Location Film Projects
This Is Your Half Hour Call
2020 Location Film Project
You only see what we want you to see.
Pop sensation Beth has returned from her world tour to perform for one night only, for the people who made her - her New Zealand fans. But at the half hour call, Beth is mid-melt down. She’s not getting on that stage.
Directed by Nikki Si’ulepa
Written by Jess Sayer
Produced by The Actors’ Program and Love, Blood & Rhetoric Productions.
Secret Santa
2019 Location Film Project
It's Christmas time and the office party is on! Don't drink too much and always remember that you have to come back next year and work with all of these people. But what if you don't? When rumours circulate that this office Christmas party will be their last, employees realise they have nothing to lose. Skeletons are revealed, confessions made, accusations fly - but who forgot to bring their Secret Santa gift?
Written & Directed by Angela Bloomfield & Kate McDermott
Produced by The Actors’ Program and Love, Blood & Rhetoric Productions.
13 Suspects
2018 Location Film Project
A girl is missing. With the police seeming reluctant to investigate, her boyfriend takes things into his own hands. Quirky and intriguing, 13 Suspects uncovers a portrait of a girl through the eyes of her friends and family.
Directed by Emmett Skilton
Written by Rachel Lang
Produced by The Actors’ Program and Love, Blood & Rhetoric Productions.
Ripple
2017 Location Film Project
Follow a $10 note as it passes through the hands of an eclectic mix of inner city survivors over one short night. An intimate glimpse inside their diverse yet unifying worlds.
Directed by Emmett Skilton
Written by Sara Wiseman
Produced by The Actors’ Program and Love, Blood & Rhetoric Productions, with the support of The Wallace Foundation.
Balloons
2016 Location Film Project
When Sam intervenes to save a young woman from attack he sets off a thrilling chain of events he could not have foreseen. A stylish modern Thriller, Balloons pays homage to the great Alfred Hitchcock.
Directed by Michael Hurst
Written by Jess Sayer
Produced by The Actor's Program and Votre Arme with the support of The Wallace Foundation.
The Engagement Party
2015 Location Film Project
As friends and family descend on an engagement party, wicks are short, fuses are lit and 'the big bang" is no longer just a theory.
Directed by Katherine McRae
Written by Sam Shore
Produced by The Actors’ Program and Candlelit Pictures, with the support of The Wallace Foundation.
$1 Reserve
2014 Location Film Project
When Jocelyn finds out her boyfriend is cheating on her, she sells his prized possessions on Trade Me.
But when she realizes she’s got it terribly wrong, Jocelyn has to track down his stuff from the buyers to win him back.
$1 Reserve is a look at the connections we make with strangers through Trade Me transactions.