2020

We’re thrilled to be able to announce our 2020 finalists. We look forward to presenting the shows at #NZWF20, and to finding out which will win at our award ceremony.

All NZ selections are eligible for Direct Selection awards to our partner festivals.

Keep an eye on our social media channels for all programme and ticket announcements. @NZWebFest.

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The #NZWF20 award nominees are…

OPEN CATEGORIES
BEST ANIMATED SHOW

Dead End
Deluxe Motion
Forest League
Into The Pickle Jar
Maui
The Cat’s Apprentice
 
 

BEST PILOT

Attack Of The Incels
Bong Zombies
Brazzy Jazzy
Illuminagents
Sydney Sleuthers
 
 

 

Emma Watts, A Diary From The Frontline
Casey Grant, Boss Hoggin Road Trip
Iacopo Patierno, Italia Sicilia Gela
Dana Lerer, Michal Gassner, Ilana Reina, Limor Shmila and Tal Brenner, One Woman
Darius Devas, The Common Thread
Gisela Kaufmann, Visible Farmer

BEST SHOW: INTERNATIONAL FACTUAL

A Diary From The Frontline
Boss Hoggin Road Trip
Italia Sicilia Gela
One Woman
The Common Thread
Visible Farmer

BEST ENSEMBLE: INTERNATIONAL NARRATIVE

Bit Playas
Carpark Clubbing
Halal Gurls
Skeleton Crew
The Cab’
Valerianas

BEST ACTOR: INTERNATIONAL NARRATIVE

Chris Muto, Frank James
Nick Wilson, Hammersmith
Emmanuel Schwartz, Public Writer
Joshua R. Pangborn, Skeleton Crew
Seb Carrington, Stu, My Name Is Stu
Hannes Hellmann, The Man For Your Sins

BEST ACTRESS: INTERNATIONAL NARRATIVE

Layla Khosh, All Hail Beth
Jennifer Monk, Allsorts Arts
Heidi Lynch & Perrie Voss, Avocado Toast
Mariana Lewis, Leme In Love
April Audia & Chelsey Mart, Long Island South Shore
Emilie Johannesen, Red Velvet Revolution
Catherine Elsen, W.

BEST WRITER: INTERNATIONAL NARRATIVE

Khuzam Kedgeworth & Viviana Di Capua, Red Velvet Revolution
Atsushi Ogata, Lost & Found Cowboy
Diana Nguyen & Fiona Chau, Phi And Me
April Audia & Cat Torres, Long Island South Shore
Kyle Leland, Hammersmith
Anaïs Petit, Edouard Blondeau & Matthieu Lefèvre, The Cab’
Renan Amaral, Valerianas

BEST DIRECTOR: INTERNATIONAL NARRATIVE

Luke Eve, Cancelled
Atsushi Ogata, Lost & Found Cowboy
Melanie Killingsworth, Phi And Me
Viviana Di Capua, Red Velvet Revolution
Stuart Kiczek & Joshua R. Pangborn, Skeleton Crew
George Reese, Utopia Planitia
Renan Amaral, Valerianas
Frederic Zeimet, W

BEST SHOW (Young Audiences): INTERNATIONAL NARRATIVE

Leme In Love
One True Loves
Phi And Me
Super Jenny

BEST SHOW (Episodic): INTERNATIONAL NARRATIVE

Cancelled
Lost & Found Cowboy
Midnight Cafe
Red Velvet Revolution
Skeleton Crew
The Cab’
Valerianas

NZ CATEGORIES
BEST DIRECTOR: NZ FACTUAL

Naashon Zalk, Breaking Silence
Tom Neunzerling, Comedians Eating Plants
Vicki Makutu, Jermaine Leef, Louise Makutu, Hahana HQ
José Barbosa, On the Rag
Magnolia Lowe, Water
Kent Briggs, Who Killed Lucy the Poodle?

BEST SHOW: NZ FACTUAL

Breaking Silence
Hahana HQ
Misconceptions
Not These Tourists
Scratched
Who Killed Lucy the Poodle?

BEST ENSEMBLE: NZ NARRATIVE

In The Rainbow
Kura
Millennial Jenny
Naughty Bits

BEST ACTOR: NZ NARRATIVE

Dahnu Graham & Lionel Wellington, Kura
Thomas Sainsbury, Sextortion
Milo Cawthorne & Jonny Brugh, Sidekick
Liam Coleman & Kevin Tansey, These Two

BEST ACTRESS: NZ NARRATIVE

Gloria Faesen Kloet, Loner
Holly Shervey, Millennial Jenny
Raukawa Tuhura, In the Rainbow

BEST WRITER: NZ NARRATIVE

Holly McMahon & Rose McMahon, In The Rainbow
James Watson & Vince McMillan, Kura
Lauren Porteous, Loner
Emmett Skilton & Holly Shervey, Millennial Jenny
Dion Paz, Naughty Bits

BEST DIRECTOR: NZ NARRATIVE

Rose McMahon, In The Rainbow
Vince McMillan, Kura
Lauren Porteous, Loner
Emmett Skilton, Millennial Jenny
Kent Briggs, Kyan Krumdieck, Sextortion

BEST SHOW (Anthology): NZ NARRATIVE

In The Rainbow
Millennial Jenny
Naughty Bits
These Two

BEST SHOW (Episodic): NZ NARRATIVE

Kura
Loner
Sextortion
Sidekick

ALUM AWARD: INTERNATIONAL NARRATIVE

Misha Calvert, (All Hail Beth, Strut, Tinder is the Night)
Joshua R. Pangborn, (Demon Doctor, Skeleton Crew)
Quentin Lewis, Marcia Romao Lewis, Mariana Lewis, (Leme In Love, Macbeth, Magic of the Mermaid)
Atsushi Ogata, (Lost & Found Cowboy, Mona Lisa Cowboy, Yukata Cowboy)

ALUM AWARD: NZ FACTUAL

One Nominee only – winner will be announced at Awards Ceremony

ALUM AWARD: NZ NARRATIVE

One Nominee only – winner will be announced at Awards Ceremony