Julian Dennison and his co-stars Rima Te Wiata, Sam Neill and Rachel House. Photo / Steven McNicholl
Julian Dennison and his co-stars Rima Te Wiata, Sam Neill and Rachel House. Photo / Steven McNicholl
Taika Waititi's family orientated, action-adventure film The Hunt for the Wilderpeople was the big winner at last night's Rialto Channel NZ Film Awards.
The film, an adaptation of Barry Crump's novel Wild Pork and Watercress, won a whopping seven awards at last night's glamorous ceremony. It made a clean sweep of all the biggies including Best Film, Director and Screenplay.
A screen shot featuring actors Julian Dennison (left) and Sam Neill from Taika Waititi's film, Hunt for the Wilderpeople, which premiered at Regent 3 Cinemas on Wednesday night.
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The film's stars Julian Dennison, Sam Neill and Rima Te Wiata all received nods for their work taking home Best Actor, Supporting Actor and Supporting Actress respectively, while the movie's spectacular wild boar no doubt helped it bring home the bacon that is Best Visual Effects.
The awards, colloquially referred to as the Moa's, also had a special guest of honour in attendance.
The Academy Award winning director Danny Boyle had nipped across town from the red carpet premiere of his new film T2: Trainspotting to present the award for Best Cinematography to the Michael Fassbender starring action-western Slow West, which would take home a further three Moa's including Best Score.
Slow West starring Michale Fassbender, Kodi Smit-McPhee and Ben Mendelsohn
Other big winners were Miriama McDowell, who was named Best Actress for her work in The Great Maiden's Blush, which also won Best Self Funded Film, and the provincial rugby doco The Ground We Won which won Best Documentary.
Ex-Shorty St stalwart Angela Bloomfield was named Best Short Film Actresss for her role in Linda's List.
