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Akesi and the fight for Independence
Caty’s World
Extremely Online
MacLochlan & Leaf
Word of Sox
Zombie Roommate

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Dalia?
Dating Unlocked
Deadline
ReCancelled
Sleep With Me

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Combattre
Dalia?
Grande Casa
Midnight Stories: Morgan
Sideliners
The Tall Bike Joust
This is not a hotel
We (Don’t) Know How To Live

BEST DIRECTOR: FACTUAL

Adaptation: Coral Reefs of Vanuatu – Alizé Carrère
Ana (I Am) – Adeeb Farhat, Bashar Al Khoury, Elie Azzam, Georges Abou Ghazaleh, Halo Srouji, Jean Claude Boulos, Sandy Belle Boutros, Shadi Rabahi, Walid Yazbek
Click On This Show – Elena Moscatt
Dating Unlocked – Sam Coyle
Farmers – Nyokabi Kahura
Poutiner – Olivier Bonenfant
Prepping Australia – Lauren Rose Beck

BEST SHOW: FACTUAL

Adaptation: Coral Reefs of Vanuatu
Ana (I Am)
Dating Unlocked
Farmers
Joey Skaggs: The Early Years

Marcellus Hall an Artist in New York City
Ordinary Life Chronicles
Poutiner

BEST SCORE: NARRATIVE

Abracadavers – Scott Steneker
Arthur – Elias Bertini
Creepy Bits – Adrian Ellis
Detention Adventure – Amin Bhatia, Antonio Naranjo, Ari Posner, Sarah Slean
Doctor Faustus – Quentin Lewis
Guinea Pigs – Buried Feather
Kith & Kin – Trent Campbell
Romp – Me-Lee Hay
Sitting Ducks – Josiah Levi Herma
Sleep With Me – Alexis Elina, Pierre-Philippe Côté
Tape – Armand Glowinski

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: NARRATIVE

Abracadavers – Joseph Aaron Wright
Arthur – Giacomo Jaeggli
Creepy Bits – Gregory Bennett
Detention Adventure – Gayle Ye
Doctor Faustus – Quentin Lewis
Grey Nomads – Alex Dufficy
Guinea Pigs – Bennie Cronje, Cameron Zayec
Kith & Kin – Joe Cremer
Love Touch – Hillary Freitas
Lower East Asides – Sam Schmitz
Sacrifice – Roszali Samad
Sasha and her STD – Eric Lor
Sleep With Me – Shawn Pavlin
True Dating Stories – Chetan Tilokani

BEST ENSEMBLE: NARRATIVE

24 clichés par seconde
Abracadavers
Detention Adventure
Grey Nomads
Kith & Kin
Lady Ada’s Secret Society
Like in Movies
Love Touch
Lower East Asides
Sasha and her STD
Skeleton Crew
Sloppy Jones
The Cab’
True Dating Stories
Walking Shadows
Weirdos

BEST ACTOR: NARRATIVE

Arthur – Ettore Ricoletti
Chronicles of Shelton – Shadner Ifrene
Creepy Bits – Mike Ross
In Newcastle Tonight – Nick Cain
Sacrifice – Tay Ping Hui
Shakespeare By Half Light – Ciaran Barata-Hynes
Strings Attached – Bene-Bienvenu Baneck
The Y Theory – Gaspard Rozenwajn

BEST ACTRESS: NARRATIVE

(mis)placed – Maggie Cramer
Avocado Toast – Heidi Lynch
Avocado Toast – Perrie Voss
Romp – Emily Rose Brennan
Sacrifice – Rae Saleha
Sandy – Fanny Mallette
Strings Attached – Melodie Wakivuamina
The Y Theory – Caroline Taillet
Topline – Cyrena Fiel
Welcome to Soulshine – Geneviève Schmidt

BEST WRITER: NARRATIVE

Arthur – Chloe De Souza
Avocado Toast – Alexander Nunez, Heidi Lynch, Perrie Voss
Chronicles of Shelton – Jamaal R Green
Detention Adventure – Carmen Albano, Cassie Cao, Jay Vaidya, Joe Kicak, Lisa Rose Snow
Kith & Kin – Melissa Malone, Theresa Labreglio
Lady Ada’s Secret Society – Shannon Fewster
Like in Movies – Yoh Komaya
Minimally Invasive Procedure – Christopher Ramsey
Petites Histoires dans la Ville – Ariel Abrego Gaitan
ReCancelled – Luke Eve, Maria Albiñana
Romp – Tonnette Stanford
Sasha and her STD – Paul de Vrijer
Skeleton Crew – Joshua R. Pangborn
Sleep With Me – Mireille Mayrand-Fiset
Supernatural Agent – Inchun Oh
Tape – Anne-Sophie Soldaini, Arnaud De Grandry
The Y Theory – Caroline Taillet, Martin Landmeters

