We're cheering for producer Desray Armstrong who took out this year's SPADA Independent Producer of the Year Award. This Award recognises outstanding contribution towards the growth and development of the NZ independent screen industry in 2018. As well as producing Mike Minogue's comedy web series The Watercooler (released on NZME's platform Watch Me) and Michelle Saville's short film Bats, Desray also produced her debut feature film Stray. She and Stray director Dustin Feneley discuss the film's fundraising at an upcoming DEGNZ event - see our Noticeboard item for details.