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Express Yourself

There are a number of opportunities fast approaching for you to voice your opinions on the state of the industry and how it affects you. I encourage all of you to engage as we are all faced with ongoing rapid transformation that will have a…
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Robyn Malcolm Leads Insightful Rehearsal Room Workshop

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It was a pleasure to have esteemed actress Robyn Malcolm facilitate our most recent Rehearsal Room for directors and actors in Auckland. The directors had the opportunity to bring a scene from one of their own projects, or be provided a scene,…
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Register Now! The Rehearsal Room – Wellington Workshop

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The Rehearsal Room brings together actors and directors in a safe, supportive environment to practise working with each other on scenes under the guidance of an experienced moderator. Register to have your name in the draw to participate.…
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Emmy Award-Winning Lucy Walker Hosts Documentary Director Masterclass

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A range of emerging and highly experienced documentary directors turned out to hear LA-based UK documentary director Lucy Walker talk about her practice and projects. It was an informative and inspiring masterclass for those involved. In…
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Politics and the Screen Industry

Jacinda Ardern’s rise to the top of the totem pole in the Labour Party brings politics and the screen industry into focus. Jacinda, like Helen Clark before her, has always been a big supporter of Arts and Culture, and she’s been proactive…
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Editors Cut Drama with Eric de Beus

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Thanks to Eric de Beus (800 Words, Westside) for running a superb two-day editing drama workshop for some of our DEGNZ editors in Auckland last Saturday. Participants got to spend time cutting their own versions of scenes from 800 Words, which…
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Support Independent Film in Theatres

Here we are again with New Zealand International Film Festival about to start. The weather’s been relatively atrocious. And digital is still buffeting the film and television worlds, with indie film taking the biggest hit. We’ve had Lightbox,…
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A Lot Going On

There’s a lot going on in the NZ screen industry at the moment, so I thought I would touch on a number of subjects. First up is the NZFC’s Ramai Hayward Directors' Scholarship for wahine Māori. A lot has been made of the fact that there…
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Call for Applications: Editing Drama Workshop – Eric de Beus

The Directors & Editors Guild of NZ invites you to apply for a 2-day Editing Drama Workshop with acclaimed editor Eric de Beus. The workshop will be held in Auckland on Saturday and Sunday, 29 and 30 of July. About Eric de Beus Eric…
Read more

Lo-budget Content Making Draws A Crowd

DEGNZ Screenlink in partnership with WIFT and Nga Aho Whakaari saw approximately 50 people come together to hear Lanita Ririnui Ryan and Guy Pigden speak about their experiences in their respective lo-budget arenas of interactive and feature…
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Online Content – Take 2

It’s rare that I raise the same issue two weeks in a row. But the contracts that online platforms are seeking to put in place—or are with those who either don’t know what they’re signing or don’t care—are so unfair that that the…
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Call for Applications: Documentary Directing Masterclass & Project Consultations with Emmy-Winner Lucy Walker

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The Directors & Editors Guild of NZ invites directors to apply for a Feature Documentary Directing Masterclass and Project Consultation with British director Lucy Walker to be held in Auckland. Lucy Walker is an Emmy-winning British…
Read more

Register Now! The Rehearsal Room with Robyn Malcolm

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The Rehearsal Room brings together professionals – actors and directors – in a safe, supportive environment to practise working with each other on scenes under the guidance of an experienced moderator. Register on our Eventbrite page to…
Read more

Trials & Tribulations, Successes & Failures in Lo-Budget Content Making

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The Directors & Editors Guild of NZ, Nga Aho Whakaari and Women in Film & Television invite you to hear from two very active filmmakers in the lo-budget content realm at Screenlink. Make sure you keep the night of Wednesday 21 June free…
Read more

Web Series – Opportunities or Rorts?

Ever since Auckland Daze transitioned from online to TV, web series have been seen as an opportunity for young scripted programme makers to get the break they so desperately want and have been effectively shut out of in broadcast in New Zealand. Of…
Read more

Congrats to DEGNZ members in the NZIFF Best Short Finals!

6 finalists. 83 submissions. The names are out for NZIFF's New Zealand’s Best Short Film Competition! Big congrats to our members who made the final six, selected from a shortlist of 12 by Gaylene Preston: Matt Campbell - The Dregs Catherine…
Read more

Director Regan Hall Scores Directing Role on Ash vs Evil Dead

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For Immediate Release 29 May 2017 Directors & Editors Guild of NZ (DEGNZ) member and director Regan Hall has directed one episode in Season 3 of STARZ Network’s Ash vs Evil Dead (AVED) television series following his attachment…
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Got a Script? Table Read Submissions Open

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Bringing Writers, Directors & Actors together A core cast – max six actors – together with a writer+director team OR writer/director will collaborate on each script-in-development table read. The script must have a director attached…
Read more

