Changes to DEGNZ Workshops and Events in September

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Here is an update on the Guild’s September workshops and networking events to provide you with a bit of clarity in these uncertain times.

Editors & Assistant Editors Gathering – Wellington (Sep 1)

Cancelled – instead, DEGNZ and our editor board members will host an online gathering for all editors and assistants throughout the motu on September 8. The event will cover the same info we had planned for Wellington and includes time to meet one another in smaller breakouts. Register here >

Table Read Round Three (Sep 11)

Since the Table Read was already planned for online, there are fortunately no changes to announce. With script submissions closing on September 3, there’s still a bit of time to throw your hat in the ring for a chance to diagnose your script with a table read! Learn more >

Directing In the Intimate Zone – Auckland (Sep 12)

Postponed until Tamaki Makaurau is in Level 1. Registrations and applications will reopen once we have a new date.


Thanks for your understanding. This is all the updates we have for now. Stay safe and kia kaha.

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Roseanne Liang Joins the Creative Team for Netflix’s Avatar Series

We are excited to hear that DEGNZ member Roseanne Liang will serve as a director on Netflix’s live action adaptation of Avatar: The Last Airbender! The series will follow the story depicted in the original Nickelodeon animated show, set in a fictional world of Four Nations, each being home to “benders” who can manipulate elements using martial arts.

Roseanne will direct an unknown number of episodes, alongside Michael Goi (Swamp Thing, American Horror Story) and Jabbar Raisani (Lost in Space, Game of Thrones). She will also serve as co-executive producer according to Deadline.

The series is still very much in pre-production and is reportedly shooting in Vancouver from November.

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Write Room Wellington Selects Jaimee Poipoi

Congratulations to our member Jaimee Poipoi who has been selected to partake in Write Room Wellington 2021. Jaimee will join the programme’s mentor team as this year’s Producer intern.

Mentors include DEGNZ members Rob Sarkies (Out of the Blue, Scarfies) and Max Currie (Rūrangi, Everything We Loved), as well as Briar Grace Smith (Cousins, The Strength of Water), Karin Williams (SIS, Mou Pirir: A Rarotongan Love Song) and Vicky Pope (Savage, Two Little Boys).

The deadline for submissions to Write Room Auckland has been extended till August 30, 5pm. Write Room Auckland provides industry-leading mentorship for one Auckland-based writer working on a feature film script. Find out more here.

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Rebecca Tansley’s Short Film Selected for DC Shorts

DEGNZ member Rebecca Tansley’s latest short film, The Finding, has been selected for the DC Shorts International Film Festival in Washington DC next month. Written and directed by Rebecca, the short film follows a teenager’s efforts to reconnect with her estranged father, forcing them both to confront a dark secret from their past.

The Finding was shot on 16mm film in Central Otago and Dunedin in between lockdowns last year. It is Rebecca’s second short film, following two feature documentaries and a live opera film.

The Finding is one of only 95 short films selected to screen at DC Shorts, the largest short film festival on the East Coast of the US. The festival runs from September 9-19, both in select cinemas and online (US only).

Congratulations to Rebecca and her team!

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COVID-19: Financial Support Available

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Dear Members,

This is a brief update to pass on financial support information from business.govt.nz, which is part of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment. Click here to learn more about:

  • types of financial support available for businesses, including self-employed contractors
  • operating a business at Level 4
  • COVID-19 Business Helplines

In addition to communications from us via email, we will be posting COVID-19 industry news and updates to DEGNZ’s COVID Corner.

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