

, ,
Director Robyn Paterson and Terrance Wallace, founder of the InZone Project, share on the process of making their 2018 feature documentary In The Zone.ย The film follows Terrance's journey to establish first a home for minority teens in Newโ€ฆ
Read more
Jennifer Ward-Lealand

Directing In the Intimate Zone

,
Call for Applications. Until now, many directors have given little thought to directing actors in scenes that involve intimacy, nudity and simulated sex. This needs to be addressed, as these scenes can make actors feel extremely vulnerable,โ€ฆ
Read more
In The Zone film

What Does 2019 Hold for NZ Film?

I hope everyone is well and rested after the Christmas and New Year break. As we kick off the year, Iโ€™ve been forced to ponder what 2019 holds for NZ film both personally and because itโ€™s something we should all be asking ourselves withโ€ฆ
Read more
In The Zone film

First 2019 Table Read Now Open for Applications

,
Applications open today for the first 2019 Table Read. A core cast โ€“ max six actors โ€“ together with a writer+director team OR writer/director will collaborate on each script-in-development table read. The script must have a director attachedโ€ฆ
Read more
Whatever It Takes_John Reid

Summer Giveaway: Whatever It Takes by John Reid

This summer, weโ€™re celebrating the release of the much-anticipated new book by filmmaker, writer and DEGNZ Lifetime member John Reid โ€“ Whatever It Takes: Pacific Films and John Oโ€™Shea 1948-2000. In Whatever It Takes, Reid tells theโ€ฆ
Read more

Geoff Murphy, Iconoclastic Filmmaker

When Geoff Murphy died last week, he left a film industry very different from the one that he entered in the 1970s. In those days it couldnโ€™t be called an industry โ€“ just a bunch of mates trying to make movies. Geoff was at the forefrontโ€ฆ
Read more
In The Zone film

Film Talk: Q&A Screening of In The Zone

,
From DEGNZ member Robyn Paterson comes the inspiring, challenging and emotional feature documentary, In The Zone. Join us on December 6 for a Film Talk of In The Zone at Rialto Cinemas Newmarket, Auckland. After the film, Robyn Paterson andโ€ฆ
Read more