NZIFF: New Zealand's Best 2021

Check out the year’s best New Zealand short films as chosen by this year’s guest selector, Kerry Fox, from a total of 117 submitted entries. 93 minutes NZ Classification TBC

For New Zealand’s Best 2021 short film competition, Head of Programming Michael McDonnell and Senior Programmer Sandra Reid viewed 117 submissions to draw up a shortlist of 12, from which New Zealand actress and filmmaker Kerry Fox selected these six finalists. A jury of three will select the winners of the Vista Group Award for Best Short Film ($7500), the Creative New Zealand Emerging Talent Award ($4000), and the Auckland Live Spirit of the Civic Award ($4000), while audiences at the Auckland and Wellington screenings will vote for the winner of the Audience Choice Award who will receive 25 percent of the box office from the main centre NZIFF screenings.