Passion and creativity took centre stage at the CreationFest gala awards show at the historic Blue Baths in Rotorua overnight.

Supreme award winner, Ross Dunn, on stage in his Legacy creation. Photo: supplied.

The show saw top entrants from Wearable Art, Short Film and Live Performance categories awarded for their creative offerings.

CreationFest film coordinator John Callen says next year the film section will be bigger and better, with the involvement of New Zealand film director Sir Peter Jackson in the Short Film section in 2015.

'When we approached him to judge this year's entries he said he was too busy finishing the third Hobbit film, The Battle of the Five Armies. However, we can announce that in 2015 there will be a Sir Peter Jackson Award for outstanding work in any one aspect of any of the final film entries, to be decided by Sir Peter himself.”

The inaugural CreationFest show builds on the previous Wearable Creationz event, with this year's coveted Wearable Art Supreme Award presented to Rotorua entrant Ross Dunn for his ‘Legacy' creation.

Winners from the five wearable categories, who each won $500, were eligible for the Supreme Award. Ross' creation, which featured in the Moving Parts category, is his fifth foray into the wearable event. He was awarded his third Supreme Award at last night's event.

The 2.2m tall silver insect with complete moving parts – named Legacy – saw Ross win two tickets to New York, including 10 nights' accommodation and $1000 spending money thanks to supreme sponsor, House of Travel.

Wearable judge Terry Wheeler, who has been involved with the show's predecessor Wearable Creationz from the very beginning, says this year's entrants were of an exceptionally high calibre.

'I've been involved in the event for the past 11 years and this year the pieces on stage were right up there.

'There wasn't a lot of difference between first, second and third, and the passion, heart and soul people of all ages had obviously put into their creations was just amazing.”

Terry says Ross' piece was exceptionally creative and well made, from concept, to fitting the criteria, through to how it moved on stage.

Top talent was also recognised in the Live Performance category, with 15-year-old Tokoroa dancer Daniel La'aiva awarded the Youth Aptitude Award in recognition of his natural talent, passion, commitment and determination to succeed in the performing arts.

The Short Film Supreme Award winner was ‘Wish you were hear' by Team Tap That, who received two tickets to Melbourne, four double passes to the Melbourne Film Festival, four nights' accommodation and $500 spending money thanks to House of Travel.

Full list of CreationFest category winners:

Wearable Art

Home and Heritage

1^st – Rope, by Anneliese Theron

2^nd – Madam Dorothy, by Zoe Beck

3^rd –Goddess of Agriculture, by Joanne Bowen

Metal Mania

1^st – Enarmoured, by Mercia Paaymans

2^nd – Aluminium Aristocrat, by Trish Strongman

3^rd – Measure Me Up, by Sonja Hickey

Natural New Zealand

1^st – Fleeced, by Mercia Paaymans

2^nd – Hay Fever, by Katarina Mau-Thompson

3^rd – Wood you wear it, by Colleen Mak

Sweet Dreams and Beautiful Nightmares

1^st – Facetted Generation, by Charlotte Hazlette & Samantha Moore

2^nd – Miss Mystiqua, by Nadine McLaughlin

3^rd – Diamond in the ruff, by Joanna Mitchell & Cara Bindon

Moving Parts

1^st – Legacy, by Ross Dun

2^nd – Here be monsters, by Megan Potts

Overall Youth Winner

Hay fever

Supreme Winner

Legacy

Short Film

Youth winner When the Adults Left – by Lonnesse, Brayden, Rebecca, Suezanne, Maddisyn and Stephanie Supreme Film Award Wish you were hear – Team Tap That

Open section runner-up (2nd place) Dr Geothermalist

Open section highly commended (3rd place) The Tour – Okay Productions

Live Performance

Youth Aptitude Award Daniel La'aiva