Entrants, sponsors and locals gathered at the Te Uku Community Hall for a celebration of the Raglan Arts Film Festival Awards on Saturday 19th November.
As always, local filmmakers were the winners on the night, with fine filmmaking on show. Robin Smith walked away with the coveted Grand Phoenix Palm Award for best overall film for Raglan Gems, which chronicled the birdlife in the Whaingaroa harbour. And the awards go to;
Grand Phoenix Raglan Gems – Robin Smith
Best Tamariki Go Cart Run – Ridge Skerman and Miller Kirk | Runner Up A Kid in Raglan – Rico Clarke and Ed Woolston
Best Rangatahi Waste of Time – Zen Lally | Runner Up The Last Heist – Afenco Hill
Best Open Amateur Raglan Gems – Robin Smith | Runner Up Auxiliam – Josiah Low-Scheumperli
Best Open Professional Painting with Places – Amanda Watson | Runner Up Cold Blooded Dermatographic Locutions – Elisabeth Denis
Best Actor Arthur in Biff and Arthur – Liam Pettigrew
Best Creative Endeavour & Best Cinematography Auxiliam – Josiah Low-Scheumperli
Highly Commended Biff and Arthur- Phoenix Lilley & Liam Pettigrew | Operation Godless – Ethan Atwood/ Aarish Kumar | Other Worlds -Madeline (Quill) Foreman
Special Mention Tinkerbell Shrek – Georgia Walker, Emily Gaustead, Catilin Higgins | Escape from Everything – Te Ahua Popham | Beans Hide and Seek – Alex Aylwin | The Kill Order – Liam McLaughlin | Billy the Kid – Peter Skandera | West Coast Jazz – Freddy Limbert | In Solitude – Dave Maybee, Tamariki/Rangatahi Lucky Draw – Zen Lally
Special thanks to all our sponsors, Waikato Creative Communities NZ, Christie Carpentry, Raglan Signs, Raglan Beer, West Coast Plumbing and Gas, PureLink, Lions, Four Square, Raglan Community Board, Raglan Community Radio, 381 Trust, Living Productions, Marek Kaniewski, Raglan Hotel and to all our film makers and their supporters who have cheered on, mentored, championed and backed our awesome 2022 RAFFA film makers.
