It was a big one for the Wests last night, with Outrageous Fortune taking home six awards from the 2007 Air New Zealand Screen Awards. The country's most prestigious film and television industry awards also gave a nod to bro'Town (UKTV Best Comedy) and short film Run (Rialto Channel Best Short Film).

Image: Best Performance by an Actress Award winner Robyn Malcolm (Outrageous Fortune).It was a big one for the Wests last night, with Outrageous Fortune taking home six awards from the 2007 Air New Zealand Screen Awards. The country's most prestigious film and television industry awards also gave a nod to bro'Town (UKTV Best Comedy) and short film Run (Rialto Channel Best Short Film).

Image: Best Performance by an Actress Award winner Robyn Malcolm (Outrageous Fortune).Now in their third year, the Awards celebrate craft and creativity in our local film and television industry.

"These Awards are the culmination of four months of work to recognise and honour the finest people and productions in the New Zealand TV and film industry," says SDGNZ president Annie Goldson.

"We have received an incredibly healthy number of submissions from every part of the industry and it's great to see newcomers being honored alongside seasoned professionals."

"The Judging was conducted by a group of top industry specialists all with extensive experience and recognition in their chosen fields. The competition has been fierce this year and according to our judges, choosing a winner for each category was really tough. The standard of winners further reflects the growing strength of local productions and the depth of talent in New Zealand's film and television industries. It is always an honour to stand out from the pack and to be recognised by a jury of your peers."

And the winners are -

Images and Sound Best Digital Feature
Stefan Lewis - The Waimate Conspiracy

Images and Sound Technical Contribution to a Digital Feature
Duncan Cole - The Last Magic Show

Rialto Channel Best Short Film
Mark Albiston - Run

Rialto Channel Performance in a Short Film
Chelsie Preston Crayford - Fog

Rialto Channel Script for a Short Film
Louis Sutherland - Run

Rialto Channel Technical Contribution to a Short Film
John Harding - The King Boys

Sony Best Drama Programme
South Pacific Pictures - Outrageous Fortune

UKTV Best Comedy Programme
Elizabeth Mitchell - bro'Town Episode 3.2

New Zealand On Air Best Documentary
Visionary Film & TV - Love, Speed and Loss

Best Factual Series
Peter Young and Tracy Roe - Hunger for the Wild Episodes 2 & 3

Best Maori Language Programme
Waka Huia TVNZ - Te Tau Whakamahara i a Tumatauenga

Best Children's Programme
South Pacific Pictures - Maddigan's Quest Episode 8

Best Lifestyle/Entertainment Programme
Debra Kelleher - Dancing with the Stars

Best Event Broadcast
Screentime/Maori Television - Na Ratou Mo Tatou - They Did It For Us

Best Sports Programme
Code - Maori Television - Code, Episode 32

Best Reality Series
Ondrej Havas - Henderson To Hollywood, Episodes 8 & 9

Performance by an Actress
Robyn Malcolm - Outrageous Fortune, Episode 16

Performance by a Supporting Actress
Anna Julliene - Shortland Street, Episode 3566

Performance by an Actor
Antony Starr - Outrageous Fortune, Episode 7

Performance by a Supporting Actor
Frank Whitten - Outrageous Fortune, Episode 13

Presenter Entertainment/Factual
Jason Gunn - Dancing With The Stars, Series 2, Episode 8

Script, Drama
James Griffin - Outrageous Fortune, Xmas Special

SDGNZ Achievement in Directing, Drama/Comedy Programme
Simon Bennett - Outrageous Fortune, Episode 16

Achievement in Directing, Documentary
Justin Pemberton - Love, Speed and Loss

Achievement in Directing, Factual Programming/Entertainment
Rupert MacKenzie - Hidden In The Numbers, Episode 2

Achievement in Camerawork, Documentary
Peter Young - Country Calendar, Episode 22 "Cray Coast"

Images and Sound Achievement in Editing, Documentary
Bryan Shaw - Love, Speed and Loss

Achievement in Original Music
Victoria Kelly - Maddigan's Quest, Episode 5

Images and Sound Contribution to a Soundtrack
Carl Smith, Rodney Larsen and Steve Finnigan - Maddigan's Quest, Episode 2

Contribution to Design
Tracey Collins - Maddigan's Quest, Episode 1

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