2019 Winners
2019 Grand National Champion
Snack to the Future - A Familiar Feeling
Grand National Runner-up
Chillybox - Like Nobody's Watching
Grand National Second Runner-up
Missing Pixels - Toast (Sir Peter Jackson Wildcard)
Grand National Finalists
Click on the finalists to watch them.
Apple Fork - Pop - WATCH
Bork! - Night Shift - WATCH
Couch Kumara - Plant - WATCH
Chess Club - Hart & Soul - WATCH
Deep Dish Pizza Wolf - Rozkol (Schism) - WATCH
Drive-thru - Red River - WATCH
fake news & weather - Last Tindango (Sir Peter Jackson Wildcard) - WATCH
Great Lake Film Society - Extra Time - WATCH
I Love Loops - Terra Fried - WATCH
Pickle Thugs - Mugs - WATCH
Qualified Tim - Apollo 69 - WATCH
Shemnight Mamylan - Break a Leg - WATCH
Spacies Crew - 40 Candles - WATCH
Team Moon - Inflamed (Sir Peter Jackson Wildcard) - WATCH
The Brothers Boyce - All Hallow’s Eve - WATCH
Grand National Award Winners
Crewlist Best Ultra48 - Pickle Thugs - Mugs
Nominees:
Bork - Night Shift
Couch Kumara - Plant
Deep Dish Pizza Wolf - Rozkol (Schism)
Filmsplats - Double Date
Jovial Entertainment - Plan B
Jagbog - Cut
Pastafarian Productions - DopeMonkey Live
Ant Timpson's Best Solo/Duo award - Mamas Soup - Unforgettable Date
Nominees:
Bork - Night Shift
Deep Dish Pizza Wolf - Rozcol (Schism)
Frances Berkers - Best Hardest
Pastafarian Productions - DopeMonkey Live
Positive Barry - Jumbo
Squint Eastwood - Pixel Dream Girl
Best Director - Chillybox - Like Nobody's Watching - Auckland - Thomas Sainsbury
Nominees:
Big Picture Minor Deets - The Sh*tuation - Bay of Plenty - Lux Taylor
Bork - Night Shift - Christchurch - Sam Prebble
Kratos - The Noise of Life - Gisborne - Jolyon Sparks
Spacies Crew - 40 Candles - Taranaki - Holly Shanahan & Karlos Ruakere
Qualified Tim - Apollo 69 - Wellington - Tim Hamilton
Reneel Singh - Daddio - Hamilton - Rajneel Naickar
Watson and Cricket Productions - Big Boys - Dunedin - Tegan Good
The Gaylene Preston and WIFT Best Female Director Award - Drive-thru - Red River - Wellington - Zelle Read
Nominees:
Currie Street Creatives - A Slip In Time - Taranaki - Brittany Baker
Locke Lively - Siman - Bay of Plenty - Taragh Bissett & Erin Locke
Reunion Tour - 5 Minutes - Wellington - Carla Bellomarino
TBALC - D.O.C Force: Death Island - Christchurch - Vanessa Wells
Team Moon - Inflamed - Christchurch - Emma Brittenden
Vertically Challenged - The World Needs Laughter - Gisborne - Amanda Maclean
Watson and Cricket Productions - Big Boys - Dunedin - Tegan Good
Best School Team - Bus Stop Productions - The Talk - Wellington - Wellington High School
Nominees:
Flamingo Films - Maumahara Tonu - Taranaki - Spotswood College
Mice On Screen - P.A.N - Auckland - Saint Kentigern College
Nutty Mosquitoes - Karma's a Witch - Bay of Plenty - Tauranga Boy's College
Slippery Weasels - Just Listen - Hamilton - Hauraki Plains College
The Underground - Happy Holidays - Gisborne - Campion College
Taniwha Road - Baking Takes Time - Christchurch - Ao Tawhiti Unlimited Discovery Area School
Theatre Nerds - License To Film - Dunedin - St. Hilda's Collegiate School
Best Performer - Adam Levine de Loca - The Speech - Bay of Plenty - Sinead Fitzgerald
Nominees:
Rat King Films - Girl with Fig - Wellington - Ken Blackburn
Not Bad Not Good - Lamp - Auckland - Stephane Garneau-Monten
The Alter of Venus - Love in the Modern World - Gisborne - Amy Pepper
