We are looking to expand our team in the wellington region, if this sounds like you click on the image above.
Merry Christmas from the Vision Feast team! We hope everyone enjoys a well deserved break from 2021. Stay tuned from some big award announcements in 2022.
Introducing out brand new trophy. The Chompy
Our new Chompy Trophy has been some time in the making (and still is). Designed by our festival director Aleksander Sakowski and 3D Sculpted by the talented Dante Rockford. Production of them is currently underway by our friends at the Comic Book Factory.
The only way to get your hands on one is to enter and win at our festival. These are going to be super limited and only 10 will be given away to our top film makers. Our Visionary Winner will also get a special custom hand painted edition. Stay posted as we have some work in progress of these coming up!
Are you a kiwi film maker that’s made a sweet music video over the past 2 years? Then you could win a $500 cash prize by entering your project. Our Best New Zealand Music Video winner will walk away with a cash prize of $500. To be eligible for this prize you have to be a NZ resident or citizen working with Kiwi music artists. If that’s you, then enter here through our New Zealand Film Maker portal.
Check out our new Chompy Trophies! You can win one of these limited edition awards in 2022 by entering our festival. Designed by our festival director Aleksander Sakowski, 3D Sculpted by the talented Dante Rockford and currently in production by The Comic Book Factory
On top of getting the chance to get your work projected on the big screen to our live event audience in Auckland NZ, we have some killer awards and prizes to give to our winning film makers.
Our new Chompy trophies will be awarded to the best of the best at the festival. These trophy’s are limited and not all categories will be awarded them. Stay tuned for more information on that, and if the Chomp’s weren’t cool enough, check out some of these potential prizes you could win.
BEST AOTEAROA PROJECT wins a $3000 gear rental package from Rubber monkey
BEST NZ MUSIC VIDEO wins $500nzd cash prize from The Vision Feast.
BEST SHORT SCREENPLAY will win a Final Draft digital software download and a 1hour exclusive 1 on 1 screenplay coaching session* with award winning Film & TV Writer Kathryn Burnett from Beginners guide writing workshop.
BEST DIVERSE WORLDS SHORT SCREENPLAY wins A Final Draft Digital Software Download and A free pass* to any workshop by Beginners guide writing workshop.
BEST STUDENT SHORT SCREENPLAY win A Final Draft Digital Software Download
THE VISIONARY winner will win a special limited edition custom painted Trophy and a Cinecine festival waiver pack of $250nzd worth of submissions to our collaborating festivals.
More to be announced…
Stay tuned, we will be announcing more killer prizes as we get closer to our 2022 event so if you’re project is in the works, there is still time to enter. Till then, chomp on!
*T&C apply.
We want your Music Videos, Animations, Short Films, Short Documentaries, Experimental projects, student films, mind melting visuals, you name it, we want it! Enter now at www.thevisionfeast.com
Rubber Monkey is back for 2022! Our "Best Aotearoa Film" will receive 3k worth of rentals to help on your next project. We are super stoked to have Rubber monkey back on board supporting local NZ talent. Entry details www.filmfreeway.com/TheVisionFeast
It doesn’t matter if its a music video, short film, animation, experimental, if its made by kiwis, your project is in competition for this prize. make sure to entry out NZ FILMMAKER category to reduce your entry fees as well.
First prototypes of our Chompy Awards are in progress!
Feast your eyes on 5 years of the Vision feasts best! Entries are open for our 6th year. Head to www.filmfreeway.com/thevisionfeast for more details. Use code VIZ22 to get %20 off.
We are proud to share with you this super cut of the best of the best from the fest, over the last 5 years. If you want to watch some of these in full head to our cinema page
Oh yeah, that’s right the chompy’s are coming! as we are wrapping up our 2021 season, we are getting ready for out 2022 season! (psst, entries are already open with a super early bird special)
Check out our sweet new trophy in development, 3d Sculpted by the super talented Dante Rockford
If you want to win one of these bad bois, the only way is to enter the festival! so get your vision in! Join us on our Instagram to follow the process of building them.
