Awanui Simich-Pene
Director, Actor [(Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Hauā, Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Ngāti Apakura, Croatian, Belgian]
2024 Sydney Film Festival
(Inaugural) First Nations Award: for First Horse
2023 New Zealand Web Festival
Best Web Series Pilot - New Zealand: Te Pāmu Kūmara