Winners Announced: Aotearoa Film & Television Awards
MEDIA RELEASE
Saturday 12 November
2011
Winners Announced: Aotearoa Film & Television Awards
New Zealand screen industry movers and shakers gathered tonight in Auckland to celebrate outstanding achievement on the big and small screen as the Aotearoa Film & Television Awards recognised our top talent.
TV ONE was awarded Qantas Best News while the News and Current Affairs presenter categories were dominated by TV3, taking out Best News Reporting, Best News or Current Affairs Presenter, Investigation of the Year, and Journalist of the Year for Hamish Clark.
Maori TV emerged with Best Current Affairs Series for Native Affairs, and continued their success in the General Television categories, picking up four awards including Kordia Best Multi-Cam Broadcast for Rise Up Christchurch.
Images & Sound Best Drama went to This Is Not My Life; TV3’s Missing Pieces and The Secret Lives of Dancers took out both Reality Series categories, and television series Bloodlines scored multiple acting accolades and Images & Sound Best Director – Drama/Comedy.
Florian Habicht’s feature film Love Story was awarded Best Director, Best Editing and Best Feature Film, while Ebony Society won Best Short Film. The Insatiable Moon took home two acting titles and Predicament scooped numerous production awards in the Feature Film categories. My Wedding And Other Secrets also made an impact, winning Best Screenplay and Best Lead Actress.
Anna Cahill, Screen Director’s Guild of New Zealand Executive Director and Awards committee co-chair says, “the awards really reflect a very high calibre of work having been entered this year, which is very exciting".
This sentiment is echoed by New Zealand Television Broadcasters’ Council chief executive and fellow Awards committee co-chair Rick Friesen who said, “once again, New Zealand has shown it has world class talent in the film and television industries, and I want to congratulate all the finalists and winners. They are most deserving of all the accolades they have received.”
Highlights from the Awards Gala ceremony will screen on
TV3 from 10:35 pm tonight.
AOTEAROA FILM &
TELEVISION AWARDS WINNERS 2011
Winners are listed first and in bold typeface.
NEWS AND CURRENT AFFAIRS:
Qantas Best News
•
ONE News (TV ONE)
• 3
News (TV3)
• Tonight (TV
ONE)
Best News or Current Affairs
Presenter
• Hilary Barry, 3
News (TV3) Christchurch Earthquake
•
John Campbell ,Campbell Live (TV3) The Christchurch
Earthquake
• Peter Williams, ONE News (TV
ONE) Pike River
Journalist of the
Year
• Hamish Clark, 3 News
(TV3) Christchurch Earthquake
Best
News Reporting
• Hamish Clark,
3 News (TV3) Christchurch Earthquake
•
Guyon Espiner, One News (TV ONE) Garrett
•
Duncan Garner & Tony Reid, 3 News (TV3) Brash Rolls
Hide
Best Current Affairs Reporting for a
weekly programme or one-off current affairs
special
• Amanda Millar &
Joanne Mitchell, Sunday (TV ONE)
Innocent
• Janet McIntyre, Sunday
(TV ONE) A Tale of Two Light Bulbs
• Sonya
Wilson, 20/20 (TV2) Taken
Best Current Affairs
Reporting for a daily programme
•
Mark Crysell & Kate McCallum, Close Up (TV ONE)
Webster
• John Campbell, Campbell
Live (TV3) Please tell us what is happening to our homes?
