WIFT has 5 double passes to The Sicilian Girl, which opens in cinemas nationwide on 9 July. To be in to win, email the WIFT office at office@wiftnewzealand.org.nz with SICILIAN in the subject line by 5pm, Monday 6 July.

Inspired by a true story, 17 year old Rita breaks the code of silence she has grown up with and gives evidence to an anti-Mafia judge. She is rejected by her mother, and almost everyone else she’s ever known, and must go into hiding to save her life. The Sicilian Girl is a powerful story of an ultra-violent world and the courage of one young woman against all odds.

South Pacific Pictures Achievement in Film
Arani Cuthbert (Untouchable Girls)
Leanne Pooley (Untouchable Girls)
Sima Urale (Apron Strings)
Katie Wolfe (This Is Her)

Great Southern Film & Television Woman To Watch
Armagan Ballantyne
Shuchi Kothari
Julia Parnell
Juliette Veber
Chelsea Winstanley

Entrepreneurship
Ewa Bigio (Smiley Film Distribution)
Shona Grundy (Kangoo Animation)
Nicole Hoey (Cinco Cine)
Janine Morrell-Gunn (Whitebait TV)

Images & Sound Success in Television
Jaquie Brown (Jaquie Brown Diaries)
Rachel Gardner (Great Southern slate)
Anna Hutchinson (Go Girls & Underbelly)
Elizabeth Mitchell (Bro’Town!)
Fiona Samuel (A Piece of My Heart)

Unsung Heroine of the Screen Industry
Natalie Crane
Gabrielle Jones & Dianne Ensor
Annabel Lomas
Tamar Munch
Glenda Paterson

MiNDFOOD Greening the Screen
Curious Film
KIWA Media
Red Flame

Outstanding Contribution to the Screen Industry
Philippa Boyens
Caterina De Nave
Dr Ruth Harley
Gaylene Preston

The following distinguished women have been confirmed as members of the 09/10 WIFT NZ Board and will be in Auckland for the first WIFT NZ AGM combined with networking drinks on 13 July (details in the events section or from the WIFT office at office@wiftnewzealand.org.nz):
President - Catherine Fitzgerald (Wellington)
General Board Member - Rachel Gardner (Auckland)
Auckland Board Members - Teresa Brown, Jackie Dennis, Ella Henry
Wellington Board Members - Glenis Giles, Debra Kelleher
South Island Board Member - Janine Morrell-Gunn (Christchurch)