A restored 4K version of DEGANZ member Garth Maxwell’s 1993 film Jack Be Nimble is now available for download, rental or purchase, from the NZ Film On Demand platform. Hailed by the Museum of Modern Art this year as “A lost classic in the canon of gendered horror”, Jack Be Nimble follows Jack and Dora, […]
My family and I fled Iran for Aotearoa in the late 1980s due to war and an oppressive regime. As a six year old I was yelled at by teachers for not understanding English, so I set about reading and writing as much as I could to learn the language. This was aided by a […]
DEGANZ member Rafa Yam is passionate about helping raise awareness on Aotearoa’s youth suicide rate, one of the highest in the world, through his short film, For Thom. While he and his team acknowledge the topic can be confronting, the short is ultimately about hope with light at the end of the tunnel. “I want […]
From member Mīria George, one of this year’s participants in the Emerging Women Filmmakers Incubator, comes Big Hair, Don’t Care, a documentary web series. Its three episodes will be free to stream on Moana Nui, a specialist Indigenous-led digital theatre built by Shift72. The first episode premieres tonight. Big Hair, Don’t Care contributes to documenting […]
The eighth season of hit series The Brokenwood Mysteries is available to stream on TVNZ+. The season finale aired on TVNZ One last Sunday on September 11. Well done to DEGANZ members Josh Frizzell, Jacqueline Nairn, Caroline Bell-Booth and Kerri Roggio who were involved in the making of this season. Josh Frizzell directed episode one, […]