Millie Lies Low

Anxiety-ridden Millie is on her way from Wellington to New York for an internship at a prestigious architecture firm when a moment of panic causes her to miss her flight. She doesn’t have the money for another ticket, and a deep sense of...
New Zealand Production
Feature 2021 Drama, Comedy 100.00 minutes
Millie
After missing her flight to a prestigious internship, an anxiety-ridden architecture grad fakes being in New York while lying low in her home town scrounging for another ticket.
2021: Whānau Mārama New Zealand International Film Festival
2022: Berlinale
SXSW Film Festival – Narrative Spotlight
Cleveland International Film Festival – In Competition Reel Women Direct Award for Excellence in Directing by a Woman
International Narrative Competition
Sydney Film Festival
Edinburgh International Film Festival
Māoriland Film Festival
Melbourne International Film Festival
Hawai’i International Film Festival
San Diego Asian Film Festival
2023: Antipodes Film Festival Saint-Tropez
Down Under Berlin Film Festival – Opening Night Film

Directors

Michelle Savill

Producers

Desray Armstrong
Angela Littlejohn

Screenplay Writers

Michelle Savill
Eli Kent

Executive Producers

Kelly Rogers
Kevin Gordon

Cast

Ana Scotney
Millie
Rachel House
Marlene
Chris Alosio
Henry
Jillian Nguyen
Carolyn
Sam Cotton
Scott

Crew

Andrew Stroud | DOP
Dan Kircher | Editor
Heather Hayward | Production Designer
James Hayday | Sound Designer
Gabrielle Stevenson | Costume Designer
Sara Beale | Costume Designer

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