My Friend Michael Jones

Michael Jones (MJ) is the ridicule of his high school peers. His obsessive compulsive need to fingertap doorframes before entering and avoid cracks in the pavement make him a target for relentless bullying. Chief among his tormentors is...

New Zealand Production

Short 2018 Drama 15.00 minutes

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MJ is a teenage boy with OCD living in Ōtara, New Zealand. An inspiring story of friendship that connects Pasifika culture, LGBTQI awareness, overcoming bullying and anxiety disorder.

2018: ImagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival

Winner Moon Jury Prize

Whānau Mārama: New Zealand International Film Festival

New Zealand’s Best — Winner Audience Award

Winner Friends of The Civic Award for Special Merit

Wairoa Māori Film Festival

Winner Moana Best Pasifika Film

Show Me Shorts Film Festival

Winner Best NZ Film

Winner Best Screenplay

Winner Best Actor (Villa Junior Lemanu)

New Zealand Cinematographers Society Awards

Winner Gold Award (Ian McCarroll)

2019: Māoriland Film Festival

2014 Winner People's Choice for Best Short Drama

2020: Honolulu Rainbow Film Festival

Winner Best Narrative Short

Outfest Los Angeles

Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival

Flickerfest International Short Film Festival

Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia, Busan International Short Film Festival

Vancouver Queer Film Festival

Down Under Berlin Australian & New Zealand Film Festival

Birrarangga Film Festival

Minikino Film Week - Bali International Short Film Festival

Directors

Ian Leaupepe

Samson Rambo

Producers

Eldon Booth

Alex Lovell

Screenplay Writers

Eldon Booth

Ian Leaupepe

Samson Rambo

Crew

Ian McCarroll | DOP

Eldon Booth | Editor

Luke Haigh | Editor

Vea Mafile'o | Art Director

Emily Mafile'o | Art Director

Nigel Foster | Sound Design

Tony Pati | Choreography By

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