2012 Sorta Unofficial New Zealand Film Awards


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, 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.
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.
WWW nzfilmawards.co.nz

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 The Orator and Two Little Boys 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

Best FilmThe Orator
Best Self-Funded FilmThe Red House
  • * Netherwood
  • * Good For Nothing
  • * We Feel Fine
Best DirectorTusi Tamasese – The Orator
  • * Dean Hewison – How to Meet Girls From a Distance
  • * Mike Wallis – Good For Nothing
  • * Robert Sarkies – Two Little Boys
Best EditingAnnie Collins – Two Little Boys
  • * Simon Price – The Orator
  • * Greg Daniels – Good For Nothing
Best CinematographyCrighton Bone – The Most Fun You Can Have Dying
  • * Leon Narbey – The Orator
  • * Jac Fitzgerald – Two Little Boys
Best ActorFa'afiaula Sagote – The Orator
  • * Richard Falkner – How to Meet Girls From a Distance
  • * Bret McKenzie – Two Little Boys
  • * Matt Whelan – The Most Fun You Can Have Dying
Best ActressTausili Pushparaj – The Orator
Best Supporting ActorWill Hall – Netherwood
  • * John Bach – Rest for the Wicked
  • * Jonathan Brugh – How to Meet Girls From a Distance
Best Supporting ActressSalamasina Mataia – The Orator
  • * Aidee Walker – How to Meet Girls From a Distance
  • * Jessica Joy Wood – Sione's 2: Unfinished Business
Best ScreenplayTusi Tamasese – The Orator
Best Visual EffectsJon Baxter and Puck Murphy – Two Little Boys
Best Costume DesignKirsty Cameron – The Orator
  • * Tristan McCallum – The Devil's Rock
  • * Amanda Neale – Two Little Boys
Best Makeup DesignDavina Lamont, Sean Foot and Richard Taylor – The Devil's Rock
  • * Linda Wall – Two Little Boys
  • * Ryk Fortuna – Good For Nothing
Best Production DesignBruce 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 ScoreGrayson Gilmour – The Most Fun You Can Have Dying
Best SoundTim 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 DocumentaryMaori Boy Genius
  • * Pictures of Susan
  • * How Far is Heaven
  • * The Last Dogs of Winter
  • * Shihad: Beautiful Machine
Best DirectorSam 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
  • * Pietra Brettkelly – Maori Boy Genius
Best CinematographyChristopher Pryor – How Far is Heaven
  • * Ben Freedman – Pictures of Susan
  • * Peter Young – The Last Ocean
Best EditingCushla 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 ShortHonk If You're Horny
  • * Home
  • * Lambs
  • * Whakatiki
  • * I'm the One
Best Self-Funded ShortIn Safe Hands
  • * Dr Grordbort Presents: The Deadliest Game
  • * The Girl With The Clover Tattoo
  • * Brothers
  • * Swansong
Best ScriptJoe Lonie – Honk If You're Horny
  • * Sam Kelly – Lambs
  • * Paola Morabito – I'm The One
Best ActorAndy Anderson – Honk If You're Horny
Best ActressMabelle Dennison – Whakatiki
  • * Maya Stange – I'm The One
  • * Anapela Polataivao – Night Shift
Best CinematographyBonnie Elliott – I'm the One
  • * Andrew Stroud – Ellen Is Leaving
  • * Ari Wegner – ''Night Shift''