2012 Sorta Unofficial New Zealand Film Awards

2012 Sorta Unofficial New Zealand Film Awards
Awarded for Excellence in New Zealand film
Sponsor The New Zealand Herald and Rialto Channel
Date December 4, 2012 (2012-12-04)
Location Civic Wintergarden, Auckland
Country New Zealand
Presented by Ant Timpson and Hugh Sundae
First awarded 2012
Official website http://www.nzfilmawards.co.nz
Television/Radio coverage
Network Rialto Channel

The 2012 Sorta Unofficial New Zealand Film Awards was the first presentation for the Sorta Unofficial NZ Film Awards, a New Zealand film industry award.

Following the demise of the Aotearoa Film and Television Awards and the announcement that the Screen Directors Guild of New Zealand would not hold film awards in 2012,[1] New Zealand film industry figure Ant Timpson and nzherald.co.nz online entertainment editor Hugh Sundae announced the formation of the Sorta Unofficial New Zealand Film Awards, also known as the Moas.[2]

The inaugural awards ceremony took place at the Civic Wintergarden in Auckland on 4 December 2012 and was webcast at the nzherald.co.nz, and broadcast on the Rialto Channel on 16 December 2012.[3][4]

Nominees and Winners

Moas were awarded in 26 categories in three groups - feature film, documentary film and short film.[5] The 2012 Moas cover the period of August 15, 2011 to September 29 2012 for feature films and short films, and August 1, 2011 to September 29 2012 for documentaries.[6] Nominees were announced on 5 November 2012, with The Orator and Two Little Boys receiving 11 nominations each.[7]

The Orator won eight awards in feature film categories, including Best Film. In the documentary categories, Shihad: Beautiful Machine won two awards, and the short film category was dominated by Honk If You're Horny, winning three of the six award categories.

Feature Film

Best Film

Best Self-Funded Film

Best Director

Best Editing

Best Cinematography

Best Actor

Best Actress

Best Supporting Actor

Best Supporting Actress

Best Screenplay

Best Visual Effects

Best Costume Design

Best Makeup Design

Best Production Design

Best Score

Best Sound

Documentary film

Best Documentary

Best Director

Best Cinematography

Best Editing

Short film

Best Short

Best Self-Funded Short

Best Script

Best Actor

Best Actress

Best Cinematography

External links

References

  1. "Changes to Aotearoa Film & Television Awards". Scoop. Retrieved 31 August 2012.
  2. "Waititi upset as NZ film awards cancelled". NZ Herald. 15 July 2012. Retrieved 31 August 2012.
  3. "The Sorta Unofficial New Zealand Film Awards". TimeOut (nzherald.co.nz). 30 August 2012. Retrieved 31 August 2012.
  4. "The NZ FILM Awards aka The Moas". Facebook. Retrieved 15 December 2012.
  5. "List of Categories". The Sorta Unofficial New Zealand Film Awards. Retrieved 31 August 2012.
  6. "Rules for Entry". Moas. Retrieved 29 October 2012.
  7. "The NZ film awards with so much moa". NZ Herald. 5 November 2012. Retrieved 5 November 2012.
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