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

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and the announcement that the Screen Directors Guild of New Zealand would not hold film awards in 2012, New Zealand film industry figure

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and nzherald.co.nz online entertainment editor

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announced the formation of the Sorta Unofficial New Zealand Film Awards, also known as the Moas. 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

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on 16 December 2012.

Nominees and Winners

Moas were awarded in 26 categories in three groups – feature film, documentary film and short film. The 2012 Moas cover the period of 15 August 2011 to 29 September 2012 for feature films and short films, and 1 August 2011 to 29 September 2012 for documentaries. Nominees were announced on 5 November 2012, with ''

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'' receiving 11 nominations each. ''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

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'' ** ''Good For Nothing'' ** ''The Most Fun You Can Have Dying'' Best Self-Funded Film * ''The Red House'' ** ''Netherwood'' ** ''Good For Nothing'' ** ''We Feel Fine'' Best Director * Tusi Tamasese – ''The Orator'' ** Dean Hewison – ''How to Meet Girls From a Distance'' ** Mike Wallis – ''Good For Nothing'' **

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– ''Two Little Boys'' Best Editing * Annie Collins – ''Two Little Boys'' ** Simon Price – ''The Orator'' ** Greg Daniels – ''Good For Nothing'' Best Cinematography * Crighton Bone – ''The Most Fun You Can Have Dying'' ** Leon Narbey – ''The Orator'' ** Jac Fitzgerald – ''Two Little Boys'' Best Actor * Fa'afiaula Sagote – ''The Orator'' ** Richard Falkner – ''How to Meet Girls From a Distance'' **

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– ''Two Little Boys'' **

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– ''The Most Fun You Can Have Dying'' Best Actress * Tausili Pushparaj – ''The Orator'' **

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– ''Kiwi Flyer'' ** Inge Rademeyer – ''Good For Nothing'' **

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– '' Sione's 2: Unfinished Business'' Best Supporting Actor * Will Hall – ''Netherwood'' **

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– ''Rest for the Wicked'' ** Jonathan Brugh – ''How to Meet Girls From a Distance'' Best Supporting Actress * Salamasina Mataia – ''The Orator'' ** Aidee Walker – ''How to Meet Girls From a Distance'' ** Jessica Joy Wood – ''Sione's 2: Unfinished Business'' Best Screenplay * Tusi Tamasese – ''The Orator'' ** Dean Hewison, Richard Falkner and Sam Dickson – ''How to Meet Girls From a Distance'' **

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and

– ''Two Little Boys'' Best Visual Effects * Jon Baxter and Puck Murphy – ''Two Little Boys'' ** Steve Cronin and Paul Story – ''Good For Nothing'' ** Frank Rueter and Jake Lee – ''

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'' Best Costume Design * Kirsty Cameron – ''The Orator'' ** Tristan McCallum – ''The Devil's Rock'' ** Amanda Neale – ''Two Little Boys'' Best Makeup Design * Davina Lamont, Sean Foot and Richard Taylor – ''The Devil's Rock'' ** Linda Wall – ''Two Little Boys'' ** Ryk Fortuna – ''Good For Nothing'' Best Production Design * Bruce Everard – ''The Most Fun You Can Have Dying'' ** Jules Cook – ''Two Little Boys'' ** Rob Astley, Roger Guise and Pouoa Malae Lialia'i – ''The Orator'' Best Score * Grayson Gilmour – ''The Most Fun You Can Have Dying'' **

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– ''Sione's 2: Unfinished Business'' ** David Long – ''The Red House'' ** Tim Prebble – ''The Orator'' Best Sound * Tim Prebble, Chris Todd, Richard Flynn, Mike Hedges and Gilbert Lake – ''The Orator'' ** Dave Whitehead – ''Two Little Boys'' ** Myk Farmer, Steve Finnigan and Chris Burt – ''Sione's 2: Unfinished Business''

Documentary film

Best Documentary * ''Maori Boy Genius'' ** ''Pictures of Susan'' ** ''How Far is Heaven'' ** ''The Last Dogs of Winter'' ** ''Shihad: Beautiful Machine'' Best Director * Sam Peacocke – ''Shihad: Beautiful Machine'' ** Dan Salmon – ''Pictures of Susan'' ** Miriam Smith and Christopher Pryor – ''How Far is Heaven'' ** Costa Botes – ''The Last Dogs of Winter'' **

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– ''Maori Boy Genius'' Best Cinematography * Christopher Pryor – ''How Far is Heaven'' ** Ben Freedman – ''Pictures of Susan'' ** Peter Young – ''The Last Ocean'' Best Editing * Cushla Dillon – ''Shihad: Beautiful Machine'' ** Christopher Pryor and Cushla Dillon – ''How Far is Heaven'' ** Jonno Woodford-Robinson and Richard Lord – ''The Last Ocean'' ** Richard Lord and Ken Sparks – ''When a City Falls''

Short film

Best Short * ''Honk If You're Horny'' ** ''Home'' ** ''Lambs'' ** ''Whakatiki'' ** ''I'm the One'' Best Self-Funded Short * ''In Safe Hands'' ** ''Dr Grordbort Presents: The Deadliest Game'' ** ''The Girl With The Clover Tattoo'' ** ''Brothers'' ** ''Swansong'' Best Script * Joe Lonie – ''Honk If You're Horny'' ** Sam Kelly – ''Lambs'' ** Paola Morabito – ''I'm The One'' Best Actor * Andy Anderson – ''Honk If You're Horny'' ** Waka Rowlands – ''Lambs'' **

Jim Moriarty James Moriarty (born 20 June 1953) is a New Zealand actor and theatre director, who began acting professionally in 1967. He came to national attention and is probably best known for his role as the school teacher Riki Winiata in the 1970s soap ...

– ''Whakatiki'' Best Actress * Mabelle Dennison – ''Whakatiki'' **

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– ''I'm The One'' ** Anapela Polataivao – ''Night Shift'' Best Cinematography *

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– ''I'm the One'' ** Andrew Stroud – ''Ellen Is Leaving'' ** Ari Wegner – ''Night Shift''

External links

The Sorta Unofficial New Zealand Film Awards

References

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