NZTV Awards Finalists Announced
The finalists for the 2024 New Zealand Television Awards have been announced, with 21 members having worked on the selected projects! Check out the list of members nominated below:
Miles From Nowhere
A young Muslim songwriter in New Zealand forms a risky friendship with the intelligence agent monitoring him, jeopardizing his community as he chases his dreams. Based on the real world experience of reporter Mohamed Hassan.
Director: Ghazaleh Golbakhsh
Co-editors: Ben Powdrell & Raewyn Humphries
Nominated for: Best Comedy, Best Supporting Actress, Best Costume Design
Kid Sister
Loveable train wreck Lulu goes on a wild ride as she tries to balance her love of her family and culture with finding her own path.
Director: Aidee Walker (Incubator 2016)
Editor: Margot Francis
Assistant Editor: Shailesh Prajapati
Nominated for: Best Comedy
The Motherhood Anthology – Give Me Babies
Follow the wild ride of a young MMA fighter battling in an illicit underground match for cash to flee New Zealand, all to dodge her mother’s relentless baby demands.
Writer: Ankita Singh
Director: Calvin Sang
Nominated for: Best Comedy, Screen Auckland Best Director: Drama/Comedy Drama, Best Post Production Design, Best Production Design, Best Makeup Design
Black Coast Vanishings
An investigation into the disappearance of six people in the small town of Piha Beach, which divides the locals and gives rise to fear and suspicion.
Co-Director: Megan Jones
Dramatisation Director: Alyx Duncan
Co-Editor: Margot Francis
Nominated for: Best Factual Series, Best Director: Documentary/Factual, Best Editing: Documentary or Factual, Images & Sound Best Original Score,
Family Faith Footy: A Pasifika Rugby Story
Celebrating Pasifika rugby players and their communities. A story about small islands, big dreams and the sacrifices made by many to produce some of the world’s greatest players.
Director: Jeremiah Tauamiti
Nominated for: New Zealand On Air Best Documentary, New Zealand On Air Best Pasifika Programme
Still Here
Celebrate the small but mighty Pasifika community in inner-city Auckland who have remained despite decades of gentrification, as told through the eyes of Pacific youth and their families.
Director & Co-producer: Litia Tuiburelevu
Supervising Producer, Executive Producer, Editor & Additional Editing: Josh Yong
Nominated for: New Zealand On Air Best Pasifika Programme
Kāinga
This anthology film brings in underrepresented Asian filmmakers to craft eight unique stories chronicling the diverse, ever-changing, yet familiar experiences of Asians trying to make Aotearoa New Zealand their home through five decades.
Director: Michelle Ang
Writer/Director: Ghazaleh Golbaksh
Director: Julie Zhu
Writer/Director: Nahyeon Lee
Writer: Mia Maramara
Nominated for: Screen Auckland Best Director: Drama/Comedy Drama, Best Production Design
After The Party
Penny loses everything when she accuses her husband of a sex crime against her daughter’s teenage friend, and no one believes her.
Director: Peter Salmon
DEGANZ Directors Attachment: Stella Reid
Nominated for: Screen Auckland Best Director: Drama/Comedy Drama, Best Actress. Best Supporting Actress, Best Actor. Best Supporting Actor, Best Editing: Drama/Comedy Drama, Images & Sound Best Cinematography: Drama/Comedy Drama, Best Production Design, Best Script: Drama
Creamerie
Lex, Jamie, Pip and male survivor Bobby flee rural Hiro Valley and go on a road trip to bring Wellness cult leader Lane to justice; but to save humankind, they first have to save their friendship.
Director: Roseanne Liang
Nominated for: Best Supporting Actor
Congratulations for everyone nominated! Check out the full list of nominees here.
Last updated on 19 November 2024