Christchurch Earthquake
• Gill Higgins &
Kate McCallum, Close Up (TV ONE) Chaston
1
Best Current Affairs Series
•
Native Affairs (Maori TV)
•
60 Minutes (TV3)
• Sunday (TV
ONE)
Investigation of the Year
•
John Campbell, Pip Keane & Claudine MacLean –
Campbell Live (TV3) The Tsunami Aid Money
Investigation
• Paula Penfold &
Eugene Bingham (TV3) Secrets and Lies
•
Rachel Stace & John Hagen (TV ONE) A Rotten
Shame
Best News Camera *
•
Cameron Williams, 3 News (TV3) Niger
Series/Airline Investigation
•
Christie Douglas, 3 News (TV3) Pyne Gould Corp. Building
Collapse/Christchurch Quake: Pyne Gould Building
Flattened
• Bob Grieve, 3 News (TV3)
Hoar/Singer/Students
Best Current Affairs
Camera *
• Martin Anderson,
20/20 (TV2) Rite of Passage
• Chris
Brown, 20/20 (TV2) Breaking Back
• Leander
Scott-Donelan, Close Up (TV ONE) Pheasant
Best News Editing *
•
Paul Sparkes, ONE News (TV ONE) Special Report
CCTV
• Sarah Rowan, 3 News (TV3)
Pike River Memorial/Amy Gilbert/Commonwealth
•
Paul Sparkes, ONE News (TV ONE) Special Report
1080
Best Current Affairs Editing
*
• Nick Reid, 20/20 (TV2)
Sitting on a Killer
• Will Kong,
Sunday (TV ONE) Officer Down
• Elisabeth
Topping, Sunday (TV ONE) Big on the
Blogosphere
GENERAL TELEVISION
Images & Sound Best Drama
Programme
• This Is Not My
Life, Desert Road (TV ONE)
•
Outrageous Fortune, South Pacific Pictures
(TV3)
• What Really Happened: Waitangi,
Eyeworks New Zealand (TV ONE)
NZ On Air Best
Comedy or Comedy Series
• 7
Days, MediaWorks TV (TV3)
• A Night
At The Classic, Two Heads (TV2)
• Super
City, Carthew Neal - Super Fumes (TV3)
Māori
Language Commission/Te Māngai Pāho Best Māori Language
Programme
• E Tū Kahikatea,
Maramena Roderick - Te Noni (Māori TV)
•
Katerina Te Heikoko Mataira, Maori Television (Maori
TV)
• Kowhao Rau, Kura Productions (Maori
TV)
Best Children’s/Youth
Programme
• Kaitangata Twitch,
ProductionShed.tv (Maori TV)
• The
Amazing Extraordinary Friends, Greenstone TV
(TV2)
• What Now 30th Birthday Show,
Whitebait TV (TV2)
Best Information
Programme
• Whare Maori,
Scottie Productions (Maori TV)
•
North, JAM TV (TV ONE)
• The Politically
Incorrect Guide to Teenagers, Razor Films (TV
ONE)
Auckland Council Best
Entertainment/Factual Entertainment
Programme
• MasterChef New
Zealand, Imagination Television (TV ONE)
•
Making Tracks, Two Heads & Like Rice (C4)
•
The New Zealand Variety Show, Eureka Productions (TV
ONE)
Kordia Best Multi-cam
Broadcast
• Rise Up
Christchurch – Global Telethon, Commotion TV (Maori
TV)
• ANZAC Day 2011 - Kotahi Te
Wairua, Maori Television (Maori TV)
•
Polynesian Blue Pacific Music Awards, TVNZ (TV
ONE)
Best Observational Reality
Series
• The Secret Lives of
Dancers, Eyeworks New Zealand (TV3)
•
Intrepid Journeys, JAM TV (TV ONE)
•
Rescue 1, Great Southern Television
(TV2)
Best Constructed Reality
Series
• Missing Pieces,
Eyeworks New Zealand (TV3)
• Are
You My Tribe?, Claudette Hauiti (TV ONE)
•
Bigger, Better, Faster, Stronger, thedownlowconcept
(TV3)
Best Performance by an
Actress
• Madeleine Sami, Super
City - Super Fumes Ltd (TV3)
•
Miriama McDowell, This Is Not My Life - Desert Road (TV
ONE)
• Tandi Wright, This Is Not My Life -
Desert Road (TV ONE)
Best Performance by a
Supporting Actress
• Rena Owen,
Shortland Street - South Pacific Pictures
(TV2)
• Nathalie Boltt, Bloodlines
- Screentime Ltd (TV ONE)
• Fern Sutherland,
The Almighty Johnsons - South Pacific Pictures
(TV3)
Best Performance by an
Actor
• Mark Mitchinson,
Bloodlines - Screentime Ltd (TV ONE)
•
Jarod Rawiri, What Really Happened: Waitangi - Eyeworks
New Zealand (TV ONE)
• Antony Starr, Spies
And Lies - South Pacific Pictures (TV
ONE)
Best Performance by a Supporting
Actor
• Craig Hall, Bloodlines
- Screentime Ltd (TV ONE)
• Dean
O'Gorman, Nights in the Gardens of Spain - Cinco Cine Film
Productions & Conbrio Media (TV ONE)
