D I R E C T O R ’ S N O T E S
“The stronger the wind, the stronger the trees” -J. Williard Marriott
“When I began writing the little things I knew from the outset that I wanted it to be a story...
New Zealand Production
Short2005Drama12.00 minutes
When it's your fourteenth birthday and nobody seems to notice, it can be the little things that really matter the most.
2005: Berlin Film Festival (Kinderfilmfest)
Special Jury Prize
First Run Film Festival New York
The New Zealand Film Festival
International Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen
Kinderfilm Fest Japan, Rhode Island International Film Festival
Buster International Film Festival For Children and Youth
Isfahan International Children's Film Festival
International Women's Film Festival
ImagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival
Melbourne International Film Festival
Los Angeles Film Festival
Wairoa Muori Film Festival
Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival
Prague Short Film Festival
Seagate Foyle Film Festival
Exground Film Festival
Cork Film Festival
2006: Pan African Film Festival
Richmond Road Short Film Festival
Asia Society and Museum Festival
Lola Kenya Screen Festival
Antipodes St Tropez Film Festival
Magma Short Film Festival Rotorua
2007: Alaska Native Film Festival
Directors
Reina Webster
Producers
Catherine Fitzgerald
Screenplay Writers
Reina Webster
Cast
Norissa Taia George
Mia Mitchell Mo
Romain Waerea Tama
Crew
Rhys Duncan|
Director of Photography
Owen Ferrier Kerr|
Editor
Production Company
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