The Horny Owls is an award-winning New Zealand film production company specialising in short films, documentaries and 48Hours mayhem. Led by director Pete Whittaker and producer Floriane Whittaker, the team behind Howler’s commercial video production, it’s where we bring our own stories to the screen.

WINNER Audience Choice Award – Top of the South Film Festival 2026

OFFICIAL SELECTION – Top of the South Film Festival 2026

OFFICIAL SELECTION – NZ Web Fest 2026

NOMINEE Best Directing – NZ Web Fest 2026

NOMINEE Best Editing – NZ Web Fest 2026

OFFICIAL SELECTION – Verona Film Festival 2026

NOMINEE / SEMI FINALIST – NZ Indie Film Festival 2026

WINNER Best Female Filmmaker, Auckland – VF48hrs 2026

GRAND FINALIST Best Film in NZ – VF48hrs 2026

FINALIST Best Film, Auckland – VF48hrs 2026

NOMINEE Best Production Design, Auckland – VF48hrs 2026

NOMINEE Best Cinematography, Auckland – VF48hrs 2026

NOMINEE Incredibly Strange, Auckland – VF48hrs 2026

OFFICIAL SELECTION – Women’s Adventure Film Tour 2024

SPECIAL JURY AWARD – NZ Mountain Film Festival 2024

OFFICIAL SELECTION – Catchlight Film Festival 2024

WINNER Best Production Design, Auckland – VF48hrs 2025

WINNER Best Slow Motion, Auckland – VF48hrs 2025

FINALIST Best Film, Auckland – VF48hrs 2025

GRAND FINALS SHORTLIST – VF48hrs 2025

NOMINEE Best Directing, Auckland – VF48hrs 2025

NOMINEE Best Female Filmmaker, Auckland – VF48hrs 2025

NOMINEE Best Performance, Auckland – VF48hrs 2025

GRAND FINALIST Best Film in NZ – VF48hrs 2024

FINALIST Best Film, Auckland – VF48hrs 2024

NOMINEE Best Performer, Auckland – VF48hrs 2024

GRAND FINALIST Best Film in NZ – VF48hrs 2022

FINALIST Best Film, Auckland – VF48hrs 2022

NOMINEE Best Production Design, Auckland – VF48hrs 2022

NOMINEE Best Performer, Auckland – VF48hrs 2022

NOMINEE Stories That Matter, Auckland – VF48hrs 2022

NOMINEE Best Script, Auckland – VF48hrs 2022

NOMINEE Best Use of Element, Auckland – VF48hrs 2022