Thanks to all the amazing filmmakers who entered this year. There were so many jaw dropping entries we decided to open our categories to more nominations in recognition of these incredible works.

After extensive review of all our entries, here are our 2022 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 July 1st 2022. Winner and prizes to be announced!

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2022 Major category Nominations

Best Aotearoa project

Winner receives $3000 worth of Rental from Rubber Monkey and a Golden Chompy 🏆

Hatupatu - Alien Weaponry - Directed by Alex Hargreaves

TAIAO - Directed by Micah Te Kaponga Winiata, Andrei Talili

Out Of Order - Directed by Ryan Cooper, Tim Evans, Alex Leighton

FLIP - Directed by Jessica Grace Smith

Hot Wool - Directed by Tony Olsen

The Haka - Directed by Isaac Lee

ZERO - Directed By Tim Hamilton

Auckland - Directed by Lyle Bushe

Spike - Directed by Greta Gregory, Lewis Gregory

Best Short Film

Brother Troll - Directed by Gudmund Helmsdal - Faroe Islands

Bainne - Directed by Jack Reynor - Ireland

Irradiation - Directed by Sava Zivkovic - Serbia

SQUISH - Directed By Xavier Seron - Belgium

Choulequec - Directed By Benoit Blanc, Matthias Girbig - France

Best Animation

Zangkom Redux - Directed by Maurice de Bruijne

Golden Hour - Directed by Sophie, Yan Li, Gabriel Regnier, Adel Sabi, Ye Jeremy, Quentin Rigaux - France

Unnecessary things - Directed by Dmytro Lisenbart - Ukraine

On / Off - Directed by Nicolas P. Villarreal - Argentina

Blue Curry - Directed by Magali Dunyach, Chien-Ju Hung, Jimin Jung, Vajra Pancharia, Léa Pietrzyk - France

S.A.D - The Movie - Directed by Guilherme Gehr - Italy

Best New Zealand Music Video

Winner receives a $500 cash prize and a Golden Chompy🏆

Swing Low - Vallé - Directed by Connor Pritchard

Silence Speaks - Scalper - Directed by Hendrikus De Vaan

At Thy Feet - Church & AP - Directed by Oscar Keys

Hatupatu - Alien Weaponry - Directed by Alex Hargreaves

YOU - Hollie Smith - Directed by Claire Varley, Jacob Mokomoko

Strangers - Ha The Unclear - Directed by Vision Thing

Never Ending - Benee - Directed by Devan Narsai, Riley Coughlin

Best International Music Video

Honey Sweet - Directed by Inari Sirola - UK

Feels - Directed by Stas Bashkatov - Latvia

Remember - Directed by Garik Sukachov - Russian Federation

Reminiscence - Directed by Jia Zhao - China

Bad Math - Directed by Kam Shing Yuen - Hongkong

Be Mine - Directed by Cory Kerr - USA

Best Experimental Film

Phosphorus - Directed By Keilidh Bradley, Jennifer Belobi, Eduardo Adsuara - France

Battle of Gaman - Directed By Auryn Rotten - Australia

THE GUN - Directed By T. J. McIntosh - New Zealand

Formless Form - Directed By Ben Ridgway - USA

Kids Say Whatever - Directed By Lasse Jonas Rogie - Netherlands

Solid Ground - Directed By Kai Lappalainen - Finland

Best Documentary

Dajla: cinema and oblivion - Directed By Arturo Dueñas Herrero - Spain

God's Buffalo - Directed By Bishnu Kalpit - Nepal

TAIAO - Directed By Micah Te Kaponga Winiata, Andrei Talili - New Zealand

Leeway - Directed By Roberto Nascimento - New Zealand

Night Ride - Directed By Todd Karehana - New Zealand

Visionary Nominations

Visionary Project

Golden Hour - Directed by Sophie, Yan Li, Gabriel Regnier, Adel Sabi, Ye Jeremy, Quentin Rigaux - France

Bainne - Directed by Jack Reynor - Ireland

SQUISH - Directed By Xavier Seron - Belgium

Irradiation - Directed by Sava Zivkovic - Serbia

Visionary Director

Winner will be judged by Jason Lei Howden - Director of Gun Akimbo and Deathgasm

Bainne - Directed by Jack Reynor - Ireland

SQUISH - Directed By Xavier Seron - Belgium

Irradiation - Directed by Sava Zivkovic - Serbia

Farmers - Directed By Tim Carlier - Australia

Hatupatu - Alien Weaponry - Directed by Alex Hargreaves - New Zealand

ZERO - Directed By Tim Hamilton - New Zealand

Visionary Cinematography

Bainne - Directed by Jack Reynor - Ireland

Farmers - Directed By Tim Carlier - Australia

Remember - Directed by Garik Sukachov - Russian Federation

TAIAO - Directed By Micah Te Kaponga Winiata, Andrei Talili - New Zealand

Dajla: cinema and oblivion - Directed By Arturo Dueñas Herrero - Spain

Hot Wool - Directed by Tony Olsen - New Zealand

Visionary Art Direction

Hatupatu - Alien Weaponry - Directed by Alex Hargreaves - New Zealand

Hot Wool - Directed by Tony Olsen - New Zealand

Golden Hour - Directed by Sophie, Yan Li, Gabriel Regnier, Adel Sabi, Ye Jeremy, Quentin Rigaux - France

