@nzmusicmonth is almost half done, and to help mark it we’re offering a 50% discount on submission fees for Music Videos.
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Get on over to filmfreeway.com/NZWebFest and use the code NZMM26 until 31 May
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Good luck!
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Our #winnerwednesday post this week is for the writers of web series.
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The winner of our award for BEST WRITING, INTERNATIONAL NARRATIVE SERIES (not English language) went to Polish show @lustrro_mirror
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My Dead Mom from Canada’s @loco_motionpix took the award for BEST WRITING, INTERNATIONAL NARRATIVE SERIES (English Language)
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The local winner, for BEST WRITING, NZ NARRATIVE SERIES was Fuq Boiz @fuqboizcomedy
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For those in NZ, Fuq Boiz are playing the Comedy Festival this month, in Wellington this week and Auckland next week.
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Congrats again to all of them!
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Congrats to everyone in the mix for the inaugural @coloradowebfest next month. It’s a huge and excellent selection, including some titles we had the pleasure of presenting last year and some we’ve already announced as early selections this year.
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See all of Colorado’s selections at /2026-results/
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All the best to everyone in the running for awards!
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We’re three weeks away from our regular deadline.
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Don’t get left out in the cold!
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Get your #podcasts, #shortfilms and #webseries to us at filmfreeway.com/NZWebFest
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Today, we're shouting out our latest crop of early selections across three posts. This one is for the webseries we've added to the line-up.
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Two pilots ... Maxi-Manip from @mauricehuvelin , whose Tutopique has been a nominee over the last three years ... and Sriram Emani's immigrant tale @jamboyfilm
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Four narrative series ... coming-of-age fantasy series Mari Witchhunter set in Spain's Basque country from @afilmtokillfor ... Season three of British fantasy show @renthegirlwiththemark ... Canadian show Eyes in the Woods from @numerafilms , the team behind Abracadavers, all three seasons of which played in our programmes, winning awards in 2022 and last year ... And another Canadian show, Denis Danger, from @trioorange , whose The Fades of Papineau was among our winners in 2024.
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See all our selections so far at https://nzwebfest.co.nz/selections-2026/
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Today, we're shouting out our latest crop of early selections across three posts. This one is for the short films we've added to the line-up.
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Short Doco Basa Rising by @benwallbankfilms
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Student films @commonground_film from Jesse Larsen ... and Meggy Laguda’s This Is Where I’m Coming From @iaap.film
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Three short fiction titles: our first ever selection from Cyprus, Kyprianos Dimosthenous' The Red Book ... and two local titles, Arka Gupta's Cookies & Cream and Karen Codd's The Enshittification
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See all our selections so far at https://nzwebfest.co.nz/selections-2026/
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Today, we're shouting out our latest crop of early selections across three posts. This one is for the #podcasts we've added to the line-up.
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Actual play/TTRPG titles All Our Faults from @tabletoptalespinners in the USA and Godkiller: Qismat from India’s @amaanhk
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Non-fiction show @stopped.relax from Australia
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Standalone fiction/radio play Mend from @partialveilpodcast
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And two fiction series … Hearthbound | The Calypso Arc from @straylungs and @metrathemusical
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See all our selections so far at https://nzwebfest.co.nz/selections-2026/
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Ren: The Girl with the Mark - Season Three has been announced as an early official selection of NZ Web Fest, taking place in Auckland this November. We are honoured to be one of just nine narrative web series selected so far this year.
#renthegirlwiththemark #renseason3 #streamingseries #FilmFestival #SeriesCreators
This week’s #winnerwednesday shout out goes tot he winners of a couple of our awards for #shortfilms
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Our award for BEST PERFORMANCE, INTERNATIONAL SHORT FICTION FILM went across the ditch to @rebecca.fortuna for Still Here
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At home, the winner of BEST PERFORMANCE, NZ SHORT FILM was @yourstrulyymegg for Lookout
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Congrats (again) to both of them!
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Our May newsletter’s out in the world, bringing news of more early selections for #NZWF26.
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Check out the newsletter and all our selections so far at nzwebfest.co.nz
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@nzmusicmonth is under way, and to help mark it we’re offering a 50% discount on submission fees for Music Videos.
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Get on over to filmfreeway.com/NZWebFest and use the code NZMM26 until 31 May
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Good luck!
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Yellow is Live!
It’s been a hot minute since we made this film (truthfully I lost the login to the ig), so watching it again feels a bit like walking down memory lane.
What a team, what an experience. Though I’m sure we’ve all grown as creatives, people and artists, I’m still proud of what we achieved, and the way the creators on this project stepped up in all ways to make it their own.
I hope you’ll enjoy watching it, especially those of you who were generous enough to donate to the cause.
The film won best overall film for our year group at @yoobeecolleges back in 2023, and went on to win awards at @indiexfest and the @independentshortsawards , was nominated at @indieshortfest@tinwff and was a finalist at @nzwebfest
Link to watch in YouTube is in the bio. Xx
