​ACHIEVEMENTS

These are the films I have worked on either as a Writer, Director, Actor, or Crew.

 

2024

2024 - WINNER, Top Of The South Film Festival (Dive/Redlight)

2024 - Official Selection, Show Me Shorts Film Festival (Search For Hawaiki.)

2024 - NOMINEE, Best Director, Show Me Shorts Film Festival (Search For Hawaiki.)

2024 - NOMINEE, Best Screenplay, Show Me Shorts Film Festival (Search For Hawaiki.)

2024 - Official Selection, AFIN International Film Festival Australia, (Dive.)

2024 - FINALIST, Best Live Action Screenplay, AFIN International Film Festival Australia, (Dive.)

2024 - NOMINEE, Best Live Action Short, AFIN International Film Festival  Australia, (Dive.)

2024 - NOMINEE, Best Live Student Short, AFIN International Film Festival Australia, (Dive)

2024 - Official Selection, Pacific Island Film Festival In New York, (Search For Hawaiki.)

2024 - Official Selection, Wairoa Māori Film Festival, (Search For Hawaiki.)

2024 - Official Selection, Wairoa Māori Film Festival, (Dive.)

2024 - Official Selection, Wairoa Māori Film Festival, (Bringing Mere Home.)

2024 - Official Selection, Wairoa Māori Film Festival, (The Lascar.)

2024 - Official Selection, Whanau Marama NZIFF Short Connections Category. (The Lascar.)

2024 - WINNER, Best Short Film, New Zealand Indian Short Film Festival, (The Lascar.)

2024 - WINNER, Jury Best Short Film, Alameda Film Festival, (The Lascar.)

2024 - Official Selection, NZ Webfest, (Search For Hawaiki.)

2024 - Official Selection, NZ Webfest, (Dive.)

2024 - Official Selection, Māoriland Film Festival, (Search For Hawaiki.)​

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2023

2023 - WINNER, Best Visionary Acting, New Zealand's Vision Feast Film Festival, (Bringing Mere Home.)

2023 - Official Selection, New Zealand's Vision Feast Festival, (Bringing Mere Home.)

2023 - Official Selection, Whanau Marama NZIFF Nga Whanaunga Category, (Bringing Mere Home)

​2023- Official Selection, Māoriland Film Festival, (Bringing Mere Home.)

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2022

2022 - WINNER, People's Choice Award, Top Of The South Film Festival (Bringing Mere Home.)

2022 - WINNER, Best Visual Effects, (Bringing Mere Home.)

2022 - NOMINEE, Best Actor, Top Of The South Film Festival, (Bringing Mere Home.)

2022 - NOMINEE, Best Picture, Top Of The South Film Festival, (Bringing Mere Home.)

2022 - Official Selection Top Of The South Film Festival, (Bringing Mere Home.)

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2021

2021 - WINNER Best Aotearoa film Top Of The South Film Festival (The Haka.)

2021 - Official Selection Cannes Film Des Antipodes festival (The Haka.)

2021 - FINALIST, Houston International Film Festival, (Stuntman.)

2021 - Official Selection, FLICKFAIR Film Festival, (Stuntman.)

2021 - Official Selection, Beverly Hills Film Festival, (Stuntman.)

2021 - Official Selection, Love Your Shorts Film Festival, (Stuntman.)

 

​2020

2020 - Official Selection, Whanau Marama NZIFF, (Stuntman.)

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2019

2019 - Official Selection, Seattle Latino Film Festival, (One Thousand And Fifty Minutes.)

2019 - Official Selection, Whanau Marama NZIFF, (Births, Deaths, and Marriages.)

2019 - Official Selection, Golden Nikau Film Festival, (Beneath The Mountains.)

2019 - NOMINEE, Best Editing, Top Of The South Film Festival, (Beneath The Mountains.)

2019 - Official Selection, Top Of The South Film Festival, (Beneath The Mountains.)

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2018

2018 - Official Selection, Whanau Marama NZIFF, (One Thousand And Fifty Minutes,)

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2014​

2014 - WINNER, Best Of The Strange Award, V48 Hour Film Festival