Show Me Shorts is an international short film festival held in Auckland and other venues across New Zealand. It screens a selection of short films from New Zealand and around the world in cinemas nationwide each spring.
Each year approximately 80 top short films are selected and contend for awards. The festival awards are then presented to the top filmmakers at the opening night and awards ceremony in Auckland. Show Me Shorts is New Zealand's first Academy Awards -accredited festival, with the Best Film and Best International Film award winners becoming eligible for nomination for the Oscars .
The programme covers a diverse range of themes and subjects including documentary, sci-fi , horror, drama, animation and comedy. Since 2014, a music video competitive category has been included. There are a number of supporting events such as a lab for screenwriters and filmmaker talks for aspiring filmmakers that run as part of the festival.
History
Show Me Shorts Film Festival Trust is a registered charitable trust founded in Auckland in 2006 by Gina Dellabarca, MNZM, Tamara Liebman, Katrin Hagen, and Kate Nicholson.
The first screenings took place at Auckland's Academy Cinema in November, 2006. The following year the festival expanded to a full week in Auckland, plus screenings in Wellington , Christchurch and Dunedin . More locations and venues have since been added to the circuit.
In 2013 Show Me Shorts gained Academy Awards-accreditation for their Best New Zealand Film Award, allowing the festival to provide a pathway to the Oscars for filmmakers. In 2016 the festival additionally acquired Academy Awards-accreditation for their Best International Film Award.
Winners 2024
Category
Winner (film / person or team)
Department of Post Best New Zealand Film (Oscar qualifying)
Vea Mafile'o, Eldon Booth, Alex Lovell for 'Lea Tupu'anga (Mother Tongue)'
Best International Film (Oscar qualifying)
Mahdiye Ghotbedinmohamadi, Mohadeseh Pirhadi for 'The Brother'
Toi Whakaari Best Actor
Kura Turuwhenua for 'Honey Kaha'
Best Screenplay
Lucy Suess for 'Pack Rat'
DEGNZ Best Editor
Meg Trotter for 'Hitchhiking is Safe'
DEGNZ Best Director
Ian Sweeney for 'Figment'
Best Cinematographer
Ryan Heron for 'Rochelle'
NZ On Air Best Music Video
Hattie Adams, Ryan Bradley, Summer Vaha'akolo for 'Tōtara'
People's Choice Award
Loren Jalyn Kett and Julie Gursha for 'My Dying Place'
Winners 2023
Category
Winner (film / person or team)
Department of Post Best New Zealand Film (Oscar qualifying)
Jazz dos Santos, Puteri Raja Ariff, Julie Zhu for 'Lǎo Lao Lǎo Le'
Best International Film (Oscar qualifying)
Khozy Rizal, John Badalu, Sue Turley for Basri & Salma in a Never-Ending Comedy
Toi Whakaari Best Actor
Shared between Prabha Ravi for 'Anu' and Yan Lin for 'Lǎo Lao Lǎo Le'
Best Screenplay
Maza White for 'Daughter of God'
DEGNZ Best Editor
Jeremy Leatinu’u & Ian Powell for 'Te Whakawhitinga'
DEGNZ Best Director
Julie Zhu for 'Lǎo Lao Lǎo Le
Best Cinematographer
Marty Williams for 'The Ballad of Maddog Quinn'
NZ On Air Best Music Video
Ian Sweeney & Johnny Gilbert for 'When You Went Away - The Transits'
People's Choice Award
Anna Rose Duckworth, Ali Burns, Casey Latch, Mikaela Rüegg for 'Just Kidding I Actually Love You'
Winners 2022
Category
Winner (film / person or team)
Department of Post Best New Zealand Film (Oscar qualifying)
Mark Albiston, Sharlene George, Gal Greenspan and Andrew Mauger for 'Datsun'
Best International Film (Oscar qualifying)
Thijs Bouman, Rosalien Hollestelle, Noa Zimmerman for 'De Pinpas (The Debit Card)'
Toi Whakaari Best Actor
Villa Junior Lemanu for 'Atali'i O Le Crezent (Sons of the Crezent)'
Final Draft Best Screenplay
Ian Sweeney for 'Time Tourists'
DEGNZ Best Editor
