Judging Process

Judging overview

Judges are selected by the Aotearoa Film & Television Awards committee for their expertise and experience. 

Chairs of judges

The Aotearoa Film & Television Awards committee appoints 3 judging chairs.  One convenes on News and Current Affairs, another on General Television and Documentary, and the third is assigned to Feature and Short Film.

These chairs are not members of the committee, nor do they sit on any of the judging panels. The role of the chair is to provide support, facilitation and guidance to the judges when required.

Process

A number of checks and balances take place during the judging process to ensure a calibrated set of scores are achieved. These checks and balances include an online scoring process as well as involvement by experienced chairs of judging panels who provide support and advice to judges on process matters if required. 

There are also strict rules designed to avoid conflicts of interest. The judges are selected each year by the Aotearoa Film & Television Awards committee based on their expertise and experience in the categories they are judging.

Feedback on judging process

We are committed to reviewing criteria and assessing all feedback following the completion of each Awards programme. We actively seek feedback from judges. The committee makes changes where this would improve the Awards. For example, this year categories have been revised and criteria refined.  Please email any feedback to afta@tcc.co.nz