NZIF 2021: Awards and Accolades

At our closing event, our performers, directors and participants came together to celebrate the best (and worst) of our achievements across the two weeks. Check out the winners and nominees below!

Favourite Trainwreck

  • Dice rolls in Dungeons and Improvisors

  • * The Australasian Travel Bubble

  • Various moments in Masterfool

Most Generous Player

  • Tristram Domican

  • Ryan Knighton

  • Lyndon Hood

Most Promising Newbie

  • A lot of nominations for Jane but she won two years ago?

  • Elliot Lam

  • Renee, Mary, Georgia, and Roamen from Blind/Sighted

  • Ciarán Searle

Mouths of Babes

  • Gustave from the youth programme for "smells like burning swords"

  • Matt Powell on Scratch Night for "a trail/betrayal"

  • Ryan Knighton in D&I for "I can tongue you the rest of the way"

Mr Miyagi/Miss Honey

  • Brendon Bennetts

  • Laura Irish

  • Malcolm Morrison

  • Trubie-Dylan Smith

Outstanding Character

  • Emma Brittenden and Ryan Knighton for sharky lovers in Here's A Thing

  • Tara McEntee and Ryan Knighton for Greggnogg and Froggnogg

  • Liz Butler for Mikey the Storage King

Outstanding Ensemble

  • Liz Butler's jumpsuits

  • Blind/Sighted

  • Shuffle Gods

Outstanding Show

  • Magic Rules, Werewolves, and Sonic Tools

  • The I-Files

  • The Dive

  • Shuffle Gods

Outstanding Use of an Ask-For

  • Marea for screaming nothing

  • Team South Island for Jane Austen

  • Jen and Liz for Tetris

Pearls of Wisdom

  • Marea Colombo for The Wolf

  • Brendon Bennetts for "banter is verbal thrusting"

  • Dan Allan for "Improv is mediocre"

Shining Moment

  • Ben and Liz for I-Files kiss

  • Laura Tremaine for Zealandia

  • That one guy at karaoke joining in with "SHEATH"

  • Watching two siblings improvise for the first time in Ryan and Leona's workshop

Unsung Hero

  • Jim Fishwick

  • Alley, Fay, and the stage management crew

  • Bethany Miller, for stepping in to tech extra shows at the last minute

Kirk Horn Award

  • The Wisty Woods (Dungeons and Improvisors)

Spirit of the Festival

  • Jim Fishwick, all the way from Waikato

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