Congratulations to director Anna Duckworth (DEGNZ) for being one of six screenwriters selected to participate in this years’ Show Me Shorts’ Screenwriting Lab. The mentoring scheme aims to assist writers in developing their ideas for short films. In the past, DEGNZ members have participated in the lab, developed their films and premiered the final cut at various film festivals, including, Mark Prebbles’ Baby?, which premiered at Show Me Shorts and Claire van Beek’sDaniel which premiered at Melbourne International Film Festival. This is a great opportunity and we recommend you consider this for 2022.
This half day event is for creators of film, series and documentary from queer, LGBTQIA+ and rainbow community. A section titled PROUD SHORTS features two short films directed by A.J.Greenwood, Individuality and Hunter.
The event also features a panel discussion with the creators of Rūrangi. Director, Max Currie (DEGNZ), alongside the film’s writer/producer, Cole Myers and producer, Craig Gainsborough, will discuss their experience enabling members of the transgender community to fill roles in front and behind the camera and their vision for the future of queer storytelling in Aotearoa.
Proud Voices on Screen is a new, non-profit organisation that aims to support and celebrate queer, LGBTQIA+, rainbow and takatāpui content creators and their screen content in Aotearoa.
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The series follows comedy trio Frickin Dangerous Bro. made up of Jamaine Ross, James Roque and Pax Assadi on their stand-up show tour around Aotearoa. The programme has received great reviews and is just another example of how kiwi-comedy series are thriving in New Zealand. We are excited to see the work of both members Hweiling Ow who co-directed episode one and three of the series, and Emma Savage, who was Edit Assistant on the series.
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It is with regret that we record the passing of one of our colleagues, Tony Hiles.
Tony arrived in Wellington from England in the mid-sixties and started making commercials for Stan Wemyss’ production house. In 1969 he moved to TVNZ to direct and produce a variety of shows – factual, magazine, and comedy. High energy with a cutting sense of humour, Tony enlivened the Avalon TV centre (and club) for a decade.
1980 saw Tony and partner Judith Fife (at the time a TV presenter and now a lawyer) start their own production company – City Associates – making social documentaries.
Flight of Fancy marked the start of a life-long creative relationship with painter Michael Smither. In Flight of Fancy, Michael built wings and tried to fly. The film won a special jury prize at the NZ Adventure Film Festival.
A credit for consultant producer on Peter Jackson’s Bad Taste was followed by his own feature film Jack Brown Genius which he wrote and directed. Described as “a romantic comedy fantasy”, it was another film about flying. This time a modern inventor channels a tenth century monk to create a flying machine. The film won him a Best Director award at the NZ Film and Television Awards.
In 2009 Tony started a series of documentaries about Michael Smither, each one screening in the NZIFF. He was working on the last one when he was diagnosed with a rare form of dementia – Lewy Body Dementia. Tony was determined to find a positive in it and commenced recording his experience for other sufferers.
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Want to supercharge your work with actors? Rehearsal Dynamics is a full-day DEGNZ director’s workshop on March 7 with acting coach, actor and director Miranda Harcourt.
We will work practically with actors, referring to case studies and focusing on the directors’ skills of diagnosis, solution, preparation and communication using Miranda’s 5 tools:
Connection White Space Internal landscape Vista + Objects Journey
All directors will work on a task in break outs during the morning session. Then in the afternoon, six of the directors will rehearse and direct pairs of actors on 2-minute scenes, while the rest observe. The Guild will select the Director Participants and Observers (limited spaces) from applications.
About Miranda Harcourt
Miranda is an acting coach, actor and director. Miranda’s specialty is screen naturalism. Her approach is based on years of writing and performing Verbatim theatre in prisons in New Zealand, Australia and the UK, as well as her work as an on-set acting coach with renowned actors and directors on films all over the world.
She has taught at TIFF in Toronto, at NFTS and NYU Tisch, The London Film School and Directors UK in Britain, at AFTRS and The Hub in Sydney, at Toi Whakaari, The Actors’ Program, Otago University and Victoria University in Aotearoa. For seven years Miranda was the Head of the Acting Department at Toi Whakaari – New Zealand Drama School.
In her work with actors and directors, Miranda aims to shift paradigms, empowering creatives to realise their own talent. She introduces simple but innovative ways of thinking about and achieving connection and character. She has developed a series of tools and exercises for use in rehearsal and on-set that get actors to where they need to be, fast.
Preparation if selected: All participants shall receive a provocation to prepare. We will also ask Director Participants to email us a 2-page script for two performers, not written by the director. These will be distributed to the actors a week before the workshop.
Eligibility
Rehearsal Dynamics is for directors who are considered to be mid-career, emerging or established talent.
Priority will be given to those who are actively engaged in directing or preparing to direct narrative drama.
To be eligible to apply, you must have narrative directing experience. This can be in feature film, scripted drama, telefeatures, short films and/or web series. Please contact us if you’re unsure.
a brief, maximum 1-page letter that summarises why you would like to participate and how you think this workshop could benefit your current or upcoming work or projects.
Late or incomplete applications will not be accepted.
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