Under the Vines is back for a second season after gaining international popularity with season one in 2021. DEGANZ members Josh Frizzell and Katie Wolfe joined the production this season, directing three episodes each of the six-part series. Aussie Socialite Daisy (Rebecca Gibney) and London lawyer Louise (Charles Edwards) are back at it this season, […]
DEGANZ member James Fink-Jensen is seeking support for his new short film’s Boosted campaign. To bring Strangers to life, the team needs to raise $8,000 and only has 26 days left in their campaign to do so. The five-minute short dwells in the nervous pressure of making that first impression on a date. Protagonist Nigel “Mr Wrong” Wilson, a […]
Dame Valerie Adams: MORE THAN GOLD, edited by Margot Francis (DEGANZ) and produced by Leanne Pooley (DEGANZ), made its mark at the International Oceanian Documentary Film Festival (FIFO) in Tahiti earlier this month. The feature documentary won the 1st Special Jury and the Youth Jury Awards, winning a total of 700,000 XPF (about NZ$10,000). When […]
Editing – Cutting a Path I’ve been an editor for 17 years – and the majority of that is in the documentary space. For those that don’t know me, I am also a wheelchair user – the result of an accident 22 years ago. That hasn’t burdened my career at all. In fact, as a […]
Documentary filmmaker Kim Webby (DEGANZ) explores untold stories through TVNZ’s new show Passengers. The docuseries takes viewers back in time through the hardships and triumphs of some of Aotearoa’s earliest Anglo-Indian, Cook Island, Chinese, and Bohemian settlers. Each episode uncovers the backstories of four immigrants, examining their lives before and after their arrival in Aotearoa. […]