2025 Nominations
Best Narrative
Rochelle
The Island
Picture Break
Holiday
Breath
Best Animation
The Sex Slave
The Mushpit
Indefinitely
Bulbank
Loop Line
Best Experiemental Film
Moneybaby
Stadsgeluiden
Tides of Freedom
The Imagination of a Child
Adam
Stairs
Best Documentary
Detangling the Stigma
Buttons and Dumplings
Journey Of Transformation
Exist
Spirit of NZ Award
Haruru Ana Te Karanga ē
Perianayaki
Rochelle
Mother Tongue
Buttons and Dumplings
The Graceful Act
Social Impact Award
Adidas Owns the Reality
The Sex Slave
The Drowning Fish
Buttons and Dumplings
Te Herenga Tangata
Best Actor
The Island
Breath
Holiday
Rochelle
Best Actress
I'd Never Date an Indian Girl
Mother Tongue
Hoikia
Morearea
Picture Break
Perianayaki
Best Animated Character
Bulbank
Ghariba and Ajeeb
Indefinitely
Best Director of Photography
I need a battle
CleanerThe Island
The Drowning Fish
Stadsgeluiden
X: The Interview
Fin
Best Director
The Island
Rochelle
I need a battle
Shadow Of the Light Musical
Morearea
Best Editor
Shaolin Office
The Sex Slave
The Island
Sock's Manifesto
Best Sound Design
Morearea
I need a battle
Shadow Of the Light Musical
The Island
Best Music
Shadow Of the Light Musical
The Island
Molly Payton - Accelerate
I need a battle
Best Action Sequence
King Karsten
Picture Break
Shaolin Office
Dark Child
Best Production Design
Lost
Rochelle
I need a battle
Morearea
Shadow Of the Light Musical
The Island
Best Costume Design
Tides of Freedom
Fashion - Short Film Inspired by Gucci
X: The Interview
Picture Break
Best Music Video
I need a battle
Molly Payton - Accelerate
Outliers Award
The Fire Triangle Of Love Theory
Fin
The White Horse
Sock's Manifesto
Holiday
The Sex Slave
Teo Award
The White Horse
Indefinitely
Holiday
The Sex Slave
Breath
Buttons and Dumplings
The Island