FINALISTS

ACTUAL PLAY/TTRPG AUDIO PODCAST
BEST HOST

Bloom&Blight: A Girl by Moonlight, USA
My First Dungeon – The Wildsea, USA
Planet Arcana, Canada
Romancing the Dungeon, Ireland
Tales Yet Told, USA
The Book of War, Australia
The Storyteller Squad, USA
The Witches of Wederra Keep, Germany

BEST CAST

Mage Hand High Five: The Badlands, USA
Minds Never Matter, USA
My First Dungeon – The Wildsea, USA
Romancing the Dungeon, Ireland
RPG for You and Me – Pantheon Mythos, USA
The Book of War, Australia
Unbalanced Encounters: Small Gods Scatter, USA
Wildmoore High, USA

BEST ACTUAL PLAY/TTRPG AUDIO PODCAST

Dark Dice, Germany
Fables of Frost and Fur, USA
My First Dungeon – The Wildsea, USA
Planet Arcana, Canada
Romancing the Dungeon, Ireland
The Book of War, Australia
The Corner of Pleasure & West River, USA
The Storyteller Squad, USA

ACTUAL PLAY/TTRPG VIDEO PODCAST
BEST HOST

Forsaken, USA
Godkiller: Last Hope, USA
The Fourth Age, USA
The Melancholy We Weave, USA
Unlicensed Magic: War Crimes, USA
Wayward Autumnal, Canada

BEST CAST

A Haunting, Beloved, USA
Beneath The Surface, USA
Mad Max Tabletop Roleplaying Game, USA
Oribital Blues: Blackstar, UK
The Fourth Age, USA
Unlicensed Magic: War Crimes, USA

BEST ACTUAL PLAY/TTRPG VIDEO PODCAST

Beneath The Surface, USA
Demons & Daughters, UK
Godkiller: Last Hope, USA
Oribital Blues: Blackstar, UK
The Fourth Age, USA
Wayward Autumnal, Canada

NON-FICTION PODCAST
BEST CONCEPT

Fighting the Power, USA
Radically Alive Women, NZ
Roots of Sharjah, UAE
Shadow Clock, USA
The Film Festival Doctor’s Podcast, USA
The Whole Truth, Australia

BEST NON-FICTION PODCAST

All-American Ruins, USA
Fighting the Power, USA
It’s How You Think, Australia
Radically Alive Women, NZ
Shadow Clock, USA
The Whole Truth, Australia

FICTION PODCAST
BEST CONCEPT

(un)LikeMinded, USA
Dink: The Musical, USA
Heartglass, USA
I Need A Miracle, UK
Kind, NZ
Murderer’s Murder, Australia
The City: Revolution, UK
The Treacle People: Still Sticky, UK

BEST CAST

Fawx & Stallion, USA
Levian, USA
Leylines, USA
Liberty: Tales from the Tower, Germany
Moose on a Highway, USA
Table Read, USA
The Treacle People: Still Sticky, UK
We’re Alive: Descendants, USA

BEST WRITING

Fawx & Stallion, USA
Ghost Inspectors, USA
I Need A Miracle, UK
Liberty: Tales from the Tower, Germany
Merona Grant & The Lost Tomb of Golgotha, USA
The House and the Light, USA
Twilight Meridian, USA

BEST SOUND DESIGN
RADIO PLAY/STANDALONE FICTION PODCAST

All That Name Implies, USA
Dark Ellie, USA
Stowaway, USA
The Caller, USA

BEST SOUND DESIGN
FICTION SERIES

Dink: The Musical, USA
Heartglass, USA
Kind, NZ
Malevolent, Canada
Merona Grant & The Lost Tomb of Golgotha, USA
Observable Radio, USA
The City: Revolution, UK
We’re Alive: Descendants, USA

BEST RADIO PLAY/STANDALONE FICTION PODCAST

All That Name Implies, USA
Howl, USA
Stowaway, USA
The Caller, USA

BEST FICTION SERIES PODCAST

Fawx & Stallion, USA
Ghost Inspectors, USA
Kind, NZ
Leylines, USA
Liberty: Tales from the Tower, Germany
Merona Grant & The Lost Tomb of Golgotha, USA
Un(con)Trolled, USA
We’re Alive: Descendants, USA

BEST MUSIC VIDEO

A Dark Dark Blue, Germany
Baigun Baigun ,NZ
Mau Moko, NZ
Pressure Cooker, NZ
The Moon Had a Shadow, Australia
Vendetta, NZ

BEST ANIMATED SHORT

A Dragon in Name Only, NZ
Chrysalis, NZ
Little Knight, NZ
Targeted, NZ

SHORT DOCUMENTARY
BEST DIRECTING

All-American Ruins, USA
End of an Era, NZ
Push, USA

BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY

All-American Ruins, USA
End of an Era, NZ
Push, USA

INTERNATIONAL SHORT FICTION
BEST PERFORMANCE


Joshua R Pangborn, Burned, USA
Tabitha Taylor, Josephine, Australia
Rebecca Fortuna, Still Here, Australia

BEST DIRECTING

Burned, USA
Josephine, Australia
Still Here, Australia

BEST FILM

Burned, USA
Crunch, Mexico
Josephine, Australia
Still Here, Australia
Walkie Talkie, USA

NZ SHORT FICTION
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Hokia
Lookout
Traffic

