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Call for Applications: DEGNZ Selects with Mary Magdalene Director Garth Davis

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DEGNZ Selects presents this special director's masterclass on 21 March with Lion and Top of the Lake director Garth Davis. Garth will discuss in depth the making of his latest feature Mary Magdalene, to be released in cinemas on 22 March…
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Wellington – Rehearsal & Performance with Director Michael Duignan

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DEGNZ invites directors and actors to register their interest in the first Wellington edition of Rehearsal & Performance, taking place on April 7. Director Michael Duignan (Go Girls, The Blue Rose) will share his insights into how directors…
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RNZ Minus?

When Broadcasting, Communications & Digital Media Minister Clare Curran announced her plan to ramp up Radio New Zealand to RNZ+ with additional funding of up to $38 million, there were a lot of smiles out there including on my dial. I love…
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Urgent Call for Applications: Drama Editor Attachment

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The DEGNZ Drama Editor Attachment Scheme is a new initiative giving emerging drama editors the opportunity to advance their craft through shadowing and mentoring from an experienced drama editor. Emerging drama editors are invited to apply…
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DEGNZ Announces Participants For Women Filmmakers Incubator 2018

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  26 February 2018 The Directors & Editors Guild of New Zealand (DEGNZ) is delighted to announce the eight female directors who will participate in its second Emerging Women Filmmakers Incubator. They are: Chantelle…
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Young Creators: Get Your Foot In the Door

Young Creators: Get Your Foot In the Door

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With a million paths to choose, it’s easy to feel lost when you’re starting out in the screen industry. How do you get your foot in the door? What does that even mean?At this Q&A, four emerging directors and editors will discuss breaking…
Read more

Where’s the Data?

Broadcasting Minister Clare Curran last year shared her vision for RNZ+ as a non-commercial, audio-visual and multi-platform entity, with its services expanded to include a free-to-air non-commercial television service ... progressively developed…
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Call for Applications: Director’s Workshop & Project Consultations with Rachel Perkins

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The Directors & Editors Guild of NZ invites directors to apply for a first-time feature Director's Workshop and Project Consultation with Australian director Rachel Perkins to be held in Auckland. Rachel Perkins is well established…
Read more
Rehearsal & Performance logo

Auckland – Rehearsal & Performance with Actor Tandi Wright

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Rehearsal & Performance (the new and improved Rehearsal Room) is up and running for 2018 in Auckland. DEGNZ welcomes directors and actors to register their interest for a chance to be involved. Actor Tandi Wright will guide this half-day…
Read more

Hello 2018!

We’re into the year and we’ve got a significant period of change coming. The Government’s first hundred days are up in two weeks and it has already made good progress or is about to in terms of tertiary education, housing, child poverty,…
Read more

Christchurch – Rehearsal & Performance with Director/Actor Kathy McRae

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Rehearsal & Performance, DEGNZ’s revamped Rehearsal Room workshop series, kicks off 2018 in Christchurch! DEGNZ welcomes both directors and actors to register their interest for a chance to be involved. In this hands-on half-day workshop,…
Read more

A Heck of a Year

It’s been a heck of a year with a number of significant changes that affects many of the things we do in the screen sector. The first of major import was NZ On Air’s move to its single media fund model in July of 2017. Already an avenue…
Read more

Call for Applications: DEGNZ Women Filmmakers Incubator 2018

,
The Directors & Editors Guild of NZ is pleased to announce that applications are now open for the second round of its Women Filmmakers Incubator. Background The overall vision of the DEGNZ Women Filmmakers Incubator is to empower…
Read more

What’s Up Doc?

As we approach the end of another hectic year like many I’m sure, I’m feeling a little low in energy from the stress and strains of work, the knocks or outright rejection that are a staple of our industry, and the long hours that our passion…
Read more

Playing at Rehearsal & Performance

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Directors and actors got the chance to play at Rehearsal & Performance in the weekend. Taking part were DEGNZ directors Aidee Walker, Louise Tu'u, Ghazaleh Golbakhsh and Ellen Jones-Poole. They were joined by a great group of actors from…
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A Taste of Seresin Estate and a Special Christmas Offer!

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Our first Seresin wine tasting and networking evening marked DEGNZ's final Screenlink event for the year. Seresin Estate, founded in 1992 in Marlborough by New Zealand cinematographer Michael Seresin, has been a supporter of the Guild for several years.…
Read more

DEGNZ Launches Young Creators and Web Series Director Agreement

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DEGNZ launched its new Young Creators initiative with its first event Before You Say Yes to Web Series. Young Creators is a programme of events with a mission to inform and inspire younger or emerging directors and editors to build successful,…
Read more

Ructions in the Screen Shire

When Minister for Employment Iain Lees-Galloway told ONE News just over two weeks ago that the government would repeal the Hobbit Law, all hell let loose. The Hobbit Law prevents screen industry workers from unionising by making all film…
Read more

Call for Applications: DEGNZ Selects with Mary Magdalene Director Garth Davis

,
DEGNZ Selects presents this special director's masterclass on 21 March with Lion and Top of the Lake director Garth Davis. Garth will discuss in depth the making of his latest feature Mary Magdalene, to be released in cinemas on 22 March…
Read more
Rehearsal & Performance logo

Wellington – Rehearsal & Performance with Director Michael Duignan

, ,
DEGNZ invites directors and actors to register their interest in the first Wellington edition of Rehearsal & Performance, taking place on April 7. Director Michael Duignan (Go Girls, The Blue Rose) will share his insights into how directors…
Read more

RNZ Minus?

