Golden Jandal awards handed out

Lisa Dunn's video for Parallel Dance Ensemble's Weight Watchers was the audience favourite and took home the Golden Jandal at the Radio Active Handle the Jandal music video awards in Wellington last night.

All videos in the annual competition were made by do-it-yourself filmmakers for local bands and artists and were completely self-funded.

A record 133 entries were whittled to 15 finalists from around the country, competing in six categories, before the Golden Jandal was awarded by an audience vote.

The winners were awarded services and equipment from Panavision, Sticky Pictures, Portsmouth and Park Road Post.

The category winners were:

Best Use of Exploitative Tactics to Promote A Band: Judah Finnigan and Ben Forman for Highlife's Berserk

Best Editing: Joe Fish for James Duncan's A Obvious

Best Cinematography: Kimberley Brown for Electric Wire Hustle's Perception

Best Concept: Lisa Dunn for Parallel Dance Ensemble's Weight Watchers

Best Animation: Preston McNeill for Isaac Aesili's With You In My Bed

Rising Star 2009: Greg Pawsey for Cougar Cougar Cougar's Satan's Blues