Richard Shaw for 'Breathe'
DEGNZ Best Director
Brendan Canty for 'Atali'i O Le Crezent (Sons of the Crezent)'
Best Cinematographer
Marty Williams for 'Datsun'
NZ On Air Best Music Video
Zoe McIntosh and Frith Armstrong for 'Better Daze by Hoss'
People's Choice Award
Valentine Taylor, Roberto Nascimento, Belinda Bradley, Perry Bradley for 'Atali'i O Le Crezent (Sons of the Crezent)'
Winners 2021
Category
Winner (film / person or team)
Department of Post Best New Zealand Film (Oscar qualifying)
Bree Greally, Lily Martin-Babin for 'Miro Wine'
Best International Film (Oscar qualifying)
Alies Sluiter, Meng Xiong, Federica Belletti, William Littleton for 'Ayaan (Australia)'
Toi Whakaari Best Actor
Jodie Hillock for 'Blood and Gold'
Final Draft Best Screenplay
Sam Gill for 'Fetch'
DEGNZ Best Editor
Peter Roberts and Dwayne Cameron for 'June'
DEGNZ Best Director
Isaacc Bell for 'Space Invader'
Panavision Best Cinematographer
Kieran Fowler for 'Giants'
NZ On Air Best Music Video
Logan Marshall for 'New Day' by Gino October
SAE People's Choice Award
Rachel Ross, Morgan Leigh Stewart and Samantha Dutton for 'Green'
Winners 2020
Category
Winner (film / person or team)
Department of Post Best New Zealand Film
Tweedie Waititi & Cian Elyse White for 'Daddy's Girl (Kōtiro)'
Best International Film
Erenik Beqiri, Olivier Berlemont, Émilie Dubois, Ermir Keta & Amantia Peza for 'The Van'
NZ On Air Best Music Video
Emma Mortimer & Dylan Pharazyn for 'Career' by Wax Chattels
Panavision Best Cinematographer
Fred Renata for 'Daddy's Girl (Kōtiro)'
Toi Whakaari Best Actor
Margaret Sydenham for 'Hot Chocolate'
Final Draft Best Screenplay
Kathryn Burnett & James Cunningham for 'Prickly Jam'
DEGNZ Best Editor
Dylan Pharazyn for 'Career' by Wax Chattels
DEGNZ Best Director
Isaac Knights-Washbourn for 'Money Honey'
People's Choice Award
Jake Mokomoko & Claire Varley for 'Daddy's Girl (Kōtiro)'
Winners 2019
Category
Winner (film / person or team)
NZ On Air Best Music Video
Alexander Gandar, Tom Augustine & Amanda Jane Robinson for 'One By the Venom – Finn Andrews'
Panavision Best Cinematographer
Maria Inés Manchego for 'Ani'
Toi Whakaari Best Actor
Margaret Sydenham for 'Hush'
Final Draft Best Screenplay
Judith Cowley for 'Walk a Mile'
DEGNZ Best Editor
Annie Collins for 'Rū'
DEGNZ Best Director
Armağan Ballantyne for 'Hush'
Best International Film
Ithaca Yixian Deng & Hao Zheng for 'The Chef'
Department of Post Best New Zealand Film
Sarah Cook & Josephine Stewart-Te Whiu for 'Ani'
SAE People's Choice
Yves Piat, Damien Megherbi and Justin Pechberty for 'Nefta Football Club'
Winners 2018
Category
Winner (film / person or team)
NZ On Air Best Music Video
Alexander Gandar & Kate Moses for 'Laugh it Off – Chelsea Jade'
Panavision Best Cinematographer
Ian McCarroll for 'The Brother'
Toi Whakaari Best Actor
Villa Junior Lemanu for 'My Friend Michael Jones'
Final Draft Best Screenplay
Eldon Booth, Ian Leaupepe & Samson Rambo for 'My Friend Michael Jones'
DEGNZ Best Editor
Betsy Bauer for 'Cleaver'
DEGNZ Best Director
Summer Agnew for 'The Brother'
NZFC Special Jury Prize
Simeon Duncombe for Production Design for 'Toilet'
SAE Best International Film
Sorcha Bacon & Harry Lighton for 'Wren Boys'
Department of Post Best New Zealand Film
Alex Lovell, Eldon Booth, Ian Leaupepe & Samson Rambo for 'My Friend Michael Jones'
People's Choice
Arielle Sullivan and Kyan Krumdieck for 'Repugnant'
Winners 2017
Category
Winner (film / person or team)
NZ On Air Best Music Video
THUNDERLIPS & Candlelit Pictures for 'Turtles – LarzRanda'
NZFC Best Student Film
Amberley Jo Aumua for 'Waiting'
Panavision Best Cinematographer
Andrew McGeorge for 'Do No Harm'
Toi Whakaari Best Actor
Marion Prebble for 'Baby?'
