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