The inaugural New Zealand Screen Awards were held on Wednesday 27 July 2005 at SkyCity Theatre in Auckland, New Zealand. Following the demise of the GOFTA awards, the Screen Directors Guild of New Zealand founded the New Zealand Screen Awards to honour excellence in New Zealand film and television. Due to there having been no film awards in 2004, the eligibility period was from 1 October 2003 to July 2005. In the weeks ahead of the awards presentation, sponsor SkyCity screened a series of nominated short films. The film In My Father's Den was nominated in all 12 of the feature film award categories and won 10 awards.
Nominees and Winners
No finalists were selected for the Feature Film categories Achievement in Production Design, Achievement in Make-Up, Achievement in Special Effects/CGI due to lack of entries.
There were 12 feature film categories, two digital feature categories, four short film categories and 22 television categories.
Best Picture
In My Father's Den, Trevor Haysom, Dixie Linder (T.H.E Film, Little Bird)
Fracture, Charlie McClellan (Savuti Films)
Perfect Strangers, Robin Laing, Gaylene Preston, Jay Cassells (Gaylene Preston Productions, Huntaway Productions)
Achievement in Directing
Brad McGann, In My Father's Den'
Larry Parr, 'Fracture'
Gaylene Preston, 'Perfect Strangers'
Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Matthew Macfadyen, In My Father's Den
Sam Neill, Perfect Strangers
Andrew Paterson, 50 Ways of Saying Fabulous (MF Films)
Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Emily Barclay, In My Father's Den
Rachael Blake, Perfect Strangers
Kate Elliott, Fracture
Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
Colin Moy, In My Father's Den
Paul Glover, Fracture
Joel Tobeck, Perfect Strangers
Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Jodie Rimmer, In My Father's Den
Liddy Holloway, Fracture
Jennifer Ward-Lealand, Fracture
Screenplay
Brad McGann, In My Father's Den
Gaylene Preston, Perfect Strangers
Achievement in Cinematography
Stuart Dryburgh, In My Father's Den
Alun Bollinger, Perfect Strangers
Fred Renata, Fracture
Achievement in Editing
Chris Plummer, In My Father's Den
John Gilbert A.C.E, Perfect Strangers
Jonathan Woodford-Robinson, Fracture
Achievement in Original Music
Victoria Kelly, Fracture
Simon Boswell, In My Father's Den
Plan 9: David Donaldson, Janet Roddick, Steve Roche, Perfect Strangers
Contribution to a Soundtrack
Richard Flynn, Chris Burt, Gethin Creagh, In My Father's Den
Tim Prebble, Gethin Creagh, Chris Todd, Fracture
Ken Saville, Tim Prebble, Mike Hedges, Perfect Strangers
Achievement in Costume Design
Amanda Neale, Fracture
Helen Bollinger, Perfect Strangers
Kirsty Cameron, In My Father's Den*
Best Digital Feature
Kaikohe Demolition, Florian Habicht (Pictures for Anna)
1 Nite, Amarbir Singh, (Indipact Films)
Technical Contribution to a Digital Feature
Cristobal Araus Lobos, 1 Nite
Christopher Pryor, Kaikohe Demolition
John Crisstoffels, Offensive Behaviour (Environmentally Hazardous Films)
Best Short Film
Closer, David Rittey (AJ Films)
My Father’s Shoes, Samantha Scott (West Coast Film Club)
No Ordinary Sun, Jonathan Brough (Thin Film)
Performance in a Short Film
Toby Agnew, Closer
Norissa Taia, The Little Things (Blueskin Films)
Frank Whitten, My Father’s Shoes
Script for a Short Film
Zia Mandviwalla, Eating Sausage (Comotion Pictures)
Jonathan Brough, No Ordinary Sun
Jochen Fitzherbert, Rest Stop (Killing Time Productions)
Technical Contribution to a Short Film
Ashley Turner, No Ordinary Sun
James Cowley, Cockle (Exile Films)
Simon Reira, No Ordinary Sun
Best Drama Series
The Insider's Guide To Happiness, Dave Gibson, Donna Malane, Jan Haynes (The Gibson Group)
Good Hands/Lima Lelei, Paul Simei-Barton, Justine Simei-Barton (Tala Pasifika Productions)
Mercy Peak, John Laing, (South Pacific Pictures)
Best Comedy Programme
bro'Town, Elizabeth Mitchell (Firehorse Films)
