NZIFF has announced the five finalists for the New Zealand’s Best short film competition, with Perianayaki by DEGANZ member Bala Murali Shingade one of them. Directed by Bala and edited by fellow member Shailesh Prajapati, Perianayaki follows a recent Sri Lankan immigrant as she begins another day stacking shelves at the local supermarket. With her […]
The New Zealand Writers Guild have announced the Seed Grant recipients for the first round of 2022, with some of our members on the list. The Ordeal by Ghazaleh Golbakhsh and Mia Maramara Stuck in a hotel quarantine, a desperate writer attempts to finish her screenplay to save her career and marriage but soon becomes […]
The Accidental Editor It was 2009 and I’m working at Unity Books in Auckland, my specialty – children’s picture books and classics of literature. It’s been 2 years since I quit my career as an art director in advertising with no intention to ever step back into that world. I loved selling books and I […]
The Guild has welcomed Rāhera Herewini-Mulligan (Ngāi Tūhoe/Ngāi Tai/Te Whānau a Apanui) and Sam Kelly to the DEGANZ board, while saying goodbye to editor Francis Glenday. A massive thank you to Francis for serving the Guild during his years on the National Executive since 2017. Rāhera is an editor and field director who is a […]
Congratulations to our members who will have their films seen by audiences at the Māoriland Film Festival in Ōtaki (June 29 – July 3). Feature film Millie Lies Low, co-written and directed by Michelle Savill will play at MFF, while feature documentary Whetū Marama: Bright Star by Aileen O’Sullivan and Toby Mills is the Closing […]