About this film
Over the past two years, a small team has been working away on a feature length documentary on one of New Zealand’s greatest modernist painters, Roy Good. Roy’s story is a fascinating one, not only because of his lifelong dedication to one of the most important visual styles to emerge from 20th Century art, but also his contribution to New Zealand’s visual culture more widely. From his earliest days studying at Canterbury College School of Arts, to his pioneering set designs for the pop show ‘C’mon’ which blazed through TVs into living rooms from the mid 1960’s onwards, Roy has played a valuable role in shaping the visual culture of New Zealand.
After a successful show at Aotearoa Art Fair in 2022, Roy experienced something of a resurgence of his work, and what initially started as a small ‘artist bio’ project, has now become a broadcast standard piece of beautiful documentary film making.
Thus far, the project has been funded entirely by Scott Lawrie Gallery and film Director, Craig Ray, who has devoted hundreds of hours to this project. The film is scheduled to premiere in April 2025. And as well as a domestic launch, we are hoping to submit the documentary to international film festivals around the world. But before we can, we need your help.
You can learn about Roy and his work from his website at roygoodart.nz
What we need your help with
Most of the primary filming has now been completed, with a wide range of people from the world of art and film being interviewed about the impact of Roy’s work and the effect it had on them. But we need one final push to get this completed before the Premier screening scheduled for April 2025, so we need help with costs to cover:
Additional location shoots and interviews (in other cities)
Professional editing and grading of the film
Sourcing and licensing archival images and film from over the past 60 years of Roy's career
Completion of audio and visual postproduction for digital screening / distribution
Premiere screening: Venue hire / costs for screening in April in Auckland, New Zealand with live streaming of the event.
How you can help support this project
There are a number of different ways you can help us bring this project to life
Bronze Level Supporter - $55
As a Bronze Level supported you will receive a link to watch the live premier of the film in Auckland in April 2025.
- Live stream premiere invite with artist talks and Q&A
- Digital link to watch the film
Silver Level Supporter - $100
In addition to the perks and recognition in the Bronze Level, you will also receive an A5 print of one of Roy's original works and your name in the film credits
- Invitation to premiere screening in Auckland with artist talk and Q&A
- Digital link to watch the film
- A5 print of 'Bisect Tondo No.3' 2016, by Roy Good (unframed)
- Recognition in the film credits
![A5 print of an original work for the Silver Level Supporters]()
Gold Level Supporter - $500
In addition to the perks and recognition in the Silver Level, you will also receive an a further A5 print of one of Roy's works and a signed A3 print of the film poster from the artist.
- VIP in person invite to the screening in Auckland the first week of April 2025
- Digital link to watch the film
- Additional A5 print of 'Perspex', by Roy Good (unframed)
- Signed A3 film poster
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- A5 Prints -
Platinum Level Supporter - $2500
As a Platinum Level Supporter you will receive the following in addition to all perks of Gold Level Support:
- VIP in person invite to the screening in Auckland the first week of April 2025
- Private after screening dinner
- A large format limited edition print of 'Hommage - 2025', by Roy Good
- Prominent recognition within the film credits
- 2 A5 Prints
- A3 Signed Film Poster
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Founding Producer $10k
As a founding producer you will receive a unique print from Roy and individual recognition at the premiere for your support in bringing the project to fruition. You will also receive all the items from the Platinum level support.
Other Ways You Can Help
If you are not in a position to support us financially on this project - you can still be part of its success by helping us
- Ask folks to get the word out and make some noise about your campaign.
- Remind them to use the Indiegogo share tools!
Previous Projects
Some previous examples of artist films we have produced:
