WINNERS 2022

Our 2022 winners

All the podcast and web series winning awards at #NZWF22.

Please find our 2022 award winners below.
Congratulations to all of them!

NON-JURIED AWARDS

PITCH COMPETITION

Winner: Animated Show
WEIRD WACKY WONDERFUL,
by
Shannon Fewster

Winner: Live Action Show
CALM DOWN,
presented by
Hayley Deutrom and Kelley Kerr Young

ALUM AWARDS

Brian Holland

Joshua Pangborn

Quentin Lewis

DIRECT SELECTIONS

Akanuanua
to
Die Seriale
and
Marseille Web Fest

Hair Now
to
Apulia Web Fest

Here If You Need
to
New Jersey Web Fest

Roadie
to
Cusco Web Fest

Self Help
to
Baltimore Next Media Web Fest
and
Rio Web Fest

PODCASTS

ACTUAL PLAY

BEST PODCAST

Winner
Party of One

Special Mention
Getting Dicey

INTERNATIONAL FICTION

BEST WRITING

Winner
Jacq Ellem
Tales from Three Corners

Special Mention
Daniel Williams
Mission to the Grey Hole

Special Mention
Harold Brodie
Sister Zombie

BEST PERFORMANCE

Winner
The Cast of
Mission to the Grey Hole

Special Mention
The Cast of
Chaika

BEST DIRECTION

Joint Winner
Ali Silva,
Gustavo Rodriguez
All Night Long

Joint Winner
Colin J. Kelly, Erin Kyan
Someone Dies
in This Elevator

BEST SHOW

Winner
Mission to the Grey Hole

Special Mention
Sister Zombie

WEB SERIES

OPEN CATEGORIES

BEST ANIMATED / PUPPETRY SHOW

Winner
Caty’s World

INTERNATIONAL CATEGORIES

BEST TRAILER

Winner
Dating Unlocked

Special Mention
Deadline

BEST PILOT

Winner
Sideliners

Special Mention
Midnight Stories

BEST DIRECTOR: FACTUAL

Winner
Farmers – Nyokabi Kahura

Special Mention
Prepping Australia
– Lauren Rose Beck

BEST SHOW: FACTUAL

Winner
Ordinary Life Chronicles

Special Mention
Farmers

BEST SCORE: NARRATIVE

Winner
Scott Steneker
Abracadavers

Special Mention
Quentin Lewis
Doctor Faustus

Special Mention
Trent Campbell
Kith & Kin

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: NARRATIVE

Joint Winner
Gayle Ye
Detention Adventure

Joint Winner
Sam Schmitz
Lower East Asides

Joint Winner
Roszali Samad
Sacrifice

BEST ENSEMBLE: NARRATIVE

Joint Winner
The cast of
Kith & Kin

Joint Winner
The cast of
Lady Ada’s Secret Society

Special Mention
The cast of
Skeleton Crew

BEST ACTOR: NARRATIVE

Winner
The Y Theory
– Gaspard Rozenwajn

Special Mention
Arthur
– Ettore Ricoletti

BEST ACTRESS: NARRATIVE

Joint Winner
Sacrifice – Rae Saleha

Joint Winner
Strings Attached
– Melodie Wakivuamina

BEST WRITER: NARRATIVE

Winner
(English language)
Avocado Toast
– Alexander Nunez,
Heidi Lynch, Perrie Voss

Winner
(non-English language)
Sleep With Me
– Mireille Mayrand-Fiset

Special Mention
Like in Movies
– Yoh Komaya

Special Mention
Minimally Invasive Procedure
– Christopher Ramsey

Special Mention
Sasha and her STD
– Paul de Vrijer

BEST DIRECTOR: NARRATIVE

Winner
Abracadavers
– Morgan Ermter

Winner
Welcome to Soulshine
– Mélanie Charbonneau

BEST SHOW (YOUTH AUDIENCES): NARRATIVE

Joint Winner
Detention Adventure

Joint Winner
Doctor Faustus

BEST SHOW: NARRATIVE

Joint Winner
(non-English language)
Arthur

Joint Winner
(non-English language)
The Y Theory

Joint Winner
(English language)
Sloppy Jones

Joint Winner
(English language)
True Dating Stories

NZ CATEGORIES

BEST TRAILER

Winner
Ahikāroa

BEST PILOT

Winner
Roadie

BEST DIRECTOR: FACTUAL

Joint Winner
Julie Zhu
Takeout Kids – Rama

Joint Winner
Michelle Ang
Hair Now

BEST SHOW: FACTUAL

Winner
Hair Now

BEST SCORE: NARRATIVE

Winner
Lachie Oliver-Kerby
Here If You Need

Special Mention
Abraham Kunin, Liam Reid
Sui Generis

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: NARRATIVE

Winner
Sui Generis
– Daniela Conforte

Special Mention
Millennial Jenny
– Nina Wells

BEST ENSEMBLE: NARRATIVE

Joint Winner
Millennial Jenny

Joint Winner
Self Help

BEST ACTOR: NARRATIVE

Winner
Self Help
– Conan Hayes

BEST ACTRESS: NARRATIVE

Winner
Mekeni
– Márianne Infante

BEST WRITER: NARRATIVE

Winner
Sui Generis
– Louis Mendiola

Special Mention
Self Help – Grace Palmer, Kris Hermansson

BEST DIRECTOR: NARRATIVE

Joint Winner
Ahikāroa
– Awanui Simich-Pene, Corinna Hunziker,
Te Manawanui Rawiri,
Joe Hitchcock

Joint Winner
Self Help
– Michelle Ang,
Rawiri Jobe

BEST SHOW: NARRATIVE

Joint Winner
Self Help

Joint Winner
Sui Generis