PROGRAMME
Our 2026 programme
All the events and how to enjoy them
SCHEDULE
ENJOY!
To enjoy 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 6 November until 11.55pm Monday 16 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 sessions run live on YouTube @NZWebFest. All dates and times are NZDT (UTC+13 hours).
SATURDAY 31 OCTOBER
1PM: ANIMATED SHORT FILM
Renee Heayns
The Protector
Ross Ozarka
Paper Cuts
Daniel McLean
The Magnum Opal
Watch the recording of the session here.
3PM: STUDENT SHORT FILM
Zara Millikin
Breakdown
Jesse Larsen
Common Ground
Jesse Marshall
Down the Line
Gayle Yu
Intindi
Ashlyn Feeney
This is Where I’m Coming From
Watch the recording of the session here.
SUNDAY 1 NOVEMBER
11AM: STANDALONE FICTION PODCAST
Allison Cossitt
Mend
Watch the recording of the session here.
1PM: NON-FICTION PODCAST
Martin Gallagher
Boswell’s Galloping Farmers
Julia Neumann
Radically Alive Women
Barry McCaul
Stopped for a While
Blake Pfeil
The TMI Project Story Hour
Watch the recording of the session here.
3PM: FACTUAL WEB SERIES
Alex Gilbert
An Adoption Story
Evelyn Ebrey
Cutting the Curve
Watch the recording of the session here.
SATURDAY 7 NOVEMBER
11AM: SHORT DOCUMENTARY
Austin Salt-Cowell
Among the Smoke
Ben Wallbank
Basa Rising and Simone
Brooke Darrow
Faster Than Fear
Harriett Maire
Silver Lining
1PM: NZ SHORT FILM
Nick Cornea
Full Moon, Baby!
Red Forrester
JAFA – Pitstop
Moehau Hodges-Tai
Raupā
Calvin Sang
The Whole Thing
Pavel Kvatch
Thicker Than Water
Ash Kelliher
When Cheese Goes On Sale
3PM: NZ SERIES PILOT
Mayen Mehta
Jani Bros.
Shaan Kesha
Jani Bros.
Donald Mackenzie-Mayo
Please Don’t Break Anything
Pulkit Arora
Strange Brew
Monet Bailey-Ngatai
Takahoa
SUNDAY 8 NOVEMBER
11AM: ACTUAL PLAY/TTRPG AUDIO PODCAST
Kaitlin Statz
Dark Dice
Travis Vengroff
Dark Dice
Robert Merkel
Kitten Marlowe
Kira Nova
RPG for You and Me – Pantheon Mythos
Helix
RPG Major
Fiona Howit
Solemn Vale
Ash Cooper
The Book of War
Alex Green
The Fumbled Anthology: Burning Stars
1PM: INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM
Karen Craigie
Madre
Jennifer Monk
Mummy Needs A Minute
Joshua Pangborn
The Court of King Dong
Wayne Tunks
The Rooty Hill Musical Society Presents
3PM: INTERNATIONAL NARRATIVE WEB SERIES (ENGLISH LANGUAGE)
Sangeetha Gowda and Marshall-Weishuai Yuan
Broke Actor
Hari Ramesh
Cows Come Home
Herman Wang
Illuminagents
Neil Oseman
Ren: The Girl With The Mark
Philip Hayden
‘Til You Make It
Craig Selbrede
Turtletastic
SATURDAY 14 NOVEMBER
11AM: FICTION SERIES PODCAST
Ankita Singh
Don’t Be Sorry Be Better
Calvin Sang
Don’t Be Sorry Be Better
Kaitlin Statz
Don’t Mind: Sealskin Rock
Travis Vengroff
Don’t Mind: Sealskin Rock
Jack Towhey Calk
Hearthbound | The Calypso Arc
Jonathan Magno
Redacted
Emily Saunder
Sucker
Christian Powlesland
The Chronicles of Wild Hollow: Highperion Day
1PM: ACTUAL PLAY/TTRPG VIDEO PODCAST
Amaan Khan
Godkiller: Qismat
Jenel Irene Lawson
Vaesen: The Withering Wick
Andrew Fudge
The Tale That Never Was
Kristi Jamison
Hero’s Arc: Book 2
3PM: NZ NARRATIVE WEB SERIES
Taylor Nixon
Feelings Club
Andrea Kahukiwa
Kupu X
Donald Mackenzie-Mayo
Please Don’t Break Anything
Meggy Laguda
Takahoa
Louis Mendiola
This Bites
Our ceremonies run on 15 November online for international categories and open categories, and in-person in Auckland for NZ categories .
See the nominees in all categories here.
10.30AM
INTERNATIONAL AWARDS
You can watch the International ceremony live on our YouTube channel (@NZWebFest). We’ll also live post our winners to instagram (@nzwebfest) during the ceremony, and publish a full winners list on our website after the ceremonies are finished.
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, INTERNATIONAL NARRATIVE SERIES
BEST PERFORMANCE, INTERNATIONAL SHORT 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 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 NON-FICTION PODCAST
BEST PILOT
BEST STANDALONE FICTION PODCAST
BEST FICTION SERIES PODCAST
BEST INTERNATIONAL NARRATIVE SERIES (not English Language)
BEST FILM, INTERNATIONAL SHORT FICTION
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 ceremonies are complete.
See here for our nominees. The running order for the awards presentations will be
BEST CONCEPT, FACTUAL SERIES
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY, SHORT FILM
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY, NARRATIVE SERIES
BEST EDITING, SHORT FILM
BEST EDITING, FACTUAL SERIES
BEST EDITING, NARRATIVE SERIES
BEST SCORE, NARRATIVE SERIES
BEST ENSEMBLE, NARRATIVE SERIES
BEST PERFORMANCE, SHORT FILM
BEST PERFORMANCE, NARRATIVE SERIES
BEST WRITING, SHORT FILM
BEST WRITING, NARRATIVE SERIES
INTERVAL
BEST DIRECTING, SHORT DOCUMENTARY
BEST DIRECTING, FACTUAL SERIES
BEST DIRECTING, SHORT FILM
BEST DIRECTING, NARRATIVE SERIES
BEST MUSIC VIDEO
BEST ANIMATION/PUPPETRY SHORT FILM
BEST PILOT
BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY
BEST FACTUAL SERIES
BEST STUDENT SHORT FILM
BEST SHORT FILM
BEST NARRATIVE SERIES