2024 NATIONAL RESULTS

NATIONAL FILM AWARDS

Narrative Short Film 1st Place - The Visitor / Iñaki Belton Ilarri (Cashmere High School)
Narrative Short Film 2nd Place - Last Pin Standing / Isaac Uammuang (Macleans College)
Narrative Short Film 3rd Place - Fish Bowl / Ivy Feng (Macleans College)

Best Documentary - Two of a Kind / Tiffany Chan & Jack Hodson (Botany Downs Secondary College)
Documentary Runner Up - From South Auckland to Success: A Brown Boy's Triumph / Yazlyn Fa'agutu & Kaylani Hansell (Lynfield College)

ZM Best Music Video - Floating / Maria Sofia Braga (Cashmere High School)
Music Video Runner Up - Anywhere Else But Here / Nat Warburton (Mount Aspiring College)

Best Junior Short Film - Captain Black Forever / Johnny Bilton (Balmoral Intermediate)
Junior Short Film Runner Up - The Missing Trophy / Jasper Easton (Avondale Intermediate)

OnScreen’s Choice Award - Silas Adams / Max Charteris (Cashmere High School)
School Spirit Award - Macleans College

NATIONAL INDIVIDUAL AWARDS
Best Director: Simulacrum – Kenta Lord (Riccarton High School)
Best Editor: Fish Bowl – Ivy Feng (Macleans College)
Best Performer: Silas Adams – Roland Williams (Cashmere High School)
Best Producer: Shadows Edge – Jade Johnson (Otamatea High School)
Best Screenwriter: A Super Duper Scary Movie – Brody Padfield (Macleans College)
Best Animator: Last Pin Standing – Isaac Uammuang (Macleans College)

Highly Commended Director, Producer & Performer: Liam Nightingale – Mind Game (Elim Christian College)
Highly Commended Editor: Shadows Edge  – Jade Johnson  (Otamatea High School)
Highly Commended Producer: Cate Wilkins – The Kingdom Chronicles: Neighborhood Quest (Roncalli College)
Highly Commended Screenwriter: Silas Adams  – Max Charteris (Cashmere High School)
Highly Commended Screenwriter: Nerdburger  – Isabella Fuller (Nayland College)
Highly Commended Animator: Turangawaewae – Savva Karpov (Auckland Grammar School)
Highly Commended Animator: The Coils –  Hayze Belaruby (Logan Park High School)

Highly Commended Junior Performer: The Missing Trophy - Jasper Easton (Avondale Intermediate)
Highly Commended Junior Editor: It's just a dream -Akira Chiba-Gleeson (Northcross Intermediate)
Highly Commended Junior Director: Captain Black Forever -Johnny Morton (Balmoral Intermediate School)


NATIONAL TECHNICAL AWARDS

Narrative Short Film Technical Awards:

Best Lighting:
The Visitor – Iñaki Belton-Ilarri (Cashmere High School)
Best Sound Mix: Chronophobia – Emilio Nooyen (Kings College)
Best Cinematography: Simulacrum – Kenta Lord (Riccarton High School)
Best Original Score: Turangawaewae – Savva Karpov (Auckland Grammar School)
Best Visual Effects: The Visitor – Iñaki Belton-Ilarri (Cashmere High School)
Best Set Design: Nerdburger – Isabella Fuller (Nayland College)
Best Styling: The PRICE You Pay – Jaime Faisal (Wellington High School)

Highly Commended Cinematography: Boots, Mind Game, The Time We Have, The Weather Code
Highly Commended Lighting: The Time We Have
Highly Commended Original Score: The Plastic Moon
Highly Commended Sound Mix: Simulacrum, Last Pin Standing, 60 Seconds to Live
Highly Commended Visual Effects: Simulacrum, The Pipes are Calling, 60 Seconds to Live, Fragments of Yesterday
Highly Commended Set Design: Bouncy Castle, Mother Knows Better, The Art of 1st Degree Murder
Highly Commended Styling: Jam, Mother Knows Better, Another Life

Doco Technical Awards:
Best Cinematography: Energised - Jay Govindji (Mission Heights Junior College)
Best Lighting: From South Auckland to Success: A Brown Boy's Triumph - Yazlyn Fa'agutu and Kaylani Hansell (Lynfield College)
Best Sound Mix: The Hike 2024 - Johnny Morton (Balmoral Intermediate School)
Highly Commended Cinematography: From South Auckland to Success: A Brown Boy's Triumph
Highly Commended Cinematography: Together as One
Highly Commended Lighting: Two Of A Kind