The Brothers Boyce - All Hallow’s Eve - Christchurch - Emma Diaz, Tel Benjamin & Michael Wood
The McTroubleMakers - That Time I Killed My Brother - Taranaki - Kortez Rerekura
Slippery Weasels - Just Listen - Hamilton - Oscar Smit
Watson and Cricket Productions - Big Boys - Dunedin - Kyle Swann
Best Script - Supported by New Zealand Writer's Guild - Snack to the Future - A Familiar Feeling - Christchurch
Nominees:
Autopilot - Curated - Auckland
Big Picture Minor Deets - The Sh*tuation - Bay of Plenty
Bus of the Undead - Youth-emisms - Dunedin
Crew 36 - Private Invasion - Wellington
Kratos - The Noise of Life - Gisborne
Reneel Singh - Daddio - Hamilton
Spacies Crew - 40 Candles - Taranaki
Best Cinematography - Supported by Images and Sound - Banana - DOUBLE TALK - Wellington
Nominees:
Autopilot Films - Curated - Auckland
Deep Dish Pizza Wolf - Rozkol (Schism) - Christchurch
The Underdogs - Dark Holiday - Dunedin
Kratos - The Noise of Life - Gisborne
Haphazard Productions - Darkest Before Dawn - Hamilton
Currie Street Creatives - A Slip In Time - Taranaki
Great Lake Film Society - Extra Time - Bay of Plenty
Best Production Design - Qualified Tim - Apollo 69 - Wellington
Nominees:
Great Lake Film Society - Extra Time - Bay of Plenty
Mushroom Risotto - The Find - Dunedin
Snowforge - Ride 2 - Hamilton
Spacies Crew - 40 Candles - Taranaki
Springton - Strangle - Auckland
Team Moon - Inflamed - Christchurch
Toro Ake - Kōpū - Gisborne
Best Animation - Bork - Night Shift - Christchurch
Nominees:
I Love Loops - Terra Fried - Auckland
Pastafarian Productions - DopeMonkey Live - Taranaki
Pretty Good Considering - Conspiracy - Bay of Plenty
Positive Barry - Jumbo - Wellington
Toowit Toowoo - Banana Split - Dunedin
Best VFX - Halcyon Entertainment - Mothership - Auckland
Nominees:
Big Picture Minor Deets - The Sh*tuation - Bay of Plenty
Freyberg High School - Jurassic Park: But For People - Taranaki
Handsome Knights - Kaiti Vice - Gisborne
Haphazard Productions - Darkest Before Dawn - Hamilton
No Budget Ninjas - Lifeboy - Christchurch
Qualified Tim - Apollo 69 - Wellington
Te Whare Raiona - Expired - Dunedin
Best Editing - Couch Kumara - Plant - Wellington
Nominees:
Bork - Night Shift - Christchurch
Currie Street Creatives - A Slip in Time - Taranaki
Chillybox - Like Nobody's Watching - Auckland
Great Lake Film Society - Extra Time - Bay of Plenty
Kratos - The Noise of Life - Gisborne
Slippery Weasels - Just Listen - Hamilton
Te Whare Raiona - Expired - Dunedin
Best Sound Design - Raw Washed Arabica - Henry's 21st - Wellington
Nominees:
Big Picture Minor Deets - The Sh*tuation - Bay of Plenty
Bus of the Undead - Youth-emisms - Dunedin
Currie Street Creatives - A Slip in Time - Taranaki
Kratos - The Noise of Life - Gisborne
Missing Pixels - Toast - Auckland
Snack to the Future - A Familiar Feeling - Christchurch
Space Invader Films - Listen - Hamilton
Best Original Score/Song - TBALC - D.O.C Force: Death Island - Christchurch
Nominees:
Cold Gravity - Broken Passage - Hamilton
Cowps Productions - Paradise Forbidden - Gisborne
Frances Berkers - Best Hardest - Bay of Plenty
Game Of Drones - Anti-Dance Division - Auckland
Pastafarian Productions - DopeMonkey Live - Taranaki
Qualified Tim - Apollo 69 - Wellington
Remarkables Reel Productions - Meeting! - Dunedin
Best Disqualified Film - Supported by the New Zealand Filmmaker's Collective - Blood and Bone - PHD - Christchurch