• Craig
Parker, Legend of the Seeker (Prime)
Best
Presenter - Entertainment/Factual
•
Jeremy Corbett, 7 Days - MediaWorks TV
(TV3)
• Nigel Latta, Politically
Incorrect Guide to Teenagers - Razor Films (TV
ONE)
• Marcus Lush, North - JAM TV (TV
ONE)
Best Script -
Drama/Comedy
• James Griffin,
Outrageous Fortune - South Pacific Pictures
(TV3)
• Paula Boock & Donna Malane,
Bloodlines - Screentime Ltd (TV ONE)
•
Madeleine Sami & Thomas Sainsbury, Super City - Super
Fumes Ltd (TV3)
Images & Sound Best Director -
Drama/Comedy
• Peter Burger,
Bloodlines - Screentime Ltd (TV ONE)
•
Peter Burger, What Really Happened: Waitangi - Eyeworks
New Zealand (TV ONE)
• Britta Johnstone,
Stolen - South Pacific Pictures (TV3)
Best
Director - Entertainment/Factual
•
Dean Cornish & Nick Dwyer, Making Tracks - Two
Heads & Like Rice (C4)
• James
Anderson, The Food Truck - Two Heads (TV ONE)
•
Karen Mackenzie & Michael Bennett, Whare Māori Episode.1
Kainga - Maori Television (Maori TV)
Kordia
Best Multi-camera Direction *
•
Darryl McEwen, MasterChef New Zealand -
Imagination Television (TV ONE)
•
Nigel Carpenter & Mitchell Hawkes, Band Together for
Canterbury - MediaWorks TV (TV3)
• Rob
McLaughlin, One’s Countdown to New Year – TVNZ (TV
ONE)
Best Cinematography Drama/Comedy
*
• Kevin Riley, Legend of the
Seeker (Prime)
• Andrew Commis,
This Is Not My Life - Desert Road (TV ONE)
•
David Paul, Reservoir Hill: Everyone Lies - KHF Media
(TV2)
Images & Sound Best Editing Drama/Comedy
*
• Allanah Milne, Stolen -
South Pacific Pictures (TV3)
• Paul
Maxwell, This Is Not My Life - Desert Road (TV
ONE)
• Bryan Shaw, The Almighty Johnsons -
South Pacific Pictures (TV3)
Best Original
Music *
• Don McGlashan, This
Is Not My Life - Desert Road (TV ONE)
•
Sean Donnelly & Victoria Kelly, The Almighty Johnsons -
South Pacific Pictures (TV3)
• Gareth Farr,
Panic At Rock Island - Gibson Group (TV2)
Best
Sound Design *
• Chris Burt,
Legend of the Seeker (Prime)
• Phil
Burton, Don Paulin & Mark Cornish, Panic At Rock Island -
Gibson Group (TV2)
• Tom Miskin, James
Hayday, Mike Bayliss & Steve Finnigan, Stolen - South
Pacific Pictures (TV3)
Best Production Design
*
• Tracey Collins, This Is Not
My Life - Desert Road (TV ONE)
•
Tracey Collins, What Really Happened: Waitangi - Eyeworks
New Zealand (TV ONE)
• Gary Mackay, Go Girls
3 - South Pacific Pictures (TV2)
Best
Contribution to Design *
• Jane
Holland, Legend of the Seeker (Prime)
•
Katrina Hodge, Outrageous Fortune - South Pacific
Pictures (TV3)
• Peter McCully, This Is Not
My Life - Desert Road (TV
ONE)
DOCUMENTARY:
Best
Popular Documentary or Documentary Series
•
Jesus The Cold Case, Red Sky Film & Television
(TV ONE)
• The Banker, The Escorts,
and The $18 Million, KHF Media (TV3)
•
October 15, Pietra Brettkelly & Kim Webby (Maori
TV)
Best Arts/Festival/Feature
Documentary
• I am the River,
Razor Films (Maori TV)
• Gordonia,
Colossus Films
• Operation 8,
cutcutcut
Best Director
Documentary
• Annie Goldson,
Brother Number One - BNO & Pan Pacific
Films
• John Bates, 50 Years of
Television - Greenstone TV (Prime)
• Merata
Mita (posthumous), Saving Grace - StanStrong Ltd (Maori
TV)
Best Cinematography Documentary/Factual
*
• David Paul, The Banker, The
Escorts, and The $18 Million - KHF Media
(TV3)
• Jacob Bryant, North - JAM
TV (TV ONE)
• Renaud Maire, I am the River -
Razor Films (Maori TV)
Best Editing
Documentary/Factual *
• Annie
Collins, The Waterfall - Watershed Films (TV
ONE)
• Geoff Conway, 5 Days in the
Red Zone - Greenstone TV (TV ONE)
• Gretchen
Peterson, The Banker, The Escorts, and The $18 Million - KHF
Media (TV3)
FILM:
Best
Feature Film
• Love Story,
Pictures for Anna
• My Wedding And
Other Secrets, South Pacific Pictures
•
Predicament, Novel Productions
Outstanding
Feature Film Debut
• Josh
