‘Mt Zion’ Takes Flicks’ People’s Choice Award at NZMPIC 2013

From left to right: Ginette McDonald, Temuera Morrison (sort of), Flicks editor Steve Newall, Stan Walker (not really)

The people of Flicks have spoken! Mt Zion has won the Flicks People’s Choice Award for Best Film 2012/13 at last week’s NZMPIC awards – which take place at the conclusion of each year’s annual film industry conference. Neither stars of the film, Temuera Morrison or Stan Walker, could make it to the event, so we Photoshopped Tem in using the cover of his book From Haka to Hollywood and Stan from his album Let the Music Play. Close enough.

Two New Zealand cinemas picked up the remaining Flicks People’s Choice awards: Reading Cinemas The Palms Christchurch for Best Circuit Cinema 2012/13 and Monterey Cinemas Howick for Best Independent Cinema 2012/13.

Other winners include:

APN NZ Media Most Creative Use of Newspapers 2012/13

Disney’s Oz: The Great & Powerful distributed by Sony Pictures

The Radio Network Best Distributor Marketing Campaign 2012/13

Life of Pi distributed by 20^th Century Fox

NZMPIC Best Local Area Marketing Campaign 2012/13

Academy Cinemas Auckland – Zero Call Thirty

NZMPIC Box Office Achievement Award – Highest Grossing New Zealand Film 2012/13

Mt Zion distributed by Sony Pictures

TipTop/Kapiti Box Office Achievement Award – Highest Grossing Film 2012/13

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

NZMPIC Best Independent Cinema Manager 2012/13