Ani

One night Ani’s parents have a terrible fight that leads her mother to leave the house. When Ani wakes up the next day she is unsure of what to do. Her father burns and buries her mothers clothes in the garden in his grief. Ani...

New Zealand Production

Short 2019 Drama 12.00 minutes

Isabella20 Evans 20 Credit2 C20 Maria Ines20 Manchego2003

9-year-old Ani drifts into a land of play and make believe after her mother runs out on the family - leaving Ani and her father to fend for themselves.

2021: Short Circuit Pacific Rim Film Festival

Winner Best Script

2019: Berlin International Film Festival - Generation Kplus

New Zealand International Film Festival

Toronto International Film Festival

Vladivostok International Film Festival Pacific Meridian

imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival

Directors

Josephine Stewart-Te Whiu

Producers

Sarah Cook

Screenplay Writers

Josephine Stewart-Te Whiu

Cast

Isabella Evans
Ani

Maaka Pohatu
Dad

Crew

Anastasia Doniants | Editor

María Inés Manchego NZCS | DOP

Samuel Evans | Production Design

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