Vigil

Vigil was the first ever film from New Zealand to compete in Cannes (1984). Winner of the Best Film award at the Madrid Film Festival it is the first feature film of 30 year-old Vincent Ward. Vigil is a powerful...

New Zealand Production

Feature 1984 Drama 90.00 minutes

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In a remote valley a farmer dies. In his wake comes a hunter. The farmer's daughter watches him. He starts a relationship with her mother and helps her grandfather to build a strange new invention. To the child he is a predator. She must expel him from her valley

Madrid Film Festival

Best Film

1984 Prades International Film Festival

Best Film

1985: Imag Fic Festival

Best Film

1986: GOFTA Awards for Best Original Screenplay: Vincent Ward and Graeme Tetley Cinematography: Alun Bollinger, Production Design: Kai Hawkins

1984: Cannes Film Festival - in competition

Chicago International Film Festival

Directors

Vincent Ward

Producers

John Maynard

Screenplay Writers

Vincent Ward

Graeme Tetley

Cast

Bill Kerr
Birdie

Fiona Kay
Lisa Peers (Toss)

Penelope Stewart
Elizabeth Peers

Frank Whitten
Ethan Ruir

Crew

Alun Bollinger | Director of Photography

Simon Reece | Editor

Kai Hawkins | Production Designer

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