Stephen Sinclair

At the end of the month we learned that we had been selected for the Wairoa Maori Film Festival in Gisbourne early June.  Along with another film from the Godzone Pictures stable – Hugh & Heke, it will be screening on Matariki/Queens Birthday weekend at the Nuhaka Marae near the Mahia Peninsula.  We have never been there before so will head down to represent.  Looking forward to getting to that part of the country again as it’s been quite a while.

September 2010 – 6 x Nominations for Russian Snark at the Qantas NZ Film and TV Awards!

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And the nominations were:

Best Director – Stephen Sinclair
Best Actor – Stephen Papps
Best Actress – Elena Stejko
Best Supporting Actress – Stephanie Tauevihi (WINNER)
Best Music – David Long and Stephen Gallagher
Best VFX – Park Road Post

Congratulations Everyone!

We had a great weekend. Friday was the Craft Award section with an awards lunch at the Town Hall, and Stephan Gallagher and David Long were up for best Music, as well as Park Road Post who were up for Best VFX.

Saturday Night was the Big Gala, and we hired a limo for the night, arriving on the red carpet in style to the wonderful Civic Theatre. I never imagined when I was on the Save the Civic committee way back in the day that one day one of my films would have such a great reception there.  It was thrilling to have so many nominations for our film and recognition from the selection panel.

When the lovely Stephanie Tauevihi’s name was called as winner in her category, none of us were prepared, and Steph, who had kicked off her shoes did a great acceptance speech barefoot!