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Help Bring Hobson’s Choice to Life

The team behind Hobson’s Choice,ย  a short film about nepotism, is seeking support for their Boosted crowdfunding campaign which closes soon. Written and directed by Daniel Robinson and produced by DEGANZ member Emmy Hucker, Hobson’s Choice follows Nikki Hobson, a top casting director, who must decide between a promising young actor or her niece, for […]

DEGANZ Members Nominated for The NZ Television Awards

Congratulations to the four DEGANZ members nominated as finalists for The New Zealand Television Awards. The Awards recognise excellence in television, and honours the special skills and unique talents of the companies and individuals who create, produce, and perform in television programmes in Aotearoa, New Zealand. โ€‹Vea Mafile’o is nominated for Screen Auckland Best Director: […]

Elected DEGANZ Board for 2022/2023

Directors and Editors Guild of Aotearoa New Zealand is thrilled to present our board for 2022/2023. Members elected to the board at the 2022 Annual General Meeting are: Director Robyn Paterson, President Director/Editor Steven Chow, Vice-President Accountant Phil Gore, Treasurer National Executive: Director Caroline Bell-Booth Editor Annie Collins Editor Margot Francis Editor Rฤhera Herewini-Mulligan Director/Editor […]

Help Terminal Lake Explore Civilisationโ€™s Big Questions

Written and directed by DEGANZ member Andrew Blackman, Terminal Lake is a film about survival in these uncertain times. To help bring it to life, the team have launched a Boosted campaign. Starring Jordan Mooney (The Panthers, Westside), Terminal Lake is a metaphor for the chaos in the world right now. It follows a nameless […]

DEGANZ Members Selected for Story Camp Aotearoa 2022

Four DEGANZ members and their projects have been accepted into Story Camp Aotearoa 2022, run by Script to Screen. Nine projects all together were selected from 60 applications. Story Camp is crafted to meet the development needs of each writer and project. Over a week in November, participating writers and their collaborators workshop their feature […]