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The Qantas Film and Television Awards ceremony took place at the mighty Civic Theatre over the weekend, and NZ On Screen Content Director Irene Gardiner donned her glad rags to represent us.
Visitor from Hawkes Bay and Irene Gardiner on the red carpet
In the feature film category, Dean Spanley proved the big winner on the day, taking away seven of its 12 nominations. These included best movie with a budget of more than $1 million, best director for Toa Fraser, and best supporting actor for British acting legend Peter O’Toole. You can watch nominated actor Sam Neill talking about the film here.
Best low-budget feature went to the hit Topp Twins documentary Untouchable Girls (NZ On Screen has a nine-minute excerpt from the film). Sima Urale’s debut feature Apron Strings also featured strongly, with awards for lead actors Jennifer Ludlam, Scott Wills, cinematographer Rewa Harre, and production designer Johnny Hawkins.
On the short film front, the team of Mark Albiston and Louis Sutherland scored big again with their Cannes-awarded short The Six Dollar Fifty Man, which won best short, best screenplay, and best performance (Oscar Vandy-Connor).
When it came to television, the big drama awards went largely to Until Proven Innocent, the TV movie based on the conviction of Kiwi David Dougherty. Until Proven Innocent won best drama programme, acting gongs for Cohen Holloway (who played Dougherty) and Peter Elliott, plus a camera award for David Paul. Paul Sutorius, currently working down the hall from our offices on new series Kaitangata Twitch, took away another editing gong.
Fiona Samuel’s adoption drama Piece of My Heart scored awards for young actors Emily Barclay and Keisha Castle-Hughes. Other winners included Jason Gunn and Dancing with the Stars, The Jaquie Brown Diaries, Hunger for the Wild and Play it Strange.
The news and current affairs awards were dominated by TV One.
You can find more details of those nominated – and the winners – here.
NZ On Screen would like to congratulate everyone who worked on any of the nominated productions.
The following titles and people have been added to the site over the last few weeks:
Full Length:
Home Movie (1997) – full length drama
NZ Centenary of Cinema by Greg Page (1996)
Excerpts:
Gang Girl – Tarnz Story (2005) – two excerpts from this documentary
Intrepid Journeys
- Jon Gadsby in Myanmar
- Marcus Lush in Egypt
- Marcus Lush in Russia
Prize Bitch (2001)
Hip Hop New Zealand (2003)
Gladiator: the Norm Hewitt Story (2004)
ASB Polyfest 2008
My Father’s War in Italy (2000)
Tattoo (2000)
Piercing – the Hole Story (2002)
Letter to Blanchy (1997)
Trailers:
Perfect Creature (2006)
Stickmen (2001) – also a 10 minute clip of the film
People:
Danielle Cormack
Willa O’Neill
Marcus Lush
George Henare
Richard Taylor
Miranda Harcourt
Karl Urban
Annie Whittle
Marton Csokas
Danny Mulheron
Brian Edwards
Stuart Dryburgh
Screentalk Interviews:
Ruth Harley
John Barnett
Andrew Shaw