Express Yourself

There are a number of opportunities fast approaching for you to voice your opinions on the state of the industry and how it affects you. I encourage all of you to engage as we are all faced with ongoing rapid transformation that will have a…
Read more

Robyn Malcolm Leads Insightful Rehearsal Room Workshop

, ,
It was a pleasure to have esteemed actress Robyn Malcolm facilitate our most recent Rehearsal Room for directors and actors in Auckland. The directors had the opportunity to bring a scene from one of their own projects, or be provided a scene,…
Read more

Register Now! The Rehearsal Room – Wellington Workshop

, ,
The Rehearsal Room brings together actors and directors in a safe, supportive environment to practise working with each other on scenes under the guidance of an experienced moderator. Register to have your name in the draw to participate.…
Read more

Emmy Award-Winning Lucy Walker Hosts Documentary Director Masterclass

,
A range of emerging and highly experienced documentary directors turned out to hear LA-based UK documentary director Lucy Walker talk about her practice and projects. It was an informative and inspiring masterclass for those involved. In…
Read more

Politics and the Screen Industry

Jacinda Ardern’s rise to the top of the totem pole in the Labour Party brings politics and the screen industry into focus. Jacinda, like Helen Clark before her, has always been a big supporter of Arts and Culture, and she’s been proactive…
Read more

Editors Cut Drama with Eric de Beus

,
Thanks to Eric de Beus (800 Words, Westside) for running a superb two-day editing drama workshop for some of our DEGNZ editors in Auckland last Saturday. Participants got to spend time cutting their own versions of scenes from 800 Words, which…
Read more

Support Independent Film in Theatres

Here we are again with New Zealand International Film Festival about to start. The weather’s been relatively atrocious. And digital is still buffeting the film and television worlds, with indie film taking the biggest hit. We’ve had Lightbox,…
Read more

A Lot Going On

There’s a lot going on in the NZ screen industry at the moment, so I thought I would touch on a number of subjects. First up is the NZFC’s Ramai Hayward Directors' Scholarship for wahine Māori. A lot has been made of the fact that there…
Read more

Call for Applications: Editing Drama Workshop – Eric de Beus

The Directors & Editors Guild of NZ invites you to apply for a 2-day Editing Drama Workshop with acclaimed editor Eric de Beus. The workshop will be held in Auckland on Saturday and Sunday, 29 and 30 of July. About Eric de Beus Eric…
Read more

Lo-budget Content Making Draws A Crowd

DEGNZ Screenlink in partnership with WIFT and Nga Aho Whakaari saw approximately 50 people come together to hear Lanita Ririnui Ryan and Guy Pigden speak about their experiences in their respective lo-budget arenas of interactive and feature…
Read more

Online Content – Take 2

It’s rare that I raise the same issue two weeks in a row. But the contracts that online platforms are seeking to put in place—or are with those who either don’t know what they’re signing or don’t care—are so unfair that that the…
Read more

Call for Applications: Documentary Directing Masterclass & Project Consultations with Emmy-Winner Lucy Walker

,
The Directors & Editors Guild of NZ invites directors to apply for a Feature Documentary Directing Masterclass and Project Consultation with British director Lucy Walker to be held in Auckland. Lucy Walker is an Emmy-winning British…
Read more

Register Now! The Rehearsal Room with Robyn Malcolm

, ,
The Rehearsal Room brings together professionals – actors and directors – in a safe, supportive environment to practise working with each other on scenes under the guidance of an experienced moderator. Register on our Eventbrite page to…
Read more

Trials & Tribulations, Successes & Failures in Lo-Budget Content Making

, ,
The Directors & Editors Guild of NZ, Nga Aho Whakaari and Women in Film & Television invite you to hear from two very active filmmakers in the lo-budget content realm at Screenlink. Make sure you keep the night of Wednesday 21 June free…
Read more

Web Series – Opportunities or Rorts?

Ever since Auckland Daze transitioned from online to TV, web series have been seen as an opportunity for young scripted programme makers to get the break they so desperately want and have been effectively shut out of in broadcast in New Zealand. Of…
Read more

Congrats to DEGNZ members in the NZIFF Best Short Finals!

6 finalists. 83 submissions. The names are out for NZIFF's New Zealand’s Best Short Film Competition! Big congrats to our members who made the final six, selected from a shortlist of 12 by Gaylene Preston: Matt Campbell - The Dregs Catherine…
Read more

Director Regan Hall Scores Directing Role on Ash vs Evil Dead

, ,
For Immediate Release 29 May 2017 Directors & Editors Guild of NZ (DEGNZ) member and director Regan Hall has directed one episode in Season 3 of STARZ Network’s Ash vs Evil Dead (AVED) television series following his attachment…
Read more

Got a Script? Table Read Submissions Open

,
Bringing Writers, Directors & Actors together A core cast – max six actors – together with a writer+director team OR writer/director will collaborate on each script-in-development table read. The script must have a director attached…
Read more