Official Selection
Yoobee College of Creative Innovation Best Directing
Dear Dad,
By Acacia Wong
The King
By Aislin Hook
Sticky Pages
By Emily Quang
Bear Witness
By Grace Symmans
Mixed Media
By Isaac Giles
Self-Portrait
By Ryo Nishikawa
At Arms Length
By Toni Tyson
South Pacific Pictures Best Acting
God’s Favourites Fall Hardest
By Faith Carolyn Ward
Stuck In A Hard Place
By Finn Davey
Smile
By Henry Jiao
Nokia Low
By Oberon Romond
Motion
By Ryan Evans
Crazy Love
By Thomas Stewardson
I Thought I Was Alone
By Zion McLean
Best Māori Filmmaker
Taurewarewa
By Libby Witheford-Smith
The Great South
By Taniora Ormsby
One NZ Best Phone Short
Leave a Message at the Tone
By Juno Salmon
Living Out Loud: Reflection of Trans Visibility
By Lee Li
Wētā FX Best Visual Effects
Hobson’s Choice
By Daniel Robinson
A Dragon in Name Only
By Jacynta Scurfield
Hardwired
By Joel Graham
Lumos
By Kate Skoglund
The Broadcast
By Madison Kremmer
The Memory Emporium
By Michael Allred
Red Light
By Tyler Redmond
The New Zealand Herald Best Documentary
Native Eye
By Grace Bridle
Sound in Wind and Limb
By Katie Bilbrough
Pōneke Classical Sessions
By Sebastian Kerebs
The Unlikely Voyage
By Zoe Janda
Living Out Loud: Reflection of Trans Visibility
By Lee Li
Blackmagic Design Best Editing
Tape V
By Wei-Chi Lin
Empty Ceilings
By Caleb Rayner
Crescendo
By Faith Cruz
ONLINE
By Ollie Madsen
Take Me to Your Leader
By Rata Shaw
Canon Best Cinematography
Birdsong
By Levi Andreas Roberts-Brothers
King Karsten
By Andrew Watson
It Hunts At Night
By Charlie Johnston
The Wētā
By Hayden Smithie
Borders of the Heart
By Weitong Li
Wētā Workshop Best Special Effects
The Trade
By Jack Robinson
Smugglers Run
By Mark Ruffell
The Puppet Show
By Sam Pay
“New Zealand Youth Film Festival is a fabulous event, and the quality of filmmaking from rangatahi youth as young as 15 really blew me away! I can’t wait to know many of these folks as colleagues on the world stage. Doing Aotearoa so proud.”