Award Winners 2019

WAIROA MAORI FILM FESTIVAL

AWARD WINNERS 2019

Pitch Wairoa Pitching Prize

Te Hira Horua Waiariki $1,500 towards his film project

Jade Waetford $1,500 towards her film project

Mana Wairoa Te Reo Prize

Recipient: Hinekura, Becs Arahanga

Te Wairoa Media Prize

Recipient:  Liz Hunkin

Prize: Artwork from Wairoa District Council   

Kete by Jan McKenzie commissioned by Wairoa Maori Film Festival

Moana Jury Short Non-Fiction Prize –Pasifika Director

Recipient: Toa`ipuapuagā, Strength in Suffering, Vea Mafileo

Moana Jury Short Fiction Prize –Pasifika Director

Recipient: Liliu, Jeremiah Tauamiti

Whenua Jury Short Non-Fiction Prize Prize – Maori Director

Recipient: Take, Victoria Hunt

Whenua Jury Short Fiction Prize Prize – Maori Director

Recipient: Ani, Josephine Stewart-Te Whiu

Mana Wairoa Male Actor 

Recipient: Shane Rangi  (Die Like a Shark)

Mana Wairoa Female Actor

Recipient: Darneen Christian  (Krystal, by Briar Grace-Smith)

Women in Film & Television (WIFT) Mana Wahine Award

Recipient: Whetu Fala

Mana Wairoa International Indigenous Award                              

Recipient: Hiona Henare for women directors of Spirit Womon

Mana Wairoa – Advancement of Indigenous Film

Recipient: Fred Renata