Moon TV, Leigh Hart (Moon Enterprises)
Serial Killers – "Big Hairy Balls", Judith Trye (Landtry)
Best Documentary
Murder on the Blade?, Keith Hunter (Hunter Productions)
Haunting Douglas, Shona McCullagh, Leanne Pooley (Spacific Films)
Reluctant Revolutionary, Tom Scott, Danny Mulheron (Direct Hit Productions)
Best Documentary/Factual Series
Intrepid Journeys, Melanie Rakena, Jane Andrews (Jam TV)
He Whare Korero, Tainui Stephens, Wiha Te Raki Hawea (Pito One Productions)
Mercury Lane, Series II, Philippa Mossman (Greenstone Pictures)
Korero Maori Best Maori Language Programme
Hawaiki "Nga Waka", Tukoroirangi Morgan (Astraeus NZ)
Pukana, Matai Smith, Reikura Morgan (Cinco Cine Film Productions)
Best Children’s Programme
Being Eve, Vanessa Alexander, Anne Williams (South Pacific Pictures)
Koi, Chris Winitana (Awekura Productions)
The Dress Up Box 3 – Jigsaw, Sue Wolfenden (Papageno Productions)
Best Lifestyle/Entertainment Programme
The Living Room, Series II, Mark Albiston, Amelia Bardsley (Sticky Pictures)
Korero Time 2004 – Juniors, Lanita Ririnui-Ryan (Front of the Box Productions)
NZ Goes to Chelsea, Karen Mackenzie, Maggie Barry (Karen Mackenzie)
Performance by an Actress
Robyn Malcolm, Serial Killers – I am the Resurrection
Sophia Hawthorne, The Insider's Guide To Happiness
Sara Wiseman, Mercy Peak
Performance by a Supporting Actress
Denise O’Connell, The Insider's Guide To Happiness
Fiona Truelove, Good Hands/Lima Lelei
Tandi Wright, Serial Killers "Control/Alt/Delete"
Performance by an Actor
Will Hall, The Insider's Guide To Happiness
Ben Barrington, The Insider's Guide To Happiness
John Leigh, Serial Killers "Big Hairy Balls"
Performance by a Supporting Actor
Jason Whyte, The Insider's Guide To Happiness
Tim Balme, Mercy Peak
Dean O’Gorman, Killers "Product Placement"
Presenter, Entertainment/Factual
Peter Elliott, Explorers (TVNZ)
Oliver Driver, Frontseat (The Gibson Group)
Tom Scott, Reluctant Revolutionary
Script, Single Episode of a Drama Series or Serial
David Brechin-Smith, The Insider's Guide To Happiness – Ep 6
Paula Boock, Peter Cox, The Insider's Guide To Happiness – Ep 1
James Griffin, Mercy Peak – Ep 55
Script, Comedy
Oscar Kightley, Mario Gaoa, David Fane, Shimpal Lelisi, bro'Town – The Weakest Link/Ep 6
David Brechin-Smith, The Strip Series II, Ep 16 (The Gibson Group)
James Griffin, Serial Killers – "Big Hairy Balls"/Ep 3
Achievement in Directing, Drama/Comedy Programme
Mark Beesley, The Insider's Guide To Happiness – Ep 6
Elizabeth Mitchell, Maka Makatoa, bro'Town – The Weakest Link/Ep 6
Mike Smith, Serial Killers "Big Hairy Balls"/Ep 3
Achievement in Directing, Documentary
Leanne Pooley, Haunting Douglas (Spacific Films)
Andrew Bancroft, Mercury Lane, Series II
Paul Swadel, Colin McCahon: I Am (Screentime)
Achievement in Directing, Factual Programming/Entertainment
Mark Albiston, The Living Room, Series II
Te Arepa Kahi, Hawaiki "Maui"
Jerome Joseph Cvitanovich, Country Calendar – Oamaru Stone (TVNZ)
Achievement in Camerawork Documentary
Peter Young, Explorers (TVNZ)
Grant Atkinson, Mothers Behind Bars (RSVP Productions)
David Paul, Long Lost Sons (The Gibson Group)
Achievement in Editing, Documentary
Tim Woodhouse, Haunting Douglas
Gaylene Barnes, Out of Sight: Out of Mind (Frank Film)
John Fraser, Give it a Whirl (Visionary Film & TV)
Achievement in Original Music
David Long, The Insider's Guide To Happiness – Ep 6
Victoria Kelly, Joost Langveld, Being Eve
Tom McLeod, Secret Agent Men, Series II – "Days of Chunder" (Greenstone Pictures)
Contribution to a Soundtrack
Carl Smith, Travis Hefferen, Being Eve
Steve Finnigan, Rodney Larsen, Tom Miskin, Mercy Peak – The Book That I Read (Sound Post)
Richard Sweeting, Roger Green, Explorers
Contribution to Design
Euan Frizzell, From Len Lye to Gollum (Colbalt VFX)
Zane Holmes, Andrew Shanks, Alistair Crawford, Being Eve
Nic Smillie, The Insider's Guide To Happiness – Ep 3
