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The Dark Horse
Film (Trailer and Excerpts) – 2014
2016 New Zealand Cinematographers Society Awards
Gold Award - Features: Denson Baker
2015 Seattle Film Festival (United States)
Best Film (Audience Award - Golden Space Needle Award)
Best Actor: Cliff Curtis
2015 Art Film Festival (Slovakia)
Best Director: for The Dark Horse
Nominated for Best Film: The Dark Horse
2015 Rotterdam International Film Festival (Holland)
Audience Favourite Award
Youth Jury Prize
2015 San Francisco International Film Festival (United States)
Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature
2015 St Tropez International Film Festival (France)
Jury Award for Best Film
2015 International Festival of Cinema from the Antipodes (France)
Grand Prix (Grand Prize)
2015 Washington DC Filmfest (United States)
Special Commendation
Nominated for Audience Favourite Award
2015 Palm Springs International Film Festival (United States)
Runner Up for Audience Favourite
2015 Munich Film Festival (Germany)
Nominated for Best Film
Nominated for Best Film by an Emerging Director
2014 Rialto Channel NZ Film Awards (The Moas)
Best Film
Best Director: James Napier Robertson
Best Screenplay: James Napier Robertson
Best Actor: Cliff Curtis
Best Supporting Actor: James Rolleston
Best Score: Dana Lund
Nominated (twice) for Best Supporting Actor (Wayne Hapi), Cinematography, Production Design, Costume Design, Makeup Design, Editor and Sound (Chris Todd, Nick Buckton, Pete Smith, Tim Chaproniere and Fred Enholmer)
2014 SWANZ Scriptwriter Awards (NZ Writers Guild)
Best Feature Film Script: James Napier Robertson
2014 Asia Pacific Screen Awards
Best Performance by an Actor: Cliff Curtis
Festivals include
2015 Istanbul (Turkey), Glasgow (Scotland), Dublin (Ireland), 2014 NZ International Film Festival (opening night film), Toronto
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