Congratulations to SPACE INVADER for taking out our Chompy Audience award. As voted for by our live audience. 2nd was Kiko By Francis Baker and 3rd was Wilde Eyes by Nina Prange
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OUR WINNERS!
Thanks to all who came out to our live event at Academy Cinemas in Auckland, New Zealand.
More photography to come. What a night! our biggest event yet with over 160 people attending. Good vibes, good people and good times. Jen Van Epps brought the energy hosting our 2021 event. The audience experienced a spectrum of incredible works from New Zealand and the best of the best from around the world. Thanks to all film makers who entered. Continue on in your visionary madness. Audience award yet to be announced! click below to see all our winners.
The day is finally here, THE VISION FEAST 2021 is on tonight at Academy cinemas. Doors close a 6pm and the night proceedings will begin. Door sales will be available if there are any left. Ticket are available below.
Come Support some killer local and international film making madness
Thanks to all our sponsors this year for making our 2021 event bigger and more chompier than ever!
Thanks to our awesome sponsors this year! our event is bigger and better than ever. Its onl this friday! tickets available here.
It's our 5th incredible year of New Zealand's Vision Feast Film Festival so come Join us for an evening of the most mind-melting local and international short films, music videos, animations and more! Event info - https://fb.me/e/25IT5EqMG
Tickets are only $10, and each one receives a free complimentary drink from PALS. There will be prizes awarded to our winning films as well as a chance for audience members to win some goodies.
Tickets - http://www.academycinemas.co.nz/.../nz-vision-feast-film...
Thank you to all the amazing filmmakers who entered this year. There were many entries we could not fit but please continue the incredible work.
After extensive review of all our entries, here are our 2021 nominees. Congratulations to you all. Stay tuned for upcoming nominee content on our social media and join us on the road to our event on May 14th 2021. Winner and prizes to be announced!
The Vision Feast 2021 Category Nominations
Best Music Video Nominations
Teleapàtic - Minova - Directed by Sito Ruiz and Esteve Puig - Spain
Guilty Love - Ladyhawke ft.BROODS - Directed by - Lula Cucchiara - NZ
Flames Of Hell - Bulletbelt - Directed by Jason Howden - NZ
Sundown - SIX60 - Directed by Connor Pritchard - NZ
Best Animation Nominations
Punishment of God - Directed by Lianne Booton & Dane Jacobs - NZ
Sundown - Directed by Juliette Brocal, Camille Letouze, Ana Moniz, She Ruitao, Zou Shanshan - France
My Tagalong - Directed by Jerry Wang - Canada
BENCH - Directed by Rich Webber - UK
Best Short Film Nominations
Synchronization - Directed by Anna Kasińska - Poland
Dystopia - Directed by Romain Rodrigues - France
Space Invader - Directed by Isaac Bell - NZ
Can you love me the most - Directed by Feisal Azizuddin - Malaysia
Best Experimental Nominations
Loopy - Directed by Max Cianci and Glory Daze - USA
There's a gorilla in the closet - Directed by Rémi Fréchette - Canada
Sympoietic Bodies - Directed by Flavia Mazzanti - Austria
Deity - Directed by Jose Alberto de Hoyos - NZ
Category Spotlight - Best Documentary Nominations
OK Chlöe - Directed by Charlotte Evans - NZ
Going Deeper. Love letter to Nazare - Directed by Luke Huxham - Japan
Gen Tree - Directed by Ronni Shalev - Israel
Garage Romantic - Directed by Dan Sadgrove - NZ
