Needles and Glass

Ma Te Wa Film Productions - established in 1999 to develop Needles and Glass into a theatrical short. Adapted for the screen by Susan Thrasher from the remarkable short story by Fiona Kidman, Ma Te Wa has endeavoured to gather film...
New Zealand Production
Short 2003 Drama 11.00 minutes
Film Main Image 682
Needles and Glass, a short film co-directed by Miranda Harcourt and Rawiri Paratene, is set in 1948, when a dying woman calls for a nurse.
2003 - Montreal World Cinema Festival

Directors

Miranda Harcourt
Rawiri Paratene

Producers

Mathew Lowe
Di Oliver
Glenis Giles

Screenplay Writers

Susan Thrasher

Cast

Perry Piercy
Helena
Amohia Dudding
Young Helena
Glenis Levestam
Mrs Hardcastle

Crew

Sharon Hawke | Director of Photography
Emma Haughton | Editor
Andrew Thomas | Production Design

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