Support A Girl Called Elvis

A Girl Called Elvis

Wellington filmmakers Miles Wilson (DEGNZ) and Lindsay Christopherson are hoping to raise funds for their project A Girl Called Elvis. The short film about two siblings growing closer through a family quest is expected to begin filming in mid-April 2021.

When 10 year old Ellie hears that her father is back in town, she convinces her half-sister Carol to help her reconnect with him. Together with Carol’s boyfriend Dion, they set off on their journey.

Funds raised through Boosted will pay for cast and crew wages, gear, locations, production design and rentals. Supporting the filmmakers through donations or by sharing the project is appreciated!

You can find out more on Boosted here.

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Porteous’ Loner Released on NZ On Screen

Loner is a six-part web series, directed by DEGNZ member and Incubator alumna Lauren Porteous, that explores friendship, love and loneliness and reminds us that the only way things change is through action. Loner is now available on NZ On Screen. The series won Best Narrative Director at the 2020 NZ Web Fest Awards. 

Extrovert Mel (Lucinda Hare from Auckward Love and SMOKO) convinces her friend Charlotte (Gloria Faesen-Kloet from Three Wise Cousins) to head out to a party. Their nights end very differently. Charlotte bumps into a kimono-wearing man writing a screenplay. But there are more surprises in store.

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Members Behind the Cut of Wellington Paranormal Season 3

The series, naturally, shot in Te Whanganui-a-Tara, is now available for kiwis to enjoy. Several DEGNZ members are credited on the series, including Alex Boyd as Editor, Amanda Mulberry as 1st Assistant Editor and Scott Milligan as Assistant Editor.

New Zealand’s favourite spooky investigators are back in business! Officers Minogue and O’Leary are keeping the streets of Aotearoa’s capital safe from the unexplainable. Catch it on TVNZ2 or TVNZ OnDemand. New episodes Wednesdays.

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Six Angry Women Documentary Reopens Historical Mystery

The documentary Six Angry Women was released on International Women’s Day (March 8) on TVNZ1 and is available on demand. Director and DEGNZ member Megan Jones reopened the 1984 mystery case where ‘six feminists kidnapped an Auckland University lecturer, beat him and chained him to a tree in a violent political action.’

“We all watched and discussed the film a great deal. We were so fascinated by the story and how you tell it. You get both the details of the specific event and the broader hidden history of sexual violence that has not been told before. It’s a unique film.” – Sudeep Sharma, Sundance Film Festival.

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Boosted Campaign for Short Thriller The Push

Short thriller The Push, directed by DEGNZ member Kyan Krumdieck, is crowd-funding on Boosted. Director Kyan, writer Tom Sainsbury and their team are seeking a total of $12,000 in production funds. Now they have 11 days to make the remainder of their goal so they can start making their film.

Dan and Tash are on a long multi-day tramp in the remote Southern Alps. Near the end of one day, Tash has a terrible shock. Someone was just pushed off that cliff! But when Dan looks up all he sees is a distant figure. They rush to help the fallen person, but they can’t find any sign of anyone having fallen to their death.

Having only seen a distant silhouette man, and no other evidence to support what Tash says she saw, Dan’s doubts fester. It’s getting dark and he insists they continue to the hut for the night. There is a single man waiting for them. Tash is convinced they are in the company of a murderer, and Dan is forced to decide what he really thinks is going on.

The scabs are ripped off the couple’s fundamental problems, revealing how inaction and disbelief can make you complicit in something terrible.

The Push is a moody thriller about who you choose to believe and why.

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