Experience the 2026 Macademy Awards: A night of student short films

These awards are being determined by artists from the New Zealand film/TV industry with an Audience Choice Award voted for and awarded on the night.

Congratulations to this year’s filmmakers:

• 'Another Candle' - Winny He (Mansfield House)
• 'Bat V Mouse' - Dani Gonzalez Castro (Mansfield) and Tim Yu (Snell)
• 'Black Tide County' - Carl Allas (Te Kanawa)
• 'Court Parker' - Sophia Askin (Batten) and Athena Grant (Hillary)
• 'Deadzone' - Alvia Farooqui (Batten), Cole Roberts (Mansfield) and Ellen Wu (Batten)
• 'Dispensed' - Lilly Hao (Snell), Isabel Moreton (Upham), Leyla Shahbazpour (Upham) and Anthea Wu (Snell)
• 'Dot Your Eyes Cross Your T's' - Sarah Meng (Batten)
• 'Drawn To You' - Isaac Uammuang (Kupe)
• 'Forgive Me' - Alerys Bodle (Hillary)
• 'Grave Note' - Ryan Dashper (Hillary) and Luke Meiring (Batten)
• 'Growing Pains' - Kumayl Essop (Te Kanawa)
• 'Here Lies a Lotus' - Aidan Butler (Rutherford), Nitjot Singh (Te Kanawa) and Ryan Stone (Hillary)
• 'I'm Sorry, I Love You' - Olivia Coupe (Mansfield) and Nita Murali (Mansfield)
• 'Priceless' - Weida Lin (Hillary), Emily Lou (Hillary), Jason Te (Rutherford), Amber Wang (Te Kanawa) and Tim Yu
• 'Reel for Real' - Poppy Jackson (Mansfield)
• 'The Conversation' - Kate Guan (Upham) and Igor Tivonenko (Batten)
• 'the moon is watching u…!!!' - Elena Askin (Batten)
• 'The Moth' - Lucas Nichols (Hillary) and Aaron Tang (Snell)
• 'Vengeance Has a Face' - Elena Askin, Olivia Dobson (Snell), Tanisha Rasela (Kupe), Krizelle Soriano (Batten) and Lawrence Xiao (Kupe)
• 'Where Thoughts Begin to Bleed' - Freya Kilgallon (Rutherford), Gabby Watson (Te Kanawa), Selina Wang (Upham) and Sophia Zhong (Batten)

Some films contain content that may not be suitable for children below the age of Macleans College students. Parental discretion is advised.