SELECTIONS
Our 2026 line-up
All the podcasts, shorts and web series selected for #NZWF26
PODCASTS
All Our Faults
USA
RPG Major
USA
The Fumbled Anthology:
The Burning Stars
Australia
All Our Faults
USA
Roads Uncharted
USA
RPG Major
USA
The Fumbled Anthology:
The Burning Stars
Australia
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Game Master Monday
USA
Lamplight Investigations
USA
THIAD:
Know Gods, No Afters
USA
THIAD:
The Way of the Hollow Star
USA
Minds Never Matter
USA
Tales Yet Told:
Our Lives in the Wood
USA
Last Line: Solemn Vale
USA
Dastardly Dungeoneers
USA
Kitten Marlowe:
Shadows in the Smoke
USA
Spirits & Monsters
of Old Seattle
USA
Bad Heroes
USA
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All Our Faults
USA
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Keep the Lights On
USA
GODKILLER: Qismat
India
Keep the Lights On
USA
Last Train to Brooklyn
USA
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Stopped for a While
Australia
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a place as beautiful as this
USA
a place as beautiful as this
USA
Mend
USA
Hubris
USA
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22 Days
Canada
From Within
USA
Oblivion Girl
USA
Someone Dies in This Elevator:
Mergers & Mergerers
USA
The Chronicles of Wild Hollow
UK
22 Days
Canada
From Within
USA
Hearthbound
USA
Metra
USA
Oblivion Girl
USA
Someone Dies in This Elevator:
Mergers & Mergerers
USA
The Chronicles of Wild Hollow
UK
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Partial Veil
USA
Carmilla
USA
Haunted: The Van Buren Manor
USA
Sidequesting
USA
Romeo & Her Sister
USA
Vampire: The Masquerade:
Blood Doll
USA
Velvet
USA
The Artisan Who Made Me
USA
Sucker
USA
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SHORT FILMS
Something That Feels Real
NZ
Ed’s Sun
NZ
Toitū Te Tiriti
NZ
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Titles marked * are eligible for consideration for our Student Short Fiction award
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Among The Smoke
NZ
Among The Smoke
NZ
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Basa Rising
NZ
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Faster Than Fear
NZ
Big Johnny
Australia
Dance the Light Away
NZ
Pākehā
NZ
The Whole Thing
NZ
Big Johnny
Australia
Cookies & Cream
NZ
Dance the Light Away
NZ
The Enshittification
NZ
The Red Book
Cyprus
Pākehā
NZ
The Whole Thing
NZ
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Full Moon, Baby!
Killer Gardening
NZ
Madre
Australia
When You See Me
NZ
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The Creature’s Coda
NZ
When The Music Stops
NZ
Big Boys
NZ
Do This For Me
NZ
T for Taupou
NZ
Common Ground
NZ
Do This For Me
NZ
Sahar
NZ
T for Taupou
NZ
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My Bunny
Australia/NZ
Weekend At The Winchester
NZ
This is Where I Come From
NZ
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WEBSERIES
Go Go Giwas
Taiwan
Naughty Simon
Australia
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Jam Boy
USA
Maxi-Mapin
France
Bad Romance
Italy
Love In All The Small Places
Canada
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NZ
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Coffee Logic
Singapore
Illuminagents
Canada
Saturniids
Canada
Takahoa
NZ
This Bites
NZ
Coffee Logic
Singapore
Denis Danger 2
Canada
Eyes in the Woods
Canada
Illuminagents
Canada
Mari Witchhunter
Spain
Ren: The Girl With The Mark
UK
Saturniids
Canada
Takahoa
NZ
This Bites
NZ
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Respire Fort
France
Citron
Canada
Cows Come Home
Canada
Love Yourself And The Sky Will Help You
France
Part-timers
Canada
Exile
Brazil
Anachroniks
France
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