PROGRAMME
Our 2025 programme
All the events
SCHEDULE
ENJOY!
To watch and listen to all our selections, please register (it’s free!) here.
You’ll receive an access link shortly before the festival opens (or immediately if you register after the festival has begun).
All titles are available from 7pm Friday 7 November until 11.55pm Monday 17 November.
CONVOS
We’re running some Convo sessions with nominees for some of Best in Show award categories across podcast, short film and webseries strands.
We’ll add more participants as they confirm.
These Creator Convo sessions run live on our YouTube channel (@NZWebFest), and remain available there to enjoy later. We’ll also post them to our facebook channel (@NZWebFest) after they run. All dates and times are NZDT (UTC+13 hours)
SATURDAY 8 NOVEMBER
11AM: ACTUAL PLAY/TTRPG AUDIO
Kenny Mai
Fables of Frost and Fur
USA
Natalie Fuinha
The Storyteller Squad
USA
RahRah
The Corner of Pleasure &
West River
USA
Kaitlin Statz & Travis Vengroff
Dark Dice
Germany
Ted Darling
The Book of War
Australia
J Strautman
Planet Arcana
Canada
Declan Doody
Romancing the Dungeon
Ireland
12PM: SHORT DOCUMENTARY FILM
Blake Pfeil
All American Ruins
USA
Joe Murdie
End of an Era
NZ
Caris Vujcec
PUSH
USA
Chris Picone
PUSH
USA
2PM: ANIMATION/PUPPETRY SHORT
Ruby Meades
Targeted
Rachel Baker
Chrysalis
Jacqueline Jimenez
A Dragon in Name Only
Anya Gladstone-Gallagher
Little Knight
3PM: RADIO PLAY/STANDALONE FICTION PODCAST
Matthew Woerner
The Caller
USA
Cara Ehlenfeldt
All That Name Implies
USA
Allison Cossitt
Howl
USA
Name
Title
Country
Name
Title
Country
Name
Title
Country
SUNDAY 9 NOVEMBER
11AM: ACTUAL PLAY/TTRPG VIDEO
Taya Campbell Over
Demons & Daughters
UK
Anne Monteverdi
Wayward Autumnal
Canada
Fiona Howat
Oribital Blues: Blackstar
UK
Kris Cheriegate
Beneath the Surface
USA
Connie Change
Godkiller: Last Hope
USA
12PM: NON-FICTION PODCAST
Nadia Mahjouri
The Whole Truth
Australia
Barry ‘Crash’ McCaul
It’s How You Think
Australia
Steve Hirst
It’s How You Think
Australia
Blake Pfeil
All American Ruins
USA
Katie Mahalic
Shadow Clock
USA
2PM: INTERNATIONAL SHORT FICTION
Alexey Kharzov
Crunch
Mexico
Rebecca Fortuna
Title
Country
Joshua Pangborn
Burned
USA
Wayne Tunks
Josephine
Australia
3PM: NZ FACTUAL SERIES
Sophia Malthus
This is Wheel LIfe
Corey Le Vaillant
Being Turi
Christopher Pryor
Home Education
Brian Holland
K’ Rd Chronicles
Joe Canham
d8talk
SATURDAY 15 NOVEMBER
11AM: FICTION SERIES PODCAST
Kc Wayland
We’re Alive: Descendants
USA
KA Statz & Travis Vengroff
Liberty: Tales from the Tower
USA
Jae-in Hwan
KIND
NZ
Victoria Cheng
Ghost InSpectors
USA
Kerrod Williams
Leylines
USA
Rachel Music
Leylines
USA
Jonathan Winstead
Merona Grant & The Tomb of Golgotha
Ian Geers
Fawx & Stallion
USA
Lauren Thompson
Fawx & Stallion
USA
12PM: INTERNATIONAL NARRATIVE SERIES
Herman Wang
Illuminagents
Canada
Jennifer Monk
Slightly Cracked
Australia
Sally McLean
Walking Shadows
Australia
Stephen Irwin
Deserted
Australia
Wayne Tunks
River Tap That
Australia
Shannon Fewster
Lady Ada’s Secret Society
Canada
Morgan Ermter
Abracadavers
Canada
Lauren Corber
My Dead Mom
Canada
2PM: STUDENT SHORT FICTION
Rachel Baker
Chrysalis
Acacia Wong
My Years of Fear & Trembling
Tasmin du Mez
Grubber
James Tweddle
Temporal
3PM: NZ SHORT FICTION
India Fremaux
Hokia
Joe Murdie
Planet 13
Alice Pearce
Basket
Adam Scholz
Traffic
Jayde Hudson
Constance
Thomas Stewardson
Crazy Love
4PM: NZ NARRATIVE SERIES
James Bayliss
Warlock
Liv McClymont
The Sender
Chye-Ling Huang
Camp Be Better
Gwen Lin
Literally Dead
Ryan Richards
FUQ BOIZ
Our ceremonies run on 16 November online for international categories, and in-person for NZ categories and open categories.