Final Draft Best Screenplay
Lauren Porteous in 'Motel'
DEGNZ Best Editor
Tom Eagles for 'Do No Harm'
DEGNZ Best Director
Zoe McIntosh for 'The World in Your Window'
Showtools Special Jury Prize
Tim Wong for 'Do No Harm' (Stunt Coordination)
Best International Film
Peter Ghesquiere, Hendrik Verthe, Kobe Van Steenberghe & Frank Van Passel for 'Downside Up'
Best New Zealand Film
Phil Brough, Matt Heath & Orlando Stewart for 'Fire in Cardboard City'
People's Choice
Zoe McIntosh for 'The World in Your Window'
Winners 2016
Category
Winner (film / person or team)
Lightbox Best Film
Georgiana Plaister & Ned Wenlock for 'Spring Jam'
Best International Film
Tim Ellrich for 'Die Badewanne' (The Bathtub)
DEGNZ Best Director
Ned Wenlock for 'Spring Jam'
StarNow Best Actor
Katlyn Wong in 'Wait'
Final Draft Best Screenplay
Hugh Calveley for 'Cradle'
Panavision Best Cinematographer
Simon Baumfield for 'Feeder'
DEGNZ Best Editor
Bryan Shaw for 'Shout at the Ground'
NZFC Special Jury Prize
Yamin Tun for 'Wait'
Best Music Video
THUNDERLIPS & Candlelit Pictures for 'Breath - Sheep, Dog & Wolf'
People's Choice
James Cunningham and Oliver Hilbert for 'Kitten Witch'
Winners 2015
Category
Winner (film / person or team)
Lightbox Best Film
Alyx Duncan for 'The Tide Keeper'
Best International Film
Jonathan Stein for 'Out of the Village'
DEGNZ Best Director
Alyx Duncan for 'The Tide Keeper'
StarNow Best Actor
Tina Cleary in 'Cub'
Final Draft Best Screenplay
Ryan Heron & Guy Montgomery for 'Return'
Panavision Best Cinematographer
Chris Pryor & Ben Montgomery for 'The Tide Keeper'
DEGNZ Best Editor
James Cunningham for 'Accidents, Blunders & Calamities'
NZFC Special Jury Prize
Mhairead Connor for 'UFO'
Best Music Video
THUNDERLIPS for 'The Eversons - Emily'
Best Student Film
Kyan Krumdieck & Annabelle Dick for 'The Grind'
People's Choice
James Cunningham & Oliver Hilbert for 'Accidents, Blunders & Calamities'
Winners 2014
Category
Winner (film / person or team)
Show Me Shorts Best Film
Julia Parnell and Matthew J. Saville for 'Dive'
Best International Film
Marcel Barelli for 'Vigia (Lookout)'
DEGNZ Best Director
Hamish Bennet for ‘Ross & Beth'
StarNow Best Actor
Jackie van Beek in ‘Uphill’
Final Draft Best Screenplay
Matthew J. Saville for 'Dive'
Panavision Best Cinematographer
Ginny Loane for ‘Helmut Makes a Quilt’
Best Editor
Annie Collins for ‘Eleven’
NZFC Special Jury Prize
Paul Neason and Steffen Kreft for 'Queenie'
Best Music Video
Alix Whittaker and THUNDERLIPS for 'Glare' by Sheep, Dog & Wolf
Student Film, Notable Mention
Yarden Elyashiv for 'Bars and Tone'
Wendy's People's Choice Award
Charlie Bleakley and Cohen Holloway for 'Coconut'.
