The Rehearsal & Performance series provides regular opportunities for directors and actors to practise their craft and communication. Each workshop brings in an experienced moderator to guide participants as they explore a workshop scene in groups (one director, two actors) in a safe and non-pressured environment. This May, join us for workshops in Auckland and […]
On April 12, Hon. Carmel Sepuloni MP hosted a screening of Cousins at Parliament’s Beehive Theaterette. The feature, edited by Alex Boyd (DEGNZ), has been a kiwi box office hit, and is currently sitting at 1.436 million in Aotearoa. Co-directors Briar Grace-Smith and Ainsley Gardiner addressed over 100 people at the screening, including MPs, screen […]
Best of luck to Chaz Harris (DEGNZ), who was recently announced as a finalist in the ScreenCraft 2021 Family Screenplay competition for his family/fantasy screenplay The Glassmaker. Chaz was also a Quarterfinalist in the 2021 BlueCat Screenplay Competition for his sci-fi/thriller screenplay Endurance. Following the creation of his award-winning web series End of Term, and […]
Following her last award-winning sci-fi/fantasy film R.E.M, DEGNZ member April Phillips’ compelling short film The Last Man on Earth, recently won the Outstanding Achievement Humanitarian Award, from The Best Shorts Competition, California. In an unexpected twist of “life imitating art”, the film which was completed in 2019 is set in the aftermath of a global […]
We’re excited to be hosting a screening of James and Isey, in association with Rialto Cinemas, before its nation wide release on May 6. The documentary is a Northland celebration of life & aroha like no other, inviting audiences into the lives of ninety-nine year old Isey and son James, during the week leading up to […]