Winner, Best Documentary
2014 Rialto Channel Film Awards (New Zealand)
Winner, Best Director of Documentary
2014 Rialto Channel Film Awards (New Zealand)
Winner, Best Camera Documentary
2014 Rialto Channel NZ Film Awards (New Zealand)
Winner, The Audience Award
2015 Santa Barbara Int Film Festival (USA)
Winner, The Youth Jury Award
2015 Filmkunstmesse Leipzig Film Festival (Germany)
Winner, Best Feature Film
2015 Chargrin Int. Film Festival (USA)
Winner, The Audience Award
2015 Two Riversides Int Film Festival (Poland)
Winner, The Audience Award
2016 FIFO Int Documentary Film Festival (Tahiti)
Top Five, The Audience Award
2014 Int Documentary Festival of Amsterdam 'IDFA' (Netherlands)
Runner-up, The Audience Award
2015 One World Human Rights Int Film Festival (Czech Republic)
Runner-up, The Audience Award
2015 Thessaloniki Int Documentary Film Festival (Greece)
2014 HIP HOP-ERATION - Writer/Director
Rise and Shine Worldwide Sales/New Zealand Film Commission
A wonderfully warm and energetic Kiwi adventure. Hip Hop-eration follows a troupe of courageous, yet cheeky, senior citizens on an extraordinary quest to perform at the World Hip Hop Championships in Las Vegas.
General Releases:
New Zealand (Rialto Distribution)
Germany (Rise & Shine Cinema)
Japan (Pony Canyon Inc)
Canada (Blue Ice Docs)
Market Screenings:
2015 Cannes Int. Film Festival (Festival de Cannes)
2015 The Berlin Int. Film Festival (Berlinale)
Television Screenings:
National Geographic Channel (Worldwide)
NHK World (Japan)
NPO (Netherlands)
DRTV (Denmark)
Prime TV (New Zealand)
VRT (Belgum)
CBC (Canada)
International Festival Screenings:
Official Selection, 2014 Documentary Festival of Amsterdam (World Premier)
Official Selection, 2015 Perth Int Arts & Film Festival (Australian Premier)
Official Selection, 2015 Santa Barbara Int Film Festival (US Premier)
Official Selection, 2015 Tempo Stockholm Int Documentary Festival Sweden
Official Selection, 2015 Big Sky Documentary Film Festival USA
Official Selection, 2015 Boulder Int Film Festival USA
Official Selection, 2015 One World Human Rights Int Festival Czech Republic
Official Selection, 2015 Thessaloniki Int Documentary Film Festival Greece
Official Selection, 2015 Cleveland Int Film Festival USA
Official Selection, 2015 Martha's Vineyard Int Film festival USA
Official Selection, 2015 Docs against Gravity Int Film Festival Poland
Official Selection, 2015 Young at Heart, Melbourne / Sydney / Perth / Adelaide
Official Selection, 2015 DocAviv Documentary Int Film Festival Israel Official Official Selection, 2015 Nordic Docs Int Film Festival Norway
Official Selection, 2015 Ukraine Int Documentary Film Festival
Official Selection, 2015 Flying Broom Int Film Festival Turkey
Official Selection, 2015 Two Riversides Int Film Festival Poland
Official Selection, 2015 Traverse City Int Film Festival Sweden
Official Selection, 2015 EBS Int Film Festival South Korea
Official Selection, 2015 Chargrin Documentary Film Festival USA
Official Screening, 2015 Doxa Documentary Film Festival Canada
Official Selection, 2015 Doc Lounge Varberg Sweden
Official Selection, 2015 Baltic Sea Forum for Documentaries Latvia
Official Screening, 2015 Australian Centre for the Moving Image Australia
Official Selection, 2015 5th DownUnder Berlin Film festival Germany
Official Selection, 2015 ERASMUS Documentary Film Festival Indonesia
Official Selection, 2015 Milwaukee International Film Festival USA
Official Selection, 2015 Filmkunstmesse Leipzig Film Festival Germany
Official Selection, 2015 The Kassel Documentary Film Festival Germany
Official Selection, 2015 Helsinki Int Film Festival Finland
Official Selection, 2015 Scottish Luminate Film Festival Scotland
Official Screening, 2015 Dundee Contempory Arts Centre Scotland
Official Screening, 2015 Macrobert Arts Centre Stirling Scotland
Official Selection, 2015 Calgary International Film Festival Canada
Official Selection, 2015 Filmkunstmesse Leipzig Film Festival Germany
Official Selection, 2015 International Human Rights Film Festival Albania
Official Selection, 2015 Comedy Cluj International Festival Romania
Official Selection, 2015 One World International Documentary Festival Slovakia
Official Selection, 2015 Visioni Dal Mondo International Film Festival Italy
Official Screening, 2015 Inverness Eden Court Scotland
Official Screening, 2015 The Film House Edinburgh Scotland
Official Selection, 2015 Melbourne Seniors Film Festival Australia
Official Selection, 2015 Hebrides International Film Festival Scotland
Official Selection, 2015 South Social International Film Festival London
Official Selection, 2015 Dance Live Film Festival Scotland
Official Selection, 2015 Asia Pacific Film Festival New Zealand
Official Screening, 2015 Dumfries Robert Burns Center - Film Theatre Scotland
Official Screenin, 2015 Art Gallery of Hamilton Australia
Official Selection, 2015 Best of Hotdocs - Sudbury Showcase Canada
Official Selection, 2015 Edmonton International Film Festival Canada
Official Selection, 2015 New Zealand Asia Pacific Film Festival
Official Selection, 2016 Portskerra International Storytelling Festival Scotland
Official Selection, 2015 Ânûû-rû âboro International Film festival New Caledonia
Official Selection, 2016 Transitions Int. Film Festival Australia
Official Selection, 2016 FIFO International Documentary Film Festival Tahiti
Official Selection, 2016 Gold Coast International Film Festival Australia
Official Screening, 2016 The Neon in Dayton Ohio United States
Official Selection, 2016 Sustainable Living Film Festival Australia
Official Screening, 2016 Ted Rogers Hot Docs Canada
Official Selection, 2016 Legacy Film Festival San Francisco USA
Official Selection, 2016 CANA Film Festival Singapore