Muroki - Wavy - Directed by Connor Pritchard - New Zealand

The Haka - Directed by Isaac Lee - New Zealand

THE GUN - Directed By T. J. McIntosh - New Zealand

Visionary Editing

Swing Low - Vallé - Directed by Connor Pritchard - New Zealand

TAIAO - Directed By Micah Te Kaponga Winiata, Andrei Talili - New Zealand

Hatupatu - Alien Weaponry - Directed by Alex Hargreaves - New Zealand

Tales Of The Salt Water - Directed By Tamerlan Bekmurzayev, Antoine Carre, Rodrigo Goulão De Sousa, Alexandra Petit, Martin Robic - France

ZERO - Directed By Tim Hamilton - New Zealand

Visionary Acting

THE GUN - Liam Prisk - New Zealand

Bainne - Will Poulter - Ireland

SQUISH - Jean Le Peltier - Belgium

Farmers - Lyn Pike - Australia

Hot Wool - Stewart Ross - New Zealand

Visionary VFX

Irradiation - Directed by Sava Zivkovic - Serbia

The Machine - Directed by Isaac Bell

ZERO - Directed By Tim Hamilton - New Zealand

The Haka - Directed by Isaac Lee - New Zealand

Jeijay - Directed By Petra Stipetic, Maren Wiese - Germany

Spotlight Categories NOMINATIONS

Spotlight Country - Best Australian Project

Wins automatic Official Selection to Melbourne CINEVERSE Film Festival with a Q&A at Backlot Studios in Melbourne, with a distribution offer from either CinéCiné Lo* and CineShort.

Too Tough Terry - Directed By Reid McManus

On Shift - Directed By April Clayton

These Men Did - Directed By Lachlan Stephens

Upsodown - Directed By Nathan Ceddia

Farmers - Directed By Tim Carlier

Hellbender - Directed By Gregory Kelly

Best Short Screenplay

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.

and BEST STUDENT SHORT SCREENPLAY win A Final Draft Digital Software Download

The End of Us - Written By Lorena Chiles - USA

Spectral Delivery - Written By Becca Barnes - New Zealand

The Ghostodians - Written By Leila Murton Poole - New Zealand

The Crossing - Written By Tom Levesque - New Zealand

Coloured Less - Written By Alex de Vries - New Zealand

Spotlight Genre - Best Science Fiction Project

Wins automatic Official Selection to Hybrid Genre Australia with Q&A at BackLot Cinema in Melbourne, with a distribution offer from either Teyatro Sydney or ZuzFilms.io and CineShort.

ZERO - Directed By Tim Hamilton - New Zealand

Unnecessary things - Directed By Dmytro Lisenbart - Ukraine

Holding South - Directed By Keren Green - New Zealand

The Machine - Directed By Isaac Bell - New Zealand

Noctuidae - Directed By Alexandra (Ali) Mauritz - Germany

Transfert - Directed By Jonathan Degrelle - France

Spotlight technique - Best Stop Motion Animation

Scarlet Red - Directed By Toon Loenders - Belgium

Jeijay - Directed By Petra Stipetic, Maren Wiese - Germany

Davey's Lullaby - Directed By Adam Deyoe - USA

Soapless Soap - Directed By Tamar Sharvit, Bar Vaknine - Israel

The Dark Odyssey - Directed By Michael Lavine - USA

She Was Crying Sugar - Directed By Tommy Simms - USA

Best New Zealand Student Work

Ellie - Directed By Yuanting (Tina) Luo

Killing the Parson Bird - Directed By Peter McCulley

Nature of Passing - Directed By John McMyler

Asterias - Directed By Leighton Young

Finding the Lighthouse - Directed By Michael Cox

Plight of the Penguins - Directed By Caomh Browne-Scott - New Zealand

Inherited - Directed By Nikodim Trashkov

Secret Places - Directed By Nicole Chen

Hot Chips - Directed By Stella Taylor

Night Light - Directed By Miguel Gierran

Best International Live Action Student Work

Stargazer - Directed By Arvind Jay - UK

The Scent Of A Forest - Directed By Servaes Dewispelaere - Belgium

Beth - Directed By Ava Bounds - UK

Smile Or Die - Directed By Kristin Jakubek, Alena Kroker - Germany

Real World - Directed By Mathew Panayiotou - Australia

Best International Animated Student Work

Contretemps - Directed By Claire Sun, Chloé Maingé, Lise Légier, Laurine Baille, Gabriel Gérard - France

Tales Of The Salt Water - Directed By Tamerlan Bekmurzayev, Antoine Carre, Rodrigo Goulão De Sousa, Alexandra Petit, Martin Robic - France

The Child And The Goose - Directed By Jade Chastan, Alice Failla, Justine Hermetz, Sophie Lafleur, Vincent Lenne - France

Vr The World - Directed By Pravin J - India

Shadows - Directed By Charlotte Connolly - Ireland

Under The Dark Clouds - Directed By Kangmin Lim - USA

Beyond Masks - Directed By Letícia Lopez Rangueri, Lucas Brassanini Flores, Carolina Bonformagio Da Silva - Brazil

An Audience vote on the event night will take place as well