AWARD FINALISTS

Our 2024 award nominees

All the podcasts, short films and web series competing for awards at #NZWF24.

Please find our 2024 award nominees below.

If one of them’s yours, grab your Official Selection laurels here.

All nominees are free to listen to and watch 1 – 11 November.

Our awards will be presented at ceremonies on 10 November.

ACTUAL PLAY

BEST HOST

Dark Dice
GODKILLER: First Blood
Godkiller: Oblivion
Kill Every Monster
Mother, May I?
Nature of My Game: Higher Ground
The All Night Society
Unbalanced Encounters: Rally

BEST CAST

Anywhere But Now
Backwater Bastards
Dark Dice
Portal Quandary
Quest Friends!
Role To Cast
RPG for You and Me
Top of the Round: Paradigm

BEST PODCAST, ACTUAL PLAY

Backwater Bastards
Bad Heroes
Dread and Breakfast
Quest Friends!
Role To Cast
RPG for You and Me
The All Night Society
The Heart is a Dungeon

ACTUAL PLAY VIDEO

BEST HOST

Clear Skies: Perseverance
Hack N Slash
Harlem Hellfighters Never Die
Heroes Of Bastion
Re Rol: The Sprout of Fire
The Chaos Protocol: Arc One

BEST CAST

Arcane Corps
Clear Skies: Perseverance
Hack N Slash
Harlem Hellfighters Never Die
The Chaos Protocol: Arc One
Unlicensed Magic

BEST PODCAST, ACTUAL PLAY VIDEO

Clear Skies: Perseverance
Harlem Hellfighters Never Die
Heroes Of Bastion
MEKONG
Re Rol: The Sprout of Fire
The Chaos Protocol: Arc One

NON-FICTION

BEST CONCEPT

All-American Ruins
Let’s Talk About Race
No Tone Unturned
Shadow Clock
STILL…?!
Tune into Nature with Karthic

BEST PODCAST, NON-FICTION

Behind ‘ADHD + Me’
Covering Their Tracks
Shadow Clock
The TMI Project Story Hour
Tune into Nature with Karthic
VR: A Path to Mental Wellness

FICTION

BEST WRITING

A Place as Beautiful as This
Among the Stars and Bones
Camlann
Candy Claus, Private Eye
Chaika
Hovering
Safe Society
The Invicta Collective

BEST CAST

Alpha 8
Diversity Work
Homicide at Heavensgate
Josie’s Lonely Hearts Club
The Flight of the Bucket
The Grave of Midnight Mary
The White Vault: Goshawk
We’re Alive: Scout’s Honor

BEST SOUND DESIGN

Alpha 8
Candy Claus, Private Eye
Divorce Ranch
The Flight of the Bucket
The Invicta Collective
The Love Talker
The White Vault: Goshawk
You’re the Last One

BEST CONCEPT

A Fragile Mind
Candy Claus, Private Eye
Chaika
Joan Kendrick and the Realms of Lahr
SOS Humanity: Earth’s Last Distress Signal
Stories From Ylelmore
The Nymphaeum: This Is Going To Be A Lot Of Fun
The Resonance: Eternity Machine

BEST PODCAST, STANDALONE FICTION

Company Christmas
Felix: Space Pilot
London After Midnight
Operator
Spiked Eggs

BEST PODCAST, SERIES FICTION

A Place as Beautiful as This
Camlann
Candy Claus, Private Eye
Diversity Work
Hovering
Table Read
The Invicta Collective
The White Vault: Goshawk

MUSIC VIDEO

BEST MUSIC VIDEO

Deliverance
Jungli
Military Wife
Our Love
Under the Wind

SHORT DOCUMENTARY

BEST DIRECTING, SHORT DOCUMENTARY

Francesca Scalisi & Mark Olexa, A Reflection
Jzayla Marcya Hughey, Detangling the Stigma
Libby Witheford-Smith, Taurewarewa
Ben Wallbank, The Adventure of Racing
Iacopo Patierno, The Landing
Caaide Josef Moyle, The Starling’s Commute

