Winners announced: Aotearoa Film & Television Awards

New Zealand screen industry movers and shakers gathered in Auckland to celebrate outstanding achievement on the big and small screen as the Aotearoa Film & Television Awards recognised our top talent.

TV ONE was awarded Qantas Best News while the News and Current Affairs presenter categories were dominated by TV3, taking out Best News Reporting, Best News or Current Affairs Presenter, Investigation of the Year, and Journalist of the Year for Hamish Clark.

Maori TV emerged with Best Current Affairs Series for Native Affairs, and continued their success in the General Television categories, picking up four awards including Kordia Best Multi-Cam Broadcast for Rise Up Christchurch.

Images & Sound Best Drama went to This Is Not My Life; TV3’s Missing Pieces and The Secret Lives of Dancers took out both Reality Series categories, and television series Bloodlines scored multiple acting accolades and Images & Sound Best Director – Drama/Comedy.

Florian Habicht’s feature film Love Story was awarded Best Director, Best Editing and Best Feature Film, while Ebony Society won Best Short Film. The Insatiable Moon took home two acting titles and Predicament scooped numerous production awards in the Feature Film categories. My Wedding And Other Secrets also made an impact, winning Best Screenplay and Best Lead Actress.

Anna Cahill, Screen Director’s Guild of New Zealand Executive Director and Awards committee co-chair says, “the awards really reflect a very high calibre of work having been entered this year, which is very exciting".

This sentiment is echoed by New Zealand Television Broadcasters’ Council chief executive and fellow Awards committee co-chair Rick Friesen who said, “once again, New Zealand has shown it has world class talent in the film and television industries, and I want to congratulate all the finalists and winners. They are most deserving of all the accolades they have received.”

Highlights from the Awards Gala ceremony will screen on TV3 from 10:35 pm tonight.

AOTEAROA FILM & TELEVISION AWARDS WINNERS 2011

Winners are listed first and in bold typeface.

NEWS AND CURRENT AFFAIRS:

Qantas Best News
· ONE News (TV ONE)

· 3 News (TV3)

· Tonight (TV ONE)


Best News or Current Affairs Presenter
· Hilary Barry, 3 News (TV3) Christchurch Earthquake

· John Campbell ,Campbell Live (TV3) The Christchurch Earthquake

· Peter Williams, ONE News (TV ONE) Pike River


Journalist of the Year
· Hamish Clark, 3 News (TV3) Christchurch Earthquake


Best News Reporting
· Hamish Clark, 3 News (TV3) Christchurch Earthquake

· Guyon Espiner, One News (TV ONE) Garrett

· Duncan Garner & Tony Reid, 3 News (TV3) Brash Rolls Hide


Best Current Affairs Reporting for a weekly programme or one-off current affairs special
· Amanda Millar & Joanne Mitchell, Sunday (TV ONE) Innocent

· Janet McIntyre, Sunday (TV ONE) A Tale of Two Light Bulbs

· Sonya Wilson, 20/20 (TV2) Taken


Best Current Affairs Reporting for a daily programme
· Mark Crysell & Kate McCallum, Close Up (TV ONE) Webster

· John Campbell, Campbell Live (TV3) Please tell us what is happening to our homes? Christchurch Earthquake

· Gill Higgins & Kate McCallum, Close Up (TV ONE) Chaston 1


Best Current Affairs Series
· Native Affairs (Maori TV)

· 60 Minutes (TV3)

· Sunday (TV ONE)


Investigation of the Year
· John Campbell, Pip Keane & Claudine MacLean – Campbell Live (TV3) The Tsunami Aid Money Investigation

· Paula Penfold & Eugene Bingham (TV3) Secrets and Lies

· Rachel Stace & John Hagen (TV ONE) A Rotten Shame


Best News Camera *
· Cameron Williams, 3 News (TV3) Niger Series/Airline Investigation

· Christie Douglas, 3 News (TV3) Pyne Gould Corp. Building Collapse/Christchurch Quake: Pyne Gould Building Flattened

· Bob Grieve, 3 News (TV3) Hoar/Singer/Students

Best Current Affairs Camera *
· Martin Anderson, 20/20 (TV2) Rite of Passage

· Chris Brown, 20/20 (TV2) Breaking Back

· Leander Scott-Donelan, Close Up (TV ONE) Pheasant


Best News Editing *
· Paul Sparkes, ONE News (TV ONE) Special Report CCTV

· Sarah Rowan, 3 News (TV3) Pike River Memorial/Amy Gilbert/Commonwealth

· Paul Sparkes, ONE News (TV ONE) Special Report 1080


Best Current Affairs Editing *
· Nick Reid, 20/20 (TV2) Sitting on a Killer

· Will Kong, Sunday (TV ONE) Officer Down

· Elisabeth Topping, Sunday (TV ONE) Big on the Blogosphere


GENERAL TELEVISION

Images & Sound Best Drama Programme
· This Is Not My Life, Desert Road (TV ONE)