When Broadcasting, Communications & Digital Media Minister Clare Curran announced her plan to ramp up Radio New Zealand to RNZ+ with additional funding of up to $38 million, there were a lot of smiles out there including on my dial. I love…
Read more

Urgent Call for Applications: Drama Editor Attachment

,
The DEGNZ Drama Editor Attachment Scheme is a new initiative giving emerging drama editors the opportunity to advance their craft through shadowing and mentoring from an experienced drama editor. Emerging drama editors are invited to apply…
Read more

DEGNZ Announces Participants For Women Filmmakers Incubator 2018

, ,
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  26 February 2018 The Directors & Editors Guild of New Zealand (DEGNZ) is delighted to announce the eight female directors who will participate in its second Emerging Women Filmmakers Incubator. They are: Chantelle…
Read more
Young Creators: Get Your Foot In the Door

Young Creators: Get Your Foot In the Door

,
With a million paths to choose, it’s easy to feel lost when you’re starting out in the screen industry. How do you get your foot in the door? What does that even mean?At this Q&A, four emerging directors and editors will discuss breaking…
Read more

Where’s the Data?

Broadcasting Minister Clare Curran last year shared her vision for RNZ+ as a non-commercial, audio-visual and multi-platform entity, with its services expanded to include a free-to-air non-commercial television service ... progressively developed…
Read more

Call for Applications: Director’s Workshop & Project Consultations with Rachel Perkins

,
The Directors & Editors Guild of NZ invites directors to apply for a first-time feature Director's Workshop and Project Consultation with Australian director Rachel Perkins to be held in Auckland. Rachel Perkins is well established…
Read more
Rehearsal & Performance logo

Auckland – Rehearsal & Performance with Actor Tandi Wright

, , ,
Rehearsal & Performance (the new and improved Rehearsal Room) is up and running for 2018 in Auckland. DEGNZ welcomes directors and actors to register their interest for a chance to be involved. Actor Tandi Wright will guide this half-day…
Read more

Hello 2018!

We’re into the year and we’ve got a significant period of change coming. The Government’s first hundred days are up in two weeks and it has already made good progress or is about to in terms of tertiary education, housing, child poverty,…
Read more

Christchurch – Rehearsal & Performance with Director/Actor Kathy McRae

, , ,
Rehearsal & Performance, DEGNZ’s revamped Rehearsal Room workshop series, kicks off 2018 in Christchurch! DEGNZ welcomes both directors and actors to register their interest for a chance to be involved. In this hands-on half-day workshop,…
Read more

A Heck of a Year

It’s been a heck of a year with a number of significant changes that affects many of the things we do in the screen sector. The first of major import was NZ On Air’s move to its single media fund model in July of 2017. Already an avenue…
Read more

Call for Applications: DEGNZ Women Filmmakers Incubator 2018

,
The Directors & Editors Guild of NZ is pleased to announce that applications are now open for the second round of its Women Filmmakers Incubator. Background The overall vision of the DEGNZ Women Filmmakers Incubator is to empower…
Read more

What’s Up Doc?

As we approach the end of another hectic year like many I’m sure, I’m feeling a little low in energy from the stress and strains of work, the knocks or outright rejection that are a staple of our industry, and the long hours that our passion…
Read more

Playing at Rehearsal & Performance

, ,
Directors and actors got the chance to play at Rehearsal & Performance in the weekend. Taking part were DEGNZ directors Aidee Walker, Louise Tu'u, Ghazaleh Golbakhsh and Ellen Jones-Poole. They were joined by a great group of actors from…
Read more

A Taste of Seresin Estate and a Special Christmas Offer!

,
Our first Seresin wine tasting and networking evening marked DEGNZ's final Screenlink event for the year. Seresin Estate, founded in 1992 in Marlborough by New Zealand cinematographer Michael Seresin, has been a supporter of the Guild for several years.…
Read more

DEGNZ Launches Young Creators and Web Series Director Agreement

,
DEGNZ launched its new Young Creators initiative with its first event Before You Say Yes to Web Series. Young Creators is a programme of events with a mission to inform and inspire younger or emerging directors and editors to build successful,…
Read more

Ructions in the Screen Shire

When Minister for Employment Iain Lees-Galloway told ONE News just over two weeks ago that the government would repeal the Hobbit Law, all hell let loose. The Hobbit Law prevents screen industry workers from unionising by making all film…
Read more