BEST FILM, SHORT DOCUMENTARY

A Reflection
Detangling the Stigma
Pōneke Classical Sessions
The Adventure of Racing
The Landing
Tōku Waiata / My Song

INTERNATIONAL FICTION

BEST PERFORMANCE, INTERNATIONAL SHORT FICTION

Joshua Pangborn, Angie
Melissa Malone, FUNeral
Bryan Civitarese, FUNeral
David Ogrodowski, Last Night in Seoul
Marie Förster, Tickets Please

BEST DIRECTING, INTERNATIONAL SHORT FICTION

Luigi Russo, Bagno al Largo
Diann Gogerty, FUNeral
Yoh Komaya, Last Night in Seoul
Marie Förster & Thomas Brinck, Tickets Please

BEST STUDENT FILM, INTERNATIONAL SHORT FICTION

Christmas Melody
Ripe for Change
See You Later

BEST FILM, INTERNATIONAL SHORT FICTION

Angie
Bagno al Largo
Fools of Crisis
FUNeral
Last Night in Seoul
Tickets, Please

NZ FICTION

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY, NZ SHORT FICTION

Ryan Alexander Lloyd, Ahi & the Stars
Riki Reinfeld, Lemons
Gilly Lawrence, Opia
Matt Sharp, Search for Hawaiki
Hendrikus de Vaan, The Balloon
Ebed Pohl, The Watson Journals

BEST EDITING, NZ SHORT FICTION

Noah Bogdanowicz, Amalgamate
Weitong Li, Borders of the Heart
India Fremaux, Lemons
Oliver Dawe & Sean Yew, The Box
The Lost Treasures of Rotorua
Ricky Townsend, Wilbert Wire

BEST PERFORMANCE, NZ SHORT FICTION

Moses Solomon-Pivac, Ahi & the Stars
Tawhero Uangakore, Amalgamate
Shervonne Grierson, Crescendo
Renaye Tamati, Monster State
Evelyn Towersey, The Balloon
James Bayliss, The Watson Journals
Josiah Morgan, Wilbert Wire

BEST WRITING, NZ SHORT FICTION

Fredrick Pokai, Dive
Rob MacBride, Cheeky Monkeys
Angela Cudd, Ahi & The Stars
Rafa Yam, For Thom
Cosmo Calman, Opia
Caitlin Fremaux, Lemons

BEST DIRECTING, NZ SHORT FICTION

Angela Cudd, Ahi & the Stars
Faith Cruz, Crescendo
Peixuan Liu, Missing
Julie Zhu, Monster State
James Fink-Jensen, The Balloon
Celia Jaspers, The Polycees

BEST STUDENT FILM, NZ SHORT FICTION

Amalgamate
Borders of the Heart
Crescendo
Nokia Low
The Great South
Yellow

BEST FILM, NZ SHORT FICTION

Ahi & The Stars
Opia
Monster State
The Balloon
The Lost Treasures of Rotorua
The Wētā

OPEN CATEGORIES

BEST ANIMATED / PUPPETRY SHOW


Bloopers
Classics Explained
Night Eyes
The Twist

INTERNATIONAL CATEGORIES

BEST PILOT

Indigo
Living with an Expat
Near or Far
Poison
Slightly Cracked
WTFitness

INTERNATIONAL FACTUAL

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY, FACTUAL

Dating Unlocked
Drag Heals
Joey Skaggs: Stop BioPEEP
Zyara to Yemen

BEST EDITING, FACTUAL

Dating Unlocked
Drag Heals
Joey Skaggs: Stop BioPEEP
Zyara to Yemen

BEST DIRECTING, FACTUAL

Dating Unlocked
Drag Heals
Joey Skaggs: Stop BioPEEP
Zyara to Yemen

BEST SHOW, FACTUAL

Dating Unlocked
Drag Heals
Joey Skaggs: Stop BioPEEP
Zyara to Yemen

INTERNATIONAL NARRATIVE

BEST SCORE, NARRATIVE

Content Farm
Dark Arcadia
Fanny Scat Investigates
How to Fail as a Popstar
Power Up
The Gliwensbourg Chronicles
Tutopique #Crack
Xeque Mate

