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It will be listed as WIFT New Zealand Awards 2014. The winners will be announced at an awards party on 26 February in the beautiful Grand Tearoom at Heritage Auckland. (More information on the awards night and tickets can be found at www.wiftnz.org.nz )
Get in quick to secure your tickets to the film and television event of the New Year and check out the finalists below....
WIFT NZ 2014 AWARDS FINALISTS ANNOUNCED
WIFT NZ is delighted to announce the finalists for five award categories, as selected by the judging panel of Christina Milligan (Chair), Penelope Borland, Sarah Cull, Debra Kelleher, Robin Laing, Fiona Milburn, Teremoana Rapley, and Sue Thompson.
Finalists
Finalists are announced for the following five categories:
South Pacific Pictures Award for Achievement in Film
Catherine Fitzgerald for 'The Orator'
Dana Rotberg for 'White Lies'
Robin Scholes for 'Mr Pip'
Queenstown Camera Company Entrepreneurship Award
Hil Cook - The Hil Cook Company
Sharon Menzies - Fulcrum Media Finance
Frances Valintine - The Mind Lab
Images & Sound Award for Success in Television
Jane Campion for 'Top of the Lake'
Bettina Hollings for Imagination Television's body of work first broadcast between 1 July 2010 and 30 June 2013
Debra Kelleher for 'Brunch' - Choice TV
Professional Lighting Services Award for Unsung Heroine of the NZ Screen Industry
Sharon Byrne, NZ International Film Festival
Jasmin McSweeney, NZ Film Commission
Lynne Reed, Archives New Zealand
Tracy Roe, Fisheye Films
Fulcrum Media Finance Woman to Watch Award
Zoe McIntosh
Jackie van Beek
Aidee Walker
Kerry Warkia
The judges determined that there should be only one finalist and winner to be announced at the Awards ceremony for the following two categories:
Great Southern Film & Television Award for Outstanding Contribution to the NZ Screen Industry
Te Puni K?kiri Te Reo Maori Champion Award
See you in your glad rags on February 26, for a WIFT Night to Remember!