DEGANZ Members Nominated at NZ Web Fest
DEGANZ members are dominating this year’s NZ Web Fest nominations! Check out the projects below with 19 members involved as directors, editors, and producers. All films are nominated in the NZ categories.
This year marks the 24th annual run of the festival. It celebrates international online content, including podcasts, short films, and web series. The awards ceremony will be held on November 10.
Check out everyone nominated below!
Short Films (Documentary)
Taurewarewa
Editor: Amanda Mulderry
Nominated for Best Directing – Short Documentary
Short Films (Narrative)
Dive
Director: Tyler Redmond
Nominated for Best Writing – NZ Short Fiction
For Thom
Writer/Director: Rafa Yam
Editor: Guillaume Arnoulet
Nominated for Best Writing – NZ Short Fiction
Monster State
Director: Julie Zhu
Editor: Isaiah Tour
Nominated for Best Performance, Best Directing, and Best NZ Film – NZ Short Fiction
The Balloon
On her birthday, an earnest, young girl finds unexpected solace when her mother seemingly fails to make any plans.
Writer/Director: James Fink-Jensen
Nominated for Best Cinematography, Best Performance, Best Directing, and Best NZ Film – NZ Short Fiction
The Polycees
Writer/Director & Editor: Celia Jaspers
Nominated for Best Directing – NZ Short Fiction
Wilbert Wire
Writer/Director & Editor: Ricky Townsend
Nominated for Best Editing – NZ Short Fiction
Web Series (Factual)
TE ARA the Path
Holly Beckham (Ngāpuhi) is on a mission to be the first Māori woman to scale Everest. She has no alpine experience, but she has survived the depths of addiction and is climbing a mountain to recovery. Back in 1988, New Zealand’s Lydia Bradey, ONZM, was the first woman to climb Everest without supplemental oxygen. But instead of accolades, she became the subject of public bullying and misinformation, as people challenged her claims.
Together these two ‘wāhine toa’ (warrior women) venture into New Zealand’s mountains, developing a deep partnership of trust, honesty and grit as they attempt to summit Holly’s first peak, the iconic Tititea, Mt Aspiring.
Director: Alexis Smith
Nominated for Best Cinematography, Best Directing – Factual
Turning The Tide
The Turning the Tide six-part short documentary series highlights the work of researchers, kaitiaki, and community members as they pool their knowledge and resources to improve the health of the seas around Aotearoa New Zealand.
Director: Magnolia Lowe
Editor: Amanda Mulderry
Producer: Tui Ruwhiu
Nominated for Best Cinematography, Best Editing, Best Directing, and Best Show – Factual
Web Series (Narrative)
ADHD & Me
Director: Michelle Ang (Incubator 2020)
Co-editor: Jack Brown
Nominated for Best Cinematography, Best Editing, Best Ensemble, Best Acting, Best Writing, Best Directing, and Best Show – Narrative
Ahikāroa
Co-editor: Jack Woon
Writer & Storyliner: Onehou Strickland
Nominated for Best Editing, Best Ensemble, Best Acting, Best Writing, Best Directing, and Best Show – Narrative
The Creature
Stuck in the online dating rut of endlessly swiping with no results, Aidan is ecstatic when he matches with his ‘dream man’. However, to leave for his date, Aidan must face the perturbed Creature lurking in the shadows of his home.
Writer/Director: Jake Tabata
Producer: Isabelle (Izzi) Hoskyn
Nominated for Best Editing and Best Show – Narrative
Well Well Wellness
A comedy web series that follows a silent retreat run by some well-meaning but hopeless wellness gurus. It follows the bumbling owners trying to save their haven, the mystic teachers who aren’t as deep as they seem, and the assorted mix of weird, wonderful, and worrisome retreatants who come to stay, find peace, or otherwise.
Director: Jack Nicol
Nominated for Best Cinematography, Best Ensemble, Best Acting, Best Writing, Best Directing, and Best Show – Narrative
Congratulations everyone!
Last updated on 10 October 2024
