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 and have been through a development process.

VIRTUAL TABLE READS

NZWG and DEGNZ are once again offering Virtual Table Reads for 2021.

Table Read One: 8th May 2021

Submit scripts by 30th April

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Table Read Two:  3rd July 2021

Submit scripts by 25th June

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Table Read Three:  11th  September 2021

Submit scripts by 3rd September

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Table Read Four:  20 November 2021

Submit scripts by 12th November

How to submit:

Writer & Director team OR individual who is the sole Writer/Director

Submit Script via Email to GuildHQ@nzwg.org.nz 

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Actors who would like to take part in a Table Read, please submit your details HERE.

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Please check these details before you enter:

• In a Writer/Director team, the Writer must be a member of NZWG and the Director must be a member of DEGNZ.

• A solo Writer/Director must be a member of both NZWG & DEGNZ. 

When you enter, please include this information:

• Name of writer and if they belong to NZWG

• Name of director, and if they belong to DEGNZ

NZWG members are invited to apply for the script component. 

Submit full-length draft feature film script for your name to go into the draw for a day-long table read (names remain for subsequent draws).

ACTORS - Link to apply will be live once Table Read #1 2021 opens.

A Joint Initiative brought to you by:
NZWG & DEGNZ
With warm thanks to the New Zealand Film Commission

Past Table Reads

Table Read Date

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14 November 20

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8 August 20

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16 May 20

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30 November 19

18 May 19

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23 February 19

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10 November 18

18 August 2018

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19 May 2018

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24 Feb 2018

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9 Dec 2017

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8 Jul 2017

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13 May 2017

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11 Mar 2017

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5 Nov 2016

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6 Aug 2016

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30 Apr 2016

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Writer Name(s)

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Fiona McKenzie

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Alex Lodge

Nick Ward

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Linda Niccol

Jason DeBoer

Tim Tsiklauri

Rochelle Bright

Dean Hewison & Richard Falkner

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Siobhan Marshall & Anna Nuria Francino

Cian Elyse White

Catherine Bisley

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Michele Powels & Alyx Duncan

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Pip Hall

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Kirsten Gauthier & Lee Tolley

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Paula Jones

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Joe Lonie

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Barbara Sumner (Sumner Burstyn)

Director

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Fiona McKenzie

Alex Lodge

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Kath Akuhata-Brown

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Linda Niccol

Jason DeBoer

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Tim Tsiklauri

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Zoe McIntosh

Dean Hewison

Cian Elyse

White

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Catherine Bisley

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Alyx Duncan

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Peter Burger

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Kirsten Gauthier

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Paula Jones

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Joe Lonie

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Thomas Burstyn

Script Title

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Caroline

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A Lake with no Name

The Card Game

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Poppy

Dehydro

Love Forty

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Petrol Head

Tough Crowd

Bara

Daddy's Girl

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December

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The Underwood

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Ache

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The Last Caribou

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Sins of the Mother

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Flagfall

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How to Make a Baby

Actors

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Amy Bowie, Annica Lewis, Loren Black, Amalia Calder, Tim MacDonald, Joseph Cooper

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Haydn Carter, Carisse Utai, Marilyn Ollett, Jonathan Briden, Sherry Zhang, Dryw McArthur

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Hilary Norris, Lawrence Wharerau, Will Hall, Steven Lovatt, Stephen Butterworth, Claire Chitham, Victoria Abbott

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Tim Carlson, Clare Marcie, Jamie Irvine, Ryan Dulieu, Jocelyn Christian, Ashleigh Hook

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Fiona Armstrong, Kirsty Bruce, Lucy Wigmore, Ariki Erby, Jonathan James, Mana Davis

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David Capstick, Serena Cotton, Jamie Irvine, Ruth Wyne, Simon Ward

Alex Ellis, Genevieve Kent, Melissa Lawlor, Ana Corbett, Neill Rea, Caleb Wells 

James Roque, Keporah Torrence, Lucy Wigmore, Greg Smith, Olivia Mahood, James Crompton

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Aaron Ward, Antonia Prebble, Serena Cotton, Donogh Rees, Jeff Szusterman, Dan Musgrove

William Davis, Romy Hooper, Simone Walker, Laura Hill

Ella Gilbert, Claire Chitham, Romy Hooper, Mel Odedra, Joe Dekkers-Reihana, Neill Rea

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Sarah McLeod, Romy Hooper, Stuart Shacklock, James Crompton, Lucas Haugh, Renee Sheridan

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Renee Lyons, Tim Carlsen, Shoshana McCullum, Luanne Gordon, Joel Toebeck, Colin Moy

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Miryam Jacobi, Romy Hooper, Jarrred Blakiston, Colin Moy, Neill Rea, Genevieve McClean

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Brenda Kendall, Kimo Houltham, Krystal-Lee Brown, Tahei Simpson, Borni Te Rongopai Tukiwaho, Barry de Lore

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Peter Elliot, Aidee Walker, Morgan Albrecht, Anapela Polataivao, Dominic Ona-Ariki, Italia Hunt

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Neill Rea, Steven Lovatt, Lucy Wigmore, Ban Abdul, Renee Sheridan