BEST EDITING

Constance
Planet 13
Traffic

BEST PERFORMANCE


Caitlin Mactavish, Constance
Shianne Herewini-Liddle, Hokia
Sarah Penny, Hush Little Mouse
Megg Alexander, Lookout
Jordan Rivers, Planet 13
Rama Buisson, Traffic

BEST WRITING

Constance
Crazy Love
Hokia
Planet 13
The Mourning Sun
Traffic

BEST DIRECTING

Constance
Hokia
My Years of Fear and Trembling
Planet 13
Temporal
Traffic

BEST STUDENT FILM

Chrysalis
Doom Scroll
Grubber
My Years of Fear and Trembling
Temporal
What Once Was

BEST FILM

Basket
Constance
Crazy Love
Hokia
Planet 13
Traffic

BEST ANIMATED/PUPPETRY SERIES

Designing Empires, Australia
Kaleb & Ms Kelsey, USA
Pepe Pollo, Chile
Soul Shift, Germany
The Dump, Canada
Work Sucks, USA

BEST PILOT

Bad Asians, Australia
Fort Pitt Motel, USA
Sexless in the City
So Dark the Sky
The Bar, Indonesia
Too Bald Clowns, NZ

NZ FACTUAL SERIES
BEST CONCEPT

Being Turi
d8talk
Home Education
Kaputī with the Cousins
Sight Unseen
This is Wheel Life

BEST HOST/PRESENTER

Breaking Silence
K’ Road Chronicles
Kaputī with the Cousins
The Gender Agenda
This is Wheel Life

BEST EDITING

Being Turi
Breaking Silence
Fly My Pepeha
Home Education
K’ Road Chronicles
Young Riders

BEST DIRECTING

Breaking Silence
Fly My Pepeha
K’ Road Chronicles
Sight Unseen
This is Wheel Life
Young Riders

BEST SERIES

Being Turi
d8talk
Home Education
K’ Road Chronicles
Kaputī with the Cousins
This is Wheel Life

INTERNATIONAL NARRATIVE SERIES
BEST EDITING

Abracadavers, Canada
Lady Ada’s Secret Society, Canada
Mirror, Poland
Queen Lear, Brazil
Strange Way of Love, Brazil
Walking Shadows, Australia

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Abracadavers, Canada
Deserted, Australia
ÉGYPTE IV: Double Agenda, USA
Lady Ada’s Secret Society, Canada
Mirror, Poland
Why Would I Do That?, Brazil

BEST SCORE

Abracadavers, Canada
ÉGYPTE IV: Double Agenda, USA
Lady Ada’s Secret Society, Canada
Queen Lear, Brazil
River Tap That, Australia
Walking Shadows, Australia

BEST ENSEMBLE

About Cinema, UAE
Lady Ada’s Secret Society, Canada
River Tap That, Australia
Skeleton Crew, USA
Slightly Cracked, Australia
Why Would I Do That?, Brazil

BEST PERFORMANCE

Amy Raffe, A Series of Unfortunate Dates, Australia
Miriam Glaser, Buried, Australia
Shuang Hu, Deserted, Australia
Christina Leonard, Illuminagents, Canada
Daryl Marks, Illuminagents, Canada
Ella Jonas Farlinger, Lady Ada’s Secret Society, Canada
Karolina Dziuba, Mirror, Poland
Lauren Collins, My Dead Mom, Canada
Claudia Alencar, Queen Lear, Brazil
Joshua R Pangborn, Skeleton Crew, USA
Maurice Huvelin, Tutopique #BLOP, France
Sean Towgood, You’re My Hero, Canada

BEST WRITING
(not English language)

About Cinema, UAE
Mirror, Poland
Queen Lear, Brazil
Strange Way of Love, Brazil
Tutopique #BLOP, France
Why Would I Do That?, Brazil

BEST WRITING
(English Language)

Abracadavers, Canada
Greystanes, Australia
My Dead Mom, Canada
River Tap That, Australia
Slightly Cracked, Australia
Walking Shadows, Australia

BEST DIRECTING

Illuminagents, Canada
Lady Ada’s Secret Society, Canada
Mirror, Poland
Queen Lear, Brazil
Slightly Cracked, Australia
Strange Way of Love, Brazil
Turtletastic!, USA
Walking Shadows, Australia

BEST SERIES
(not English Language)

About Cinema, UAE
Mirror, Poland
Queen Lear, Brazil
Strange Way of Love, Brazil
The Struggle for Existence, Denmark
Why Would I Do That?, Brazil

BEST SERIES
(English Language)

Abracadavers, Canada
Deserted, Australia
Illuminagents, Canada
Lady Ada’s Secret Society, Canada
My Dead Mom, Canada
River Tap That, Australia
Slightly Cracked, Australia
Walking Shadows, Australia

NZ NARRATIVE SERIES
BEST EDITING

Camp Be Better
Literally Dead
The Sender

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Camp Be Better
Literally Dead
The Sender

BEST SCORE

Camp Be Better
Literally Dead
The Sender

BEST ENSEMBLE

Camp Be Better
Literally Dead
The Sender

BEST PERFORMANCE

Louise Jiang, Camp Be Better
Hamish Parkinson, Fuq Boiz
Ryan Richards, Fuq Boiz
Kirana Asmarani, Literally Dead

BEST WRITING

Camp Be Better
Fuq Boiz
Literally Dead

BEST DIRECTING

Camp Be Better
Literally Dead
The Sender

BEST SERIES

Camp Be Better
Fuq Boiz
Literally Dead
The Sender
Warlock