“Shopping” tops New Zealand Film Awards with 7 winsDecember 11, 2013 - 14:03 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Shopping, the debut feature from Louis Sutherland and Mark Albiston, dominated the New Zealand Film Awards on Tuesday, Dec 10 winning seven categories and beating out industry veteran Andrew Adamson’s independent feature Mr. Pip, which took out four awards, The Hollywood Reporter said. The awards, affectionately know as the Moa’s, were handed out at a ceremony in Auckland. A coming of age tale featuring muscle cars, domestic abuse and a boring retail job, Shopping won the major awards including best film, as well as best direction and best screenplay awards for Sutherland and Albiston. Ginny Loane won best cinematography, while the film also won best poster design. The New Zealand awards cap off a year of critical acclaim for Shopping, including its Grand Prix win (of the Generation 14plus International Jury) at Berlin International Film Festival. The acting awards were evenly divided between Mr. Pip and Shopping. British star Hugh Laurie won best actor for his turn in Mr. Pip as an English teacher helping the children of the war torn Pacific island of Bouganville gain a love of reading through the works of Charles Dickens. Xzannjah, won best actress. Shopping’s Julian Dennison and Laura Peterson won best supporting actor and actress respectively. Mr. Pip also proved successful for Ngila Dickson who won best costume design, and Harry Gregson-Williams and Tim Finn, who won best film score. Jane Campion’s haunting return to television, Top of the Lake was named best TV feature or drama series, and Utu and Goodbye Pork Pie director, Geoff Murphy, received the Legacy Award. Related links: Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | Armenia PM meets Iran’s Supreme Leader in Tehran Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan had a meeting with Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Seyyed Ali Khamenei Ruling MP accuses opposition of “serving other countries' interests” Khachatur Sukiasyan has accused Armenia’s opposition of serving the interests of other countries Protest leader vows to achieve departure of Armenian authorities According to Archbishop Bagrat, there is only one solution to the situation in Armenia. Heads of Armenian, Ukrainian parliaments hold virtual talks Alen Simonyan and Ruslan Stefanchuk held talks via video conference on Tuesday, May 21. |