NZ film award contenders revealed

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20 Nov, 2013 04:00 PM7 mins to read

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Shopping starring best actor nominee Kevin Paulo (at right) is a leading contender in the awards.

The local feature film industry may be worried about its immediate future but it's still celebrating its recent past with the return for a second year of the New Zealand Film Awards - or Moas.

The nominations for this year's awards, sponsored by Rialto Channel and

The leading contenders among the feature film categories are Shopping and Mr. Pip which are tied with 13 nominations each.

The presence of Andrew Adamson's Mr. Pip brings some heavy-hitters to the nominee list including himself in the best director category, English star Hugh Laurie up for best actor and Lord of the Rings Oscar winners Grant Major and Ngila Dickson in production and costume design respectively.

But the acting categories are mainly dominated by feature first-timers and young actors. And that includes singing star Stan Walker for his big screen debut in Mt Zion, one of nine nominations for the film including Temuera Morrison for best supporting actor.

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