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