· Outrageous Fortune, South Pacific Pictures (TV3)

· What Really Happened: Waitangi, Eyeworks New Zealand (TV ONE)


NZ On Air Best Comedy or Comedy Series
· 7 Days, MediaWorks TV (TV3)

· A Night At The Classic, Two Heads (TV2)

· Super City, Carthew Neal - Super Fumes (TV3)


Māori Language Commission/Te Māngai Pāho Best Māori Language Programme
· E Tū Kahikatea, Maramena Roderick - Te Noni (Māori TV)

· Katerina Te Heikoko Mataira, Maori Television (Maori TV)

· Kowhao Rau, Kura Productions (Maori TV)


Best Children’s/Youth Programme
· Kaitangata Twitch, ProductionShed.tv (Maori TV)

· The Amazing Extraordinary Friends, Greenstone TV (TV2)

· What Now 30th Birthday Show, Whitebait TV (TV2)


Best Information Programme
· Whare Maori, Scottie Productions (Maori TV)

· North, JAM TV (TV ONE)

· The Politically Incorrect Guide to Teenagers, Razor Films (TV ONE)


Auckland Council Best Entertainment/Factual Entertainment Programme
· MasterChef New Zealand, Imagination Television (TV ONE)

· Making Tracks, Two Heads & Like Rice (C4)

· The New Zealand Variety Show, Eureka Productions (TV ONE)


Kordia Best Multi-cam Broadcast
· Rise Up Christchurch – Global Telethon, Commotion TV (Maori TV)

· ANZAC Day 2011 - Kotahi Te Wairua, Maori Television (Maori TV)

· Polynesian Blue Pacific Music Awards, TVNZ (TV ONE)


Best Observational Reality Series
· The Secret Lives of Dancers, Eyeworks New Zealand (TV3)

· Intrepid Journeys, JAM TV (TV ONE)

· Rescue 1, Great Southern Television (TV2)


Best Constructed Reality Series
· Missing Pieces, Eyeworks New Zealand (TV3)

· Are You My Tribe?, Claudette Hauiti (TV ONE)

· Bigger, Better, Faster, Stronger, thedownlowconcept (TV3)


Best Performance by an Actress
· Madeleine Sami, Super City - Super Fumes Ltd (TV3)

· Miriama McDowell, This Is Not My Life - Desert Road (TV ONE)

· Tandi Wright, This Is Not My Life - Desert Road (TV ONE)


Best Performance by a Supporting Actress
· Rena Owen, Shortland Street - South Pacific Pictures (TV2)

· Nathalie Boltt, Bloodlines - Screentime Ltd (TV ONE)

· Fern Sutherland, The Almighty Johnsons - South Pacific Pictures (TV3)


Best Performance by an Actor
· Mark Mitchinson, Bloodlines - Screentime Ltd (TV ONE)

· Jarod Rawiri, What Really Happened: Waitangi - Eyeworks New Zealand (TV ONE)

· Antony Starr, Spies And Lies - South Pacific Pictures (TV ONE)


Best Performance by a Supporting Actor
· Craig Hall, Bloodlines - Screentime Ltd (TV ONE)

· Dean O'Gorman, Nights in the Gardens of Spain - Cinco Cine Film Productions & Conbrio Media (TV ONE)

· Craig Parker, Legend of the Seeker (Prime)


Best Presenter - Entertainment/Factual
· Jeremy Corbett, 7 Days - MediaWorks TV (TV3)

· Nigel Latta, Politically Incorrect Guide to Teenagers - Razor Films (TV ONE)

· Marcus Lush, North - JAM TV (TV ONE)


Best Script - Drama/Comedy
· James Griffin, Outrageous Fortune - South Pacific Pictures (TV3)

· Paula Boock & Donna Malane, Bloodlines - Screentime Ltd (TV ONE)

· Madeleine Sami & Thomas Sainsbury, Super City - Super Fumes Ltd (TV3)


Images & Sound Best Director - Drama/Comedy
· Peter Burger, Bloodlines - Screentime Ltd (TV ONE)

· Peter Burger, What Really Happened: Waitangi - Eyeworks New Zealand (TV ONE)

· Britta Johnstone, Stolen - South Pacific Pictures (TV3)


Best Director - Entertainment/Factual
· Dean Cornish & Nick Dwyer, Making Tracks - Two Heads & Like Rice (C4)

· James Anderson, The Food Truck - Two Heads (TV ONE)

· Karen Mackenzie & Michael Bennett, Whare Māori Episode.1 Kainga - Maori Television (Maori TV)

Kordia Best Multi-camera Direction *