The Great Maiden's Blush

Role: Henry
Company: Torchlight Films New Zealand
Directors: Andrea Basshard & Shane Loader

It's a story of friendship, of forgiveness, and the redemptive power of truth. It's a story of new motherhood; of babies and absent fathers; of opera and drag racing and gardening. It's a a story of a girl-racer serving a prison sentence for manslaughter who is temporarily released to hospital to give birth to her first child. She shares a room with another single mother, a classical musician and a gardener, but their uneasy friendship is threatened when both are challenged over the secrets around the paternity of their newborn babies.

Moments

Role: Uncle James
Company: Angle3 Pictures
Director: Daryl J Wong

Following the death of her absent father, Sam reluctantly reunites with her Uncle James to discuss the fate of his belongings. But when the only thing that her father leaves her is his old film camera, Sam hesitantly takes it upon herself to finish the rest of the reel left inside. However, as she draws ever nearer to the final frame, Sam starts to takes one step closer to reconciling her turbulent relationship with her father; as the final years of his life come into focus.

The Passenger

Role: Officer Miles Cleary
Company: Certain Scenes Productions Ltd
Director: Scott Boswell

From the director of The Fall Guys comes a short film which is simply about... a thief, a policeman and a baby.

Natural Instinct

Role: Morgan Forster
Company: Malaga Films
Director: Kavendran Naicker
Writer: Stephen Paea
Sound: Jason Prasad
Production Assistant: Alex Tetupu

Lucky Girl

Company: Write Club
Director: Alan Cornish
 Producer: Enny Benzonelli, Melissa Osgood
 Writer: Simon Lambert, Alan Cornish
 Cinematography: Daniel Habedank