WINNERS
2025
1. Best Animation: Indefinitely
2. Best Experimental: Money baby
3. Best Documentary: Buttons and Dumplings
4. Best Actor: Benjamin Sawyer | Rochelle
5. Best Actress - Blessie Jemimah | I'd never date an Indian Girl
6. Best Animated Character - Ghariba & Ajeeb | Ghariba & Ajeeb
7. Best DOP - Caleb Corlett | I need a Battle
8. Best Editor - Yiannis Margetousakis | Socks Manifesto
9. Best Sound Design: Rangipo Ihakara | Mōrearea
10. Best Music/Score: Shadow of the Light
11. Best Action Sequence: Dark Child
12. Best Production Design: Beacon Bloom - Real
13. Best Costume Design: Tides of Freedom
14. Best Music Videos: I need a Battle
15. Best Director - Tom Annan Furniss | Rochelle
16. Outliers Award - The Fire Triangle of Love Theory
17. Teo Award - Holiday
18. Social Impact Award: Te Herenga Tāngata
19. Best Narrative: L'ile (The Island)
20. Spirit of NZ Award: Perianayaki
21. People's Choice Award - I'd never date an Indian Girl
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Named Nominations
16. Best Actor
Fili. - Joshua Leomiti
Take Me Back - Henri
Esteve
The Night Passenger - Matt
Russell
The Sun in my Heart - Xiao
Yan
The Watson Journals -
James Bayliss
17. Best Actress
5/3/0 - Dostana Nikolić
Aphyonidae - Jeanne
Lalous
Dead Cat Bounce - Claudia
Marsicano
Motherhood - Sarah
Clumont
Take me Back - Denise
Blasor
The 13th Hour - Elise
Fourneau
The Murder - Alex Botto
The Sun in my Heart - Yihan
Deng
20. Best Director
5/3/0 - Danilo Stanimirović
Dead Cat Bounce -
Antonino Valvo
Faith the Conqueror - Our
Yagiz
Night and Day - Marcelese
Cooper
Take me Back - Jonathan
Jordan Medina
The Night Passenger - Josh
Bowman