2006 Air New Zealand Screen Awards

The 2006 Air New Zealand Screen Awards were held on Thursday 24 August 2006 at SkyCity Theatre in Auckland, New Zealand. Previously known as the New Zealand Screen Awards, the awards were renamed when airline Air New Zealand became the naming-rights sponsor, signing for five years of sponsorship.[1][2]

2006 Air New Zealand Screen Awards
Awarded forExcellence in New Zealand film and television
Sponsored byAir New Zealand
Date24 August 2006
LocationSkyCity Theatre, Auckland
CountryNew Zealand
Presented byScreen Directors Guild of New Zealand
First awarded2005
Last awarded2007
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The film awards had only four titles in the feature films category: The World's Fastest Indian, No.2, River Queen and Sione's Wedding, with The World's Fastest Indian winning seven of its 10 categories. Hollywood actors Anthony Hopkins and Ruby Dee won the Best Actor and Best Actress awards.[3][4][5]

Nominees and winners edit

There were 13 feature film categories (an increase of one on 2005), two digital feature categories, four short film categories and 28 television categories (an increase of six on 2005).

Feature film edit

Best Picture

Achievement in Directing

Screenplay

Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role

Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role

Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role

Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role

Achievement in Cinematography

Achievement in Editing

Achievement in Original Music

Contribution to a Soundtrack

Achievement in Production Design

Achievement in Costume Design

Digital Feature edit

Best Digital Feature

  • {Dream} Preserved, Stephen Kang
    • Banana in a Nutshell, Roseanne Liang
    • Squeegee Bandit, Rhonda Kite, Sandor Lau

Technical Contribution to a Digital Feature

  • Sandor Lau, Squeegee Bandit
    • Tim McLachlan, Hidden
    • Derek Pearson, EVENT 16

Short film edit

Best Short Film

  • Nature's Way, Jane Shearer
    • Blue Willow, Veialu Aila-Unsworth
    • Us, James Blick

Performance in a Short Film

  • Alison Bruce, Us

Script for a Short Film

  • Paolo Rotondo, Dead Letters
    • Veialu Aila-Unsworth, Blue Willow
    • James Blick, Us

Technical Contribution to a Short Film

  • Andrew Commis, Nature's Way
    • Grant Major, Dead Letters
    • Tom Reilly, The Ambassador's Brain

Television edit

Best Drama Programme

Best Drama Series

Best Comedy Programme

Best Documentary

  • The Promise, Leanne Pooley (Spacific Films)
    • Black Grace, From Cannon's Creek to Jacob's Pillow, Aileen O'Sullivan, Toby Mills (Seannachie/Tawera Productions)
    • Lifting of the Makutu, Peta Carey (Watershed Films)

Best Documentary / Factual Series

  • High Times, Rachel Jean (Isola Productions Ltd)
    • Off The Rails – A Love Story, Melanie Rakena, Marcus Lush (Jam TV)
    • Wicked Weather, John Hyde (NHNZ)

Best Mäori Language Programme

  • Koi, Chris Winitana (Awekura Productions)
    • Moteatea, Hinewehi Mohi, Fran Davey (Raukatauri Productions)
    • Pukana, Matai Smith (Cinco Cine Film Productions)

Best Children's Programme

  • Holly's Heroes, Dave Gibson (The Gibson Group), Ann Darrouzet, Jenni Tosi (Tosi Westside)
    • QTV, "Project Q", Glenis Giles (Oliver Giles Productions)
    • Smokefreerockquest 2005, Pamela Cain, Lorraine Barry (Screentime Ltd)

Best Lifestyle/Entertainment Programme

  • Dancing With the Stars, Debra Kelleher (TVNZ)
    • Game of Two-Halves, Carlena Smith (Eyeworks Touchdown)
    • The Living Room, series 3, Mark Albiston, Amelia Bardsley (Sticky Pictures)

Best Event Broadcast

  • Westfield Style Pasifika 2005, Stan Wolfgramm, Julie Smith (Drum Productions)
    • National Mäori Sports Awards 2005, Bailey Mackey, Brendon Butt (Mäori Television)
    • Shihad Live Aotea Square, Hayley Cunningham (Visionary Film & Television)

Best Reality Series

  • Border Patrol "Busted at the Border", Nigel Snowden (Cream TV)
    • Miss Popularity, Greg Heathcote, Julie Christie (Eyeworks Touchdown)
    • The Big Experiment, Charlotte Purdy, Sam Blackley, Jill Graham (Rogue Productions)

Performance by an Actress

Performance by a Supporting Actress

Performance by an Actor

Performance by a Supporting Actor

Presenter Entertainment/Factual

  • Marcus Lush, Off the Rails – A Love Story
    • Tamati Coffey, What Now (Whitebait TV)
    • Temuera Morrison, The Tem Show (Greenstone Pictures)

Script, Single Episode of a Drama Series or Serial

Script, Comedy

  • Oscar Kightley, Mario Gaoa, David Fane, Shimpal Lelisi, Elizabeth Mitchell, bro'Town, "Touched by a Teacher"

Achievement in Directing, Drama/Comedy Programme

Achievement in Directing, Documentary

  • Peta Carey, Lifting of the Makutu

Achievement in Directing, Factual/Entertainment/Reality

  • Mark Albiston, The Living Room, series 3
    • Jane Andrews, Intrepid Journeys "Cuba With Kim Hill"
    • Melanie Rakena, Off the Rails – A Love Story

Achievement in Camerawork, Drama

Achievement in Camerawork, Documentary

  • Wayne Vinten, The Promise
    • Renaud Maire, Lifting of the Makutu
    • Michael O'Connor, Black Grace – From Cannon's Creek to Jacob's Pillow

Achievement in Editing, Drama

Achievement in Editing, Documentary

  • Ken Sparks, Black Grace – From Cannon's Creek to Jacob's Pillow
    • Mark Taylor, High Times
    • Tim Woodhouse, The Promise

Achievement in Original Music

Contribution to a Soundtrack

  • Melanie Graham, Polly McKinnon, Mike Hedges, Earthquake
    • Steve Finnigan, Tom Miskin, Outrageous Fortune
    • Ian Leslie, Chris Todd, Ray Beentjes, Frontier of Dreams

Achievement in Production Design

Contribution to Design

References edit

  1. ^ "Air New Zealand Screen Awards 2006". Eventfinder. Retrieved 28 October 2012.
  2. ^ "Air New Zealand strengthens commitment to NZ Film and Television industry with three-year sponsorship". NZ Film & Television. Archived from the original on 12 February 2013. Retrieved 28 October 2012.
  3. ^ "THE AIR NEW ZEALAND SCREEN AWARDS 2006 TELEVISION CATEGORY" (PDF). SDGNZ. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 October 2006. Retrieved 28 October 2012.
  4. ^ "THE AIR NEW ZEALAND SCREEN AWARDS 2006 FILM CATEGORY FINALISTS" (PDF). SDGNZ. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 October 2006. Retrieved 28 October 2012.
  5. ^ "Air New Zealand Screen Awards 2006 – finalists and winners". OnFilm. Archived from the original on 18 September 2010. Retrieved 28 October 2012.