Country Spotlight - Best French Film Maker Nominations
Dystopia - Directed by Romain Rodrigues
Le Miroir - Directed by Leila Murton Poole
Penury - Directed by Quentin Sur
Le cri - Directed by Chouisnard Charlotte, Dodemant Ninon, Leclerc Baptiste, Michel Solène, Parasote Justine, Segura-diaz Anoukn
Genre Spotlight - Best Horror/Thriller
Golem - Directed by Ryan Cauchi - Australia
Death of the Primate - Directed by Chester Carr - UK
Hospital Dumpster Divers - Directed by Anders Elsrud Hultgreen - Norway
Split - Directed by Joanna Deja and Łukasz Deja - Poland
Visionary Nominations
Visionary Project 2021
Sundown - SIX60 - Directed by Connor Pritchard - NZ
Wild Eyes - Directed by Nina Prange - Germany
Sundown - Directed by Juliette Brocal, Camille Letouze, Ana Moniz, She Ruitao, Zou Shanshan - France
Going Deeper. Love letter to Nazare - Directed by Luke Huxham - Japan
Best Aotearoa Project
OK Chlöe - Directed by Charlotte Evans - NZ
Sundown - SIX60 - Directed by Connor Pritchard - NZ
Space Invader - Directed by Isaac Bell - NZ
KIKO - Ka Puta - Directed by Francis Baker - NZ
Visionary Director
Sundown - SIX60 - Directed by Connor Pritchard - NZ
Space Invader - Directed by Isaac Bell - NZ
Sundown - Directed by Juliette Brocal, Camille Letouze, Ana Moniz, She Ruitao, Zou Shanshan - France
Wild Eyes - Directed by Nina Prange - Germany
Visionary Cinematography
Going Deeper. Love letter to Nazare - Directed by Luke Huxham - Japan
Sundown - SIX60 - Directed by Connor Pritchard - NZ
Garage Romantic - Directed by Dan Sadgrove - NZ
Hospital Dumpster Divers - Directed by Anders Elsrud Hultgreen - Norway
Visionary Art Direction
The Golem - Directed by Ryan Cauchi - Australia
Le Miroir - Directed by Leila Murton Poole
Sundown - Directed by Juliette Brocal, Camille Letouze, Ana Moniz, She Ruitao, Zou Shanshan - France
Flames Of Hell - Bulletbelt - Directed by Jason Howden - NZ
Visionary Student project
Miro Wine - Directed by Bree Greally & Lily Martin-Babin - NZ
Wild Eyes - Directed by Nina Prange - Germany
Love Quest - Directed by Cécile Despretz - France
Organized Life - Directed by Patrick Yu Wang & Nguyet Nghi Duong - USA
Visionary Editing
Sundown - SIX60 - Directed by Connor Pritchard - NZ
Going Deeper. Love letter to Nazare - Directed by Luke Huxham - Japan
Deity - Directed by Jose Alberto de Hoyos - NZ
Garage Romantic - Directed by Dan Sadgrove - NZ
Visionary Acting
Wojciech Solarz - Split - Directed by Joanna Deja & Łukasz Deja - Poland
James Jennings - Space Invader - Directed by Isaac Bell - NZ
Mick Innes - Deity - Directed by Directed by Jose Alberto de Hoyos - NZ
Ingar Helge Gimle - Hospital Dumpster Divers - Directed by Anders Elsrud Hultgreen - Norway
Visionary SPFX/Makeup
Flames Of Hell - Bulletbelt - Directed by Jason Howden - NZ
Death of the Primate - Directed by Chester Carr - UK
Hospital Dumpster Divers - Directed by Anders Elsrud Hultgreen - Norway
Le Miroir - Directed by Leila Murton Poole
Visionary VFX
Dystopia - Directed by Romain Rodrigues - France
Flames Of Hell - Bulletbelt - Directed by Jason Howden - NZ
Golem - Directed by Ryan Cauchi - Australia
Sympoietic Bodies - Directed by Flavia Mazzanti - Austria
We have teamed up with Rubber Monkey to bring kiwi film makers a visionary prize. The winner of our BEST NZ PROJECT will receive $3000 worth of equipment rental from Rubber Monkey to help you on your next project! You can enter short films, music videos, docos, animations, or whatever as long as it's made by Kiwi film makers you are eligible for this prize. Be quick, this is the last month to get your entries in. www.thevisionfeast.com