McKenzie, The Hopes & Dreams of Gazza Snell - Eyeworks New
Zealand
• Michael Bennett, Matariki
- Filmwork Ltd
• Simone Horrocks, After the
Waterfall - THE Film Ltd
Best Director in a
Feature Film
• Florian Habicht,
Love Story - Pictures for Anna
•
Roseanne Liang, My Wedding And Other Secrets - South
Pacific Pictures
• Jason Stutter,
Predicament - Novel Productions Limited
Best
Lead Actor in a Feature Film
•
Rawiri Paratene, The Insatiable Moon - Holy
Bucket Productions
• Antony Starr,
After the Waterfall - THE Film Ltd
• Matt
Whelan, My Wedding And Other Secrets - South Pacific
Pictures
Best Lead Actress in a Feature
Film
• Michelle Ang, My Wedding
And Other Secrets - South Pacific
Pictures
• Robyn Malcolm, The Hopes
& Dreams of Gazza Snell - Eyeworks New Zealand
•
Sara Wiseman, The Insatiable Moon - Holy Bucket
Productions
Best Supporting Actor in a Feature
Film
• Greg Johnson, The
Insatiable Moon - Holy Bucket
Productions
• Josh McKenzie, The
Hopes & Dreams of Gazza Snell - Eyeworks New
Zealand
• Edwin Wright, Matariki - Filmwork
Ltd
Best Supporting Actress in a Feature
Film
• Sara Wiseman, Matariki -
Filmwork Ltd
• Alix Bushnell,
Matariki - Filmwork Ltd
• Teresa Woodham,
The Insatiable Moon - Holy Bucket
Productions
Best Screenplay for a Feature
Film
• Roseanne Liang &
Angeline Loo, My Wedding And Other Secrets - South Pacific
Pictures
• Mike Riddell, The
Insatiable Moon - Holy Bucket Productions
•
Jason Stutter, Predicament - Novel Productions
Limited
Best Cinematography in a Feature Film
*
• Simon Raby, Predicament -
Novel Productions Limited
• Alun
Bollinger, Love Birds - GFC
• Maria Ines
Manchego, Love Story - Pictures for Anna
Best
Editing in a Feature Film *
•
Peter O'Donoghue, Love Story - Pictures for
Anna
• Cushla Dillon, After the
Waterfall - THE Film Ltd
• Jonathan
Woodford-Robinson, Predicament - Novel Productions
Limited
Best Original Music in a Feature Film
*
• Plan 9, Predicament - Novel
Productions Limited
• Neville
Copland, The Insatiable Moon - Holy Bucket
Productions
• Don McGlashan, Matariki -
Filmwork Ltd
Images & Sound Best Sound in a
Feature Film *
• Dick Reade &
Gethin Creagh, After the Waterfall - THE Film
Ltd
• Tim Prebble, Chris Todd, Mike
Hedges & Gilbert Lake, The Hopes & Dreams of Gazza Snell -
Eyeworks New Zealand
• Matt Stutter, Martin
Kwok, Michael Hedges, Gilbert Lake & Ken Saville,
Predicament - Novel Productions Limited
Best
Production Design in a Feature Film *
•
John Harding, Predicament - Novel Productions
Limited
• Miro Harre, Matariki -
Filmwork Ltd
• Andrew McAlpine, Love Birds
– GFC
Best Costume Design in a Feature Film
*
• Lesley Burkes-Harding,
Predicament - Novel Productions Limited
•
Bob Buck, Tracker - THE Film Ltd
• Kirsty
Cameron, Love Birds – GFC
Best Make-Up
Design in a Feature Film *
•
Angela Mooar, Predicament - Novel Productions
Limited
• Denise Kum, Love Birds
– GFC
Best Visual Effects in a Feature Film
*
• Sauce VFX, Predicament -
Novel Productions Limited
•
Digipost, Love Birds - GFC
Best Short
Film
• Ebony Society, Whenua
Films, Grouchy Films and StanStrong
•
BIRD, Great Southern Television
• Go The
Dogs, Jackie van Beek and Aaron Watson
Best
Performance in a Short Film *
•
Peter Hawes, BIRD - Great Southern Television
Ltd
• Jennifer Ludlam, Hauraki - Mr
FilmPants
• Brittany-Anne Romijn, Go The
Dogs
Best Screenplay for a Short Film
*
• Tammy Davis, Ebony Society
- Whenua Films, Grouchy Films and
StanStrong
• Sam Holst, Meathead -
StanStrong Ltd
• Gregory King, Jane Shearer
& Steve Ayson, BIRD - Great Southern Television
Ltd
Outstanding Technical Contribution to a
Short Film *
• Maria-Elena
Doyle, Meniscus - Meniscus Film
•
James Cunningham, Das Tub - Media Design
School
• James Cunningham, First Contact -
Media Design School
*These categories were presented at the Craft Awards luncheon on Thursday 10 November 2011
ENDS