Music Video Technical Awards:
Best Cinematography & Lighting: Floating - Maria Sofia Braga (Cashmere High School)
Best Original Score: Citrus Mistress - Jade Johnson & Griffin Kilfoyle (Otamatea High School & Albany Senior High School)
Best Sound Mix & Set Design: Anywhere Else But Here - Nat Warburton (Mount Aspiring College)
Best Visual Effects & Styling: Dino Party - Archie Crayford (Western Springs College)
Highly Commended Lighting: AVOID
Highly Commended Set Design: Hold On by Last Minute
Highly Commended Styling: Citrus Mistress

Junior Technical Awards:
Best Cinematography: The Missing Trophy - Jasper Easton (Avondale Intermediate)
Best Visual Effects: Captain Black Forever - Johnny Morton (Balmoral Intermediate School)
Best Styling: Haunted - Asher Whitehead & Lucy Lawrence (Northcross Intermediate)
Highly Commended Cinematography: Miles Apart
Highly Commended Visual Effects: Anomaly 13, The Berry Berrinson Movie, & Nostalgia

2024 National Finalist

NARRATIVE SHORT FILM SEMI-FINALIST
60 Seconds to Live / Macleans College
A Super Duper Scary Movie / Macleans College
Another Life / New Plymouth Boys' High School
Boots / Te Aho o Te Kura Pounamu (Te Kura)
Bouncy Castle / Logan Park High School
Chronophobia / Macleans College
Fish Bowl / Macleans College
Fragments of Yesterday / Wellington East Girls' College
Jam / Otago Girls' High School
Last Pin Standing / Macleans College
Mind Game / Elim Christian College
Mother Knows Better / Nayland College
Nerdburger / Nayland College
Perception / Macleans College
Shadows Edge / Otamatea High School
Silas Adams / Cashmere High School
Simulacrum / Riccarton High School
The Coils / Logan Park High School
The Pipes are Calling / Western Springs College
The Plastic Moon / Freyberg High School
The PRICE You Pay / Wellington High School
The Time We Have / Middleton Grange School
The Visitor / Cashmere High School
The Weather Code / New Plymouth Boys' High School
Turangawaewae / Auckland Grammar School

MUSIC VIDEO SEMI-FINALIST
Anywhere Else But Here / Mount Aspiring College
AVOID / Cashmere High School
Citrus Mistress - Where's Jai / Otamatea High School & Albany Senior High School
Dino Party / Western Springs College
Floating  / Cashmere High School
Hold On by Last Minute / KingsWay School

DOCUMENTARY SEMI-FINALIST
Energised / Mission Heights Junior College
From South Auckland to Success: A Brown Boy's Triumph / Lynfield College
Morris.Worm / Macleans
CollegeThe Hike 2024 / Balmoral Intermediate School
Together As One / Queen Margaret College
Two of a Kind / Botany Downs Secondary College

JUNIOR SECTION SEMI-FINALIST
Anomaly 13 / Waimea Intermediate
Captain Black Forever / Balmoral Intermediate
Haunted / Northcross Intermediate
It's Just a Dream / Hataitai School
Kick Like a Girl / Hataitai School
Miles Apart / Middleton Grange School
Nostalgia / Southwell School
The Berry Berrinson Movie / Balmoral Intermediate
The Missing Trophy / Avondale Intermediate
Trust / Northcross Intermediate

NATIONAL RESULTS

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2023

NATIONAL FILM AWARDS
Short Film 1st Place
- Sandcastle / Ivy Feng (Macleans College)
Short Film Runner Up
- Space Cowboy / Emily McVicar, Rata Shaw & Trinity Mann (Christchurch Girls’ High School)
Runner Up Short Film - Don’t Worry About It / Robson Reidy (Auckland Grammar School)
ZM Best Music Video - stardust. / Melinda Xu (St Cuthbert's College)
Best Documentary - Iris by Iris / Leo Taylor & Jakob Elijas (Avondale College)
OnScreen’s Choice Award - Cheese Man / Ephraim Frame & Lachlan Braithwaite (Hillcrest High School)

2022

1st Place - Oliver / Pepi-Olliver Bell (Onslow College/Wellington)
2nd Place
- Oakdale Grove / Isaac Adams (Nayland College/Nelson)
3rd Place
- Turmoil / Aden Gray (Feilding High School/Manawatū)

2021

1st Place - Heroine / Lily Knox (St Hilda’s Collegiate School)
2nd Place - Dearest Mother / Zac Bell (King’s High School/Otago)
3rd Place - Deluge / Kate Kominik-Fraser (Wellington Girls’ College)