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY, NARRATIVE

Hogtown
La derniere communion
People Like Us
Power Up
Right Under My Roof
Sam
The Brooklyn Butcher
Xeque Mate

BEST EDITING, NARRATIVE

(mis)placed
Bump the English
Content Farm
I Will Bury You
Ivanov
People Like Us
Right Under My Roof
The Fades of Papineau

BEST ENSEMBLE, NARRATIVE

Dark Arcadia
Fanny Scat Investigates
Hogtown
How We Met your Dave
La derniere communion
People Like Us
Rosemary Street
Unadventurers

BEST ACTING, NARRATIVE

Éléonore Delvaux-Beaudoin as Mathilde, Earth Calling Matilda
Trevor Ashley as Fanny, Fanny Scat Investigates
Sana Asad as Aisha, Get Up, Aisha
Bruno Ahmed as Nicolas, Ivanov
Shabnam Dadkhah as Mona, Sam
Priscila Buiar as Valentina, Stupid Wife
Priscila Reis as Luiza, Stupid Wife
Cam Faull as Tim, Swiping Right

BEST WRITING, NARRATIVE
(not English language)

Bump the English
La derniere communion
Sam
Stryx
Stupid Wife
The Fades of Papineau
The Gliwensbourg Chronicles
Tutopique #Crack

BEST WRITING, NARRATIVE
(English Language)

(mis)placed
Dark Arcadia
Fanny Scat Investigates
Get Up, Aisha
Hurt
I Will Bury You
Right Under My Roof
Swiping Right

BEST DIRECTING, NARRATIVE

Dark Arcadia
Get Up, Aisha
Hurt
I Will Bury You
Ivanov
Sam
Stupid Wife
Swiping Right

BEST SHOW, NARRATIVE
(not English Language)

Hogtown
La derniere communion
Sam
Stupid Wife
The Fades of Papineau
The Gliwensbourg Chronicles
Tutopique #Crack
Unadventurers

BEST SHOW, NARRATIVE
(English Language)

Dark Arcadia
Fanny Scat Investigates
Get Up, Aisha
Hurt
I Will Bury You
People Like Us
Rosemary Street
Swiping Right

NZ CATEGORIES

BEST PILOT

31 Under
Piracy Police
TeNGz
The Devil is My Roommate

FACTUAL

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY, FACTUAL

Fiordland Kiwi Diaries
Sachie’s Kitchen
TE ARA the path
Turning the Tide

BEST EDITING, FACTUAL

Pioneer Stories from Southern New Zealand
Queer Academy
The Turning Point
Turning the Tide

BEST DIRECTING, FACTUAL

Pioneer Stories from Southern New Zealand
Sachie’s Kitchen
TE ARA the path
Turning the Tide

BEST SHOW, FACTUAL

Fiordland Kiwi Diaries
Queer Academy
Sachie’s Kitchen
Turning the Tide

NARRATIVE WEBSERIES

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY, NARRATIVE


ADHD & Me
Only in Aotearoa
The Creature
Well Well Wellness

BEST EDITING, NARRATIVE

ADHD & Me
Ahikāroa
Te Pāmu Kūmara
The Creature

BEST ENSEMBLE, NARRATIVE

ADHD & Me
Ahikāroa
Te Pāmu Kūmara
Well Well Wellness

BEST ACTING, NARRATIVE

Ellie Harwood as ADHD, ADHD & Me
Britt Scott Clark as Britt, ADHD & Me
Turia Schmidt-Peke as Geo, Ahikāroa
Nepia Takuira-Mita as Hemi, Ahikāroa
Mitch Smyth as Jame, Well Well Wellness
Lucy Suttor as Satva, Well Well Wellness

BEST WRITING, NARRATIVE

ADHD & Me
Ahikāroa
Te Pāmu Kūmara
Well Well Wellness

BEST DIRECTING, NARRATIVE

ADHD & Me
Ahikāroa
Only in Aotearoa
Well Well Wellness

BEST SHOW, NARRATIVE

ADHD & Me
Ahikāroa
Only in Aotearoa
Te Pāmu Kūmara
The Creature
Well Well Wellness