BEST DIRECTOR: NARRATIVE

Abracadavers – Morgan Ermter
Complete Time Travel Guide – Oliver Mend, Rose of Dolls
Doctor Faustus – Mariana Lewis
In Newcastle Tonight – Melanie Killingsworth
Kith & Kin – Rainni Moran
Love Touch – Thaiane Soares
ReCancelled – Luke Eve
Romp – Tonnette Stanford
Sacrifice – Jeevan Nathan
Shakespeare By Half Light – Quentin Lewis
Skeleton Crew – Joshua R. Pangborn, Stuart Kiczek
Sloppy Jones – Emily Cohn
Terezzuation – Jennifer Monk, Tim Driver
The Cab’ – Edouard Blondeau
True Dating Stories – Zack Russell
Walking Shadows – Sally McLean
Welcome to Soulshine – Mélanie Charbonneau

BEST SHOW (YOUTH AUDIENCES): NARRATIVE

Detention Adventure
Doctor Faustus
Girl Dad
Lady Ada’s Secret Society
Topline

BEST SHOW: NARRATIVE

Abracadavers
Arthur
Complete Time Travel Guide
Kith & Kin
Like in Movies
Love Touch
Petites Histoires dans la Ville
ReCancelled
Romp
Sacrifice
Sasha and her STD
Shakespeare By Half Light
Skeleton Crew
Sloppy Jones
The Cab’
The Y Theory
True Dating Stories

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Ahikāroa
Here If You Need
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Roadie
Smoke and Mirrors
The Reading

BEST DIRECTOR: FACTUAL

Hair Now – Michelle Ang
K’ Road Chronicles – Paul Oremland
Loko – Diego Opatowski, Tom Reilly
No Place Like Home – Naashon Zalk
Takeout Kids – Julie Zhu
The Social Media Virgin – Kent Briggs
Waiata Anthems – Julia Parnell

BEST SHOW: FACTUAL

Furthest Frontier
Hair Now
K’ Road Chronicles
Loko
No Place Like Home
Takeout Kids
The Social Media Virgin
Waiata Anthems

BEST SCORE: NARRATIVE

A Peek Inside The Chch Internet Troll Agency – Lucinda Jones
Here If You Need – Lachie Oliver-Kerby
Mekeni – Nikita Tu-Bryant
Pet Day – Mitchell Innes
Sui Generis – Abraham Kunin, Liam Reid

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: NARRATIVE

A Peek Inside The Chch Internet Troll Agency – John Ross
Ahikāroa – Joe Hitchcock, Ngarangi Tipene-Leach
Mekeni – Daryl Wong
Millennial Jenny – Nina Wells
Self Help – Aline Tran, Matt Henley
Sui Generis – Daniela Conforte

BEST ENSEMBLE: NARRATIVE

A Peek Inside The Chch Internet Troll Agency
Ahikāroa
Millennial Jenny
Self Help
Sui Generis

BEST ACTOR: NARRATIVE

Ahikāroa – Nepia Takuira-Mita
Millennial Jenny – Emmett Skilton
Self Help – Conan Hayes
Sui Generis – Joe Dekkers-Reihana

BEST ACTRESS: NARRATIVE

Ahikāroa – Turia Schmidt-Peke
Mekeni – Márianne Infante
Millennial Jenny – Holly Shervey

BEST WRITER: NARRATIVE

Ahikāroa – Annette Morehu, Colleen Maria Lenihan, Damian Pereira, Georgia Ihimaera, Hanelle Harris, Joss King, Matariki Bennett, Onehou Strickland, Victoria Boulton, Wayne Hotu
He Takatāpui Ahau – Alesha Ahdar
Mekeni – Márianne Infante
Millennial Jenny – Brian Burstein, Holly Shervey, Emmett Skilton
Self Help – Grace Palmer, Kris Hermansson
Sui Generis – Louis Mendiola

BEST DIRECTOR: NARRATIVE

Ahikāroa – Awanui Simich-Pene, Corinna Hunziker, Joe Hitchcock, Te Manawanui Rawiri
Here If You Need – Jamie Irvine
Mekeni – Alyssa Medel-Khew
Millennial Jenny – Emmett Skilton
Self Help – Michelle Ang, Rawiri Jobe
Sui Generis – Roberto Nascimento

BEST SHOW: NARRATIVE

Ahikāroa
Mekeni
Millennial Jenny
Self Help
Sui Generis