Welcome to our Winners newsletter!
Congratulations to all our amazing winners, and commiserations to all our finalists who didn’t make it into the winners’ enclosure.
We were honoured to have ALL your shows as part of #NZWF19.
Submissions for #NZWF20 will open on 1 February next year. See all the winners below, or check them out here.
And the winners are…
OPEN AWARDS
BEST SHOW (ANIMATION & PUPPETRY)
Fast Heroes Sixty
BEST SHOW (AR / MR / VR / 360)
Overlooked
INTERNATIONAL AWARDS
BEST SHOW (INTERNATIONAL PILOT)
Hinterher
INTERNATIONAL FACTUAL
BEST DIRECTOR
Christina Carvalho, Geoff Morrison, Farm Crime
INTERNATIONAL FACTUAL
BEST SHOW
High Rising
INTERNATIONAL NARRATIVE
BEST ENSEMBLE
In Bed
INTERNATIONAL NARRATIVE
BEST ACTOR
Adjani Salmon, Dreaming Whilst Black
SPECIAL MENTION: Cam Faull, Swipe Right
INTERNATIONAL NARRATIVE
BEST ACTRESS
Luciana Bollina, Ana Paula Lima, Red
SPECIAL MENTION: Yoon Joo, Friday the 13th
INTERNATIONAL NARRATIVE
BEST DIRECTOR
Martijn Winkler, Swipe
INTERNATIONAL NARRATIVE
BEST SHOW (CHILDREN & YOUTH)
Detention Adventure
INTERNATIONAL NARRATIVE
BEST SHOW (ANTHOLOGY)
Swipe
SPECIAL MENTION: Last Breath
INTERNATIONAL NARRATIVE
BEST SHOW (EPISODIC)
Friday the 13th
INTERNATIONAL NARRATIVE
ALUMNI AWARD
Herman Wang
NZ AWARDS
BEST SHOW (NZ PILOT)
The Year of Yes
NZ FACTUAL
BEST DIRECTOR
Naashon Zalk, K Rd Chronicles
NZ FACTUAL
BEST SHOW (ANTHOLOGY)
Scratched
NZ FACTUAL
BEST SHOW (EPISODIC)
Jessica’s Tree
NZ FACTUAL
ALUMNI AWARD
Attitude Pictures
NZ NARRATIVE
BEST ENSEMBLE
AFK
NZ NARRATIVE
BEST ACTOR
Jake Pitcher, Touch Wood
NZ NARRATIVE
BEST ACTRESS
Abby Damen, The Watercooler
NZ NARRATIVE
BEST DIRECTOR
Renee Mahy, Touch Wood
SPECIAL MENTION: Emmett Skilton, Millennial Jenny
NZ NARRATIVE
ALUMNI AWARD
Roberto Nascimento
NZ NARRATIVE
BEST SHOW (ANTHOLOGY)
Millennial Jenny
NZ NARRATIVE
BEST SHOW (EPISODIC)
Touch Wood
These partner festivals have chosen NZ shows from #NZWF19 for their next editions.
Apulia Web Fest: Fan Girl, Scratched
Asia Web Awards: AFK
Bogota Web Fest: Daughters of the Migration
die Seriale: Constance
London Short Series: Crips in Cars
Melbourne Webfest: Misadventures of a Pacific Professional
Miami Web Fest: AFK
Minnesota Web Fest: HousieWives
Ozark Mountain Web Fest: Crips in Cars
Seoul Web Fest: K Road Chronicles
Stareable Fest: Get it to Te Papa
Sydney Web Fest: Comedians Eating Plants
Tel Aviv Web Fest: The Josh & Mearle Diaries
Toronto Web Fest: The Drawing Show
Published on 18 November 2019