Winners 2013
Category
Winner (film / person or team)
Rush Munro's Best Film
Matt Heath, Anna Geddes, Cass Donaldson and Joe Lonie for 'Honk If You're Horny'
Panavision Best Cinematographer
John Chrisstoffels for 'Here Be Monsters'
Mexicali Fresh Best Student Film
Walter Lawry for ‘Blind Mice
StarNow Best Actor
Andy Anderson for his role in ‘Honk If You're Horny’
Script to Screen & NZ Writers Guild Best Screen Play
Nic Gorman for 'Here Be Monsters'
SDGNZ Best Director
Joe Lonie for ‘Honk If You're Horny’
SDGNZ Best Editor
Thomas Gleeson for ‘Home’
NZFC Special Jury Prize
Thomas Gleeson for 'Home'
Best International Film
Michael Rittmannsberger and Simon Baumgartner, Abgestempelt (Punched)
RPM Best Colourist
Jon Newell, Chris Rudkin and Erin Woolhouse for 'Here Be Monsters'
People's Choice Award
Ben Woollen and Scott Granville for 'Serve and Protect'
Winners 2012
Category
Winner (film / person or team)
Show Me Shorts Best Film
Matt Noonan & Chelsea Winstanley for ‘Night Shift
Panavision Best Cinematographer
Ari Wegner for ‘Night Shift'
Best Student Film
Lauren Eisinger & Katherine France for ‘Kia Kaha’
StarNow Best Actor
Anapela Polataivao for her role in ‘Night Shift’
Script to Screen Best Screen Play
Zia Mandviwalla for ‘Night Shift’
SDGNZ Best Director
Sam Kelly for ‘Lambs’
SDGNZ Best Editor
Jeff Hurrell for ‘Lambs’
Special Jury Prize
Richard Mans’ technical accomplishment for ‘Abiogenesis’.
Best International Film
Jannine Barnes for ‘The Wilding’
Winners 2011
Category
Winner (film / person or team)
Kodak Best Film
Jack Woon for ‘The Great Barrier’
Panavision Best Cinematographer
Nick Remy Matthews ACS for ‘The Kiss’
Best Student Film
Jonah Musitano for ‘Maurice’
StarNow Best Actor
Nicole Gulasekharam for ‘The Kiss’
Script to Screen Best Screen Play
Tammy Davis for ‘Ebony Society’
SDGNZ Best Director
Jack Woon for ‘The Great Barrier’
SDGNZ Best Editor
Lewis Albrow for ‘3 Hours’
Special Jury Prize
Peter Neville, Lucas Bone & Luke Eve for the musical score in ‘Cockroach’
Winners 2010
Category
Winner (film / person or team)
Kodak Best Film
Felicity Letcher & Rachel Lorimer for ‘This is Her’
Panavision Best Cinematographer
Jac Fitzgerald for ‘Choice Night’
Best Student Film
Zyra McAuliffe for ‘Four’
StarNow Best Actor
Cameron Rhodes for ‘Brave Donkey’
Script to Screen Best Screen Play
Kate McDermott for ‘This is Her’
SDGNZ Best Director
Mark Albiston & Louis Sutherland for ‘The Six Dollar Fifty Man’
SDGNZ Best Editor
Hayley Lake for ‘Make Me’
Special Jury Prize
Kurt Filiga for ‘Kurt-E: In My Blood’
Winners 2009
Category
Winner (film / person or team)
Kodak Best Film
Jackie van Beek for ‘Just Like the Others’
Panavision Best Cinematographer
Rewa Harre for ‘Coffee & Allah’
Best Student Film
Michael Humphrey for ‘The Big Happiness’
StarNow Best Actor
Arna-Maria Winchester from ‘Mixed Bag’
NZ Writer's Guild Best Screen Play
Waine C. Paris for ‘Kill the Alphabet’
SDGNZ Best Director
James Cunnigham for ‘Poppy’
SDGNZ Best Editor
Paul Swadel and James Cunnigham for ‘Poppy’
Special Jury Prize
James Cunningham, Stephen Fleet and Sonya Hsu-Ya Chang for animation on ‘Poppy’
Winners 2008
Category
Winner (film / person or team)
Show Me Shorts Best Film
Phill Simmonds for ‘Noise Control’
Best Student Film
Cameron Edser for ‘Animal Instincts’
Atlab Best Technical Contribution
Roseanne Liang for editing on ‘Take 3’
Panavision Special Jury Prize
Bruno du Bois for ‘Serial Killer’
Winners 2007
Category
Winner (film / person or team)
Show Me Shorts Best Film
Jeff & Phill Simmonds for ‘A Very Nice Honeymoon’
Best Student Film
Chris Payne for ‘Embers’
Atlab Best Technical Contribution
Richard Harling for cinematography on ‘Embers’
Panavision Special Jury Prize
Chris Payne for ‘Embers’
Winners 2006
Category
Winner (film / person or team)
Jameson Best Film
Jannine Barnes for ‘Ray’
CityMix Best Student Film
Kate Bradbury and Bill Morris for ‘Mad Mac and the Fat Ugly Snail
Best Technical Contribution
Suren Perera for ‘Morning Star’
Panavision Special Jury Prize
Skye Wansey for her acting in ‘A Special Talent’
See also
References
"A short history" . Show Me Shorts Film Festival . 22 March 2009. Retrieved 5 June 2022.
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