2025 Nominations
Best Narrative
Rochelle
The Island
Picture Break
Holiday
Breath
Best Animation
The Sex Slave
The Mushpit
Indefinitely
Bulbank
Loop Line
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Best Experiemental Film
Moneybaby
Stadsgeluiden
Tides of Freedom
The Imagination of a Child
Adam
Stairs
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Best Documentary
Detangling the Stigma
Buttons and Dumplings
Journey Of Transformation
Exist
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Spirit of NZ Award
Haruru Ana Te Karanga Ä“
Perianayaki
Rochelle
Mother Tongue
Buttons and Dumplings
The Graceful Act
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Social Impact Award
Adidas Owns the Reality
The Sex Slave
The Drowning Fish
Buttons and Dumplings
Te Herenga Tangata
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Best Actor
The Island
Breath
Holiday
Rochelle
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Best Actress
I'd Never Date an Indian Girl
Mother Tongue
Hoikia
Morearea
Picture Break
Perianayaki
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Best Animated Character
Bulbank
Ghariba and Ajeeb
Indefinitely
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Best Director of Photography
I need a battle
CleanerThe Island
The Drowning Fish
Stadsgeluiden
X: The Interview
Fin
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Best Director
The Island
Rochelle
I need a battle
Shadow Of the Light Musical
Morearea
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Best Editor
Shaolin Office
The Sex Slave
The Island
Sock's Manifesto
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Best Sound Design
Morearea
I need a battle
Shadow Of the Light Musical
The Island
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Best Music
Shadow Of the Light Musical
The Island
Molly Payton - Accelerate
I need a battle
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Best Action Sequence
King Karsten
Picture Break
Shaolin Office
Dark Child
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Best Production Design
Lost
Rochelle
I need a battle
Morearea
Shadow Of the Light Musical
The Island
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Best Costume Design
Tides of Freedom
Fashion - Short Film Inspired by Gucci
X: The Interview
Picture Break
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Best Music Video
I need a battle
Molly Payton - Accelerate
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Outliers Award
The Fire Triangle Of Love Theory
Fin
The White Horse
Sock's Manifesto
Holiday
The Sex Slave
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Teo Award
The White Horse
Indefinitely
Holiday
The Sex Slave
Breath
Buttons and Dumplings
The Island