AWARD WINNERS

Our 2024 champions

All the podcasts, short films and web series which won awards at #NZWF24.

Please find our 2024 award winners below.

ACTUAL PLAY
BEST HOST
Kill Every Monster

BEST CAST
Quest Friends!

BEST ACTUAL PLAY
Bad Heroes


ACTUAL PLAY VIDEO
BEST HOST
The Chaos Protocol: Arc One

BEST CAST
The Chaos Protocol: Arc One

BEST ACTUAL PLAY VIDEO
The Chaos Protocol: Arc One


NON-FICTION
BEST CONCEPT
Shadow Clock

BEST NON-FICTION
Behind ‘ADHD + Me’


FICTION
BEST WRITING
Camlann

BEST SOUND DESIGN
The Invicta Collective

BEST CONCEPT
SOS Humanity: Earth’s Last Distress Signal

BEST CAST
Homicide at Heavensgate

BEST STANDALONE FICTION
London After Midnight

BEST SERIES FICTION
Candy Claus, Private Eye

INTERNATIONAL SHORT FICTION
BEST PERFORMANCE
Marie Förster
Tickets Please

BEST DIRECTING
Luigi Russo
Bagno al Largo

BEST STUDENT FILM
Ripe for Change

BEST FILM
Bagno al Largo


OPEN CATEGORIES
BEST MUSIC VIDEO
Deliverance

BEST DIRECTING, SHORT DOCUMENTARY
Francesca Scalisi and Mark Olexa
A Reflection

BEST FILM, SHORT DOCUMENTARY
The Adventure of Racing


NZ SHORT FICTION
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Ryan Alexander Lloyd
Ahi & the Stars

BEST EDITING
The Lost Treasures of Rotorua

BEST PERFORMANCE
Shervonne Grierson
Crescendo

BEST WRITING
Fredrick Pokai
Dive

BEST DIRECTING
Angela Cudd
Ahi & the Stars

BEST STUDENT FILM
Nokia Low

BEST FILM, SHORT FICTION
Opia

OPEN SERIES
BEST ANIMATED SERIES

(joint winners)
Night Eyes
The Twist

INTERNATIONAL SERIES
BEST PILOT

Poison

FACTUAL SERIES
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Dating Unlocked

BEST EDITING

Joey Skaggs: Stop BioPEEP

BEST DIRECTING

Dating Unlocked

BEST FACTUAL SERIES

Zyara to Yemen

NARRATIVE SERIES
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

SAM

BEST EDITING

Power Up

BEST SCORE

The Gliwensbourg Chronicles

BEST ENSEMBLE

People Like Us

BEST ACTING

Sana Asad, Get Up, Aisha
Cam Faull, Swiping Right

BEST WRITING

The Fades of Papineau
Hurt

BEST DIRECTING

Sally McLean
Dark Arcadia

BEST SERIES

SAM
I Will Bury You


NZ SERIES
BEST PILOT
31 Under

FACTUAL SERIES
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Fiordland Kiwi Diaries

BEST EDITING
Pioneer Stories from Southern New Zealand

BEST DIRECTING
Magnolia Lowe
Turning the Tide

BEST FACTUAL SERIES
Sachie’s Kitchen

NARRATIVE SERIES
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
The Creature

BEST EDITING
Ahikāroa

BEST ENSEMBLE
Ahikāroa

BEST ACTING
Turia Schmidt-Peke
Ahikāroa

BEST WRITING
Brady Polkinghorne
Well Well Wellness

BEST DIRECTING
Michelle Ang
ADHD + Me

BEST NARRATIVE SERIES
Ahikāroa