You can watch the International ceremonies live on our YouTube channel (@NZWebFest). Attendance at our NZ in-person ceremonies is by invitation.
See the nominees in all categories here.
10.30AM
INTERNATIONAL AWARDS
You can watch the International ceremonies live on our YouTube channel (@NZWebFest). We’ll also live post our winners to instagram (@nzwebfest) during the ceremony, and publish a winners list on our website after the end of each ceremony.
See the nominees in all categories here.
The running order for the awards presentations will be
BEST HOST, ACTUAL PLAY/TTRPG AUDIO PODCAST
BEST HOST, ACTUAL PLAY/TTRPG VIDEO PODCAST
BEST EDITING, INTERNATIONAL NARRATIVE SERIES
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY, INTERNATIONAL NARRATIVE SERIES
BEST SCORE, INTERNATIONAL NARRATIVE SERIES
BEST CONCEPT, NON-FICTION PODCAST
BEST CONCEPT, FICTION PODCAST
BEST ENSEMBLE in an INTERNATIONAL NARRATIVE SERIES
BEST PERFORMANCE, INTERNATIONAL SHORT FICTION FILM
BEST CAST, ACTUAL PLAY/TTRPG AUDIO PODCAST
BEST CAST, ACTUAL PLAY/TTRPG VIDEO PODCAST
BEST CAST, FICTION SERIES PODCAST
BEST ACTING, INTERNATIONAL NARRATIVE SERIES
BEST WRITING, FICTION PODCAST
BEST WRITING, INTERNATIONAL NARRATIVE SERIES (not English language)
BEST WRITING, INTERNATIONAL NARRATIVE SERIES (English Language)
INTERVAL
BEST SOUND DESIGN, RADIO PLAY/STANDALONE FICTION PODCAST
BEST DIRECTING, SHORT DOCUMENTARY
BEST SOUND DESIGN, FICTION SERIES PODCAST
BEST DIRECTING, INTERNATIONAL SHORT FICTION
BEST DIRECTING, INTERNATIONAL NARRATIVE SERIES
BEST ANIMATION/PUPPETRY SERIES
BEST ACTUAL PLAY/TTRPG AUDIO PODCAST
BEST ACTUAL PLAY/TTRPG VIDEO PODCAST
BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY
BEST NON-FICTION PODCAST
BEST PILOT
BEST STANDALONE FICTION PODCAST
BEST INTERNATIONAL NARRATIVE SERIES (not English Language)
BEST FILM, INTERNATIONAL SHORT FICTION
BEST FICTION SERIES PODCAST
BEST INTERNATIONAL NARRATIVE SERIES (English Language):
7PM
NZ AWARDS
The awards ceremony runs in-person. Attendance is by invitation. We’ll also live post our winners to instagram (@nzwebfest) during the ceremony, and publish a winners list on our website after the end of each ceremony.
See here for our nominees. The running order for the awards presentations will be
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY, SHORT FILM
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY, NARRATIVE SERIES
BEST HOST/PRESENTER, FACTUAL SERIES
BEST EDITING, SHORT FILM
BEST EDITING, FACTUAL SERIES
BEST EDITING, NARRATIVE SERIES
BEST CONCEPT, FACTUAL SERIES
BEST SCORE, NARRATIVE SERIES
BEST ENSEMBLE, NARRATIVE SERIES
BEST PERFORMANCE, SHORT FILM
BEST PERFORMANCE, NARRATIVE SERIES
INTERVAL
BEST WRITING, SHORT FILM
BEST WRITING, NARRATIVE SERIES
BEST DIRECTING, FACTUAL SERIES
BEST DIRECTING, SHORT FILM
BEST DIRECTING, NARRATIVE SERIES
BEST MUSIC VIDEO
BEST ANIMATION/PUPPETRY SHORT FILM
BEST STUDENT SHORT FILM
BEST SHORT FILM
BEST FACTUAL SERIES
BEST NARRATIVE SERIES