Nominees:
Ace Productions - The House of Passion - Bay of Plenty
Frauleins, Oh Frauleins - Frank & Beans - Auckland
Grazed Knee Productions - The good. The bad. The ugly - Taranaki
Homespun - Issac and the Knife - Dunedin
Look at daddy - All Fur Nothing - Wellington
Moocherella - Darwinism - Gisborne
Best Use Of Required Elements - Laughter - I Love Loops - Terra-Fried - Auckland
Nominees:
Big Picture Minor Deets - The Sh*tuation - Bay of Plenty
Cold Gravity - Broken Passage - Hamilton
Spacies Crew - 40 Candles - Taranaki
Tasteful Side Boob - Eyes Crust Shut - Wellington
The Brothers Boyce - All Hallows' Eve - Christchurch
The Underdogs - Dark Holiday - Dunedin
Vertically Challenged - The World Needs Laughter - Gisborne
Best Use Of Required Elements - Wind - FilmSplats - Double Date - Auckland
Nominees:
Camera Child Films - Department of Wind - Hamilton
Cowps Productions - Paradise Forbidden - Gisborne
Lipstick Boys - The Wind in Your Heart - Wellington
Pastafarian Productions - DopeMonkey Live - Taranaki
The Archaetypes - Digging Up Trouble - Bay of Plenty
Toot Toot - Stopping World War II - Christchurch
Watson and Cricket Productions - Big Boys - Dunedin
Best Use Of Required Elements - Double Take - Snack to the Future - A Familiar Feeling - Christchurch
Nominees:
Bus of the Undead - Youth-emisms - Dunedin
Great Lake Film Society - Extra Time - Bay of Plenty
Handsome Knights - Kaiti Vice - Gisborne
MuseCrew - Science Exploiting Nature - Taranaki
Salvador Dalek - Buddy’s Budget Hitman Service - Hamilton
Team Green Square - Your lie in June - Wellington
Toasted Press - Spreadwinner - Auckland
Best Use Of Required Elements - Overhead Shot - Spacies Crew - 40 Candles - Taranaki
Nominees:
fake news & weather - Last Tindango - Wellington
Haphazard Productions - Darkest Before Dawn - Hamilton
Kratos - The Noise of Life - Gisborne
Locke Lively - Siman - Bay of Plenty
Navi Collaborative - Monster - Auckland
South Jersey Ghost Research - Catman and Robyn - Christchurch
Theatre Nerds - License To Film - Dunedin
Best Use Of Genre - Drive-thru - Red River - Wellington - The Gross-Out OR Cringe Comedy
Nominees:
Braid The Wife's Fur - Split Squad - Auckland - The Opposites Attract Movie
Candy Floss Cloud Productions - Beneath Bramble Bridge - Bay of Plenty - The Coming-of-Age Movie
Muddy Brilliant - Knock Knock... - Hamilton - The Secret Identity Movie
Snack to the Future - A Familiar Feeling - Christchurch - The Gross-Out OR Cringe Comedy
The McTroubleMakers - That Time I Killed My Brother - Taranaki - The Time Travel Movie
Theatre Nerds - License To Film - Dunedin - The Gross-Out OR Cringe Comedy
Vertically Challenged - The World Needs Laughter - Gisborne - The Buddy Movie
2019 Elements
Compulsory Sound Element: Laughter
Compulsory Action Element: A Double Take
Compulsory Technical Element: Overhead Shot
Compulsory Physical Element: Wind
2019 ULTRA
Your film must be Split Screen AND Break the 4th Wall
2019 Genres
1. The Gross-Out OR Cringe Comedy
2. The Opposites Attract Movie
3. The Secret Identity Movie
4. The Wrong Place / Wrong Time Movie
5. The Holiday Movie
6. The Coming-of-Age Movie
7. The Buddy Movie
8. The Science Fiction Movie
9. The Musical OR Dance Movie
10. The Time Travel Movie
11. The Generation Gap Movie
12. The Nature Run Amok Movie
13. The Real Time Movie