Entries by Tui

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DEGNZ Supports Australian Directors’ Criticism Of Screenrights Over Express Resolution Dispute Process

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 15 September 2015 The Directors & Editors Guild of NZ (DEGNZ) supports the Australian Directors Guild’s (ADG) and the Australian Directors Authorship Collecting Society’s (ASDACS) criticism of the multimillion dollar organisation, Screenrights, for its recent introduction of a policy that undermines Australian and foreign screen directors’ entitlements to royalty payments. “ASDACS collects […]

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What Time Is It?

I was talking to a talented director last night and he related to me his latest experience of that thing we all often go through—being told, “No.” Whether you are pitching for a film, propping a TV show, a documentary idea, a web series, or trying to win that TVC or other job, in all […]

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Call for Applications for DEGNZ Drama Director Attachment

Call for Applications for DEGNZ Drama Director Attachment on Screentime’s Telefeature BOMBSHELL: THE SINKING OF THE RAINBOW WARRIOR 6 August 2015 DEGNZ invites applications for a Drama Director Attachment on production company Screentime NZ’s telefeature Bombshell: The Sinking of the Rainbow Warrior, for TV ONE’s Sunday Theatre. Bombshell tells the story of the Rainbow Warrior […]

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DEGNZ Receives NZ On Air Support for Director Attachments

For Immediate Release 4 August 2015 The Directors and Editors Guild of NZ (DEGNZ) has received NZ On Air Industry Development Fund support for its DEGNZ Drama Director Attachment Initiative, which will see up to three paid director attachments to New Zealand drama productions in 2015/2016. The initiative is designed to develop and up-skill new […]

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Art or Commerce—A Moot Question?

24 July 2015 This week I attended three film-related events that highlighted the polar differences between art and commerce in film. On Wednesday morning I went to the New Zealand Film Commission (NZFC) briefing on the review of the New Zealand Screen Production Grant (NZSPG), driven by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) […]

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