We Were Dangerous
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From director Josephine Stewart-Te Whiu and executive producer Taika Waititi, We Were Dangerous is a funny yet frightening drama following three defiant girls caught in New Zealand’s history of eugenics.
Two Māori teens, Nellie (Erana James, The Wilds) and Daisy (Manaia Hall), attempt to escape an institution for delinquent girls in 1954 New Zealand. They are caught, and & – in the ensuing bureaucratic frenzy – relocated to a remote island facility, where they team up with well-to-do Lou (Nathalie Morris, Bump). Life on the island is dominated by The Matron (Rima Te Wiata, Hunt for the Wilderpeople), a stern taskmistress who delights in experimental dead-of-night punishments. Unbroken, the trio begin to plot another daring escape. Stewart-Te Whiu displays a deft hand with her trio of young stars in an ultimately inspirational film about the power of female friendship.
Limited seats are available for patrons requiring access for wheelchairs, low vision and hearing loop. Please contact our ticketing team directly on 1300 733 733 or tickets@sff.org.au to complete your booking.Special Guests
Josephine Stewart-Te Whiu
Director
Josephine Stewart-Te Whiu is a New Zealand-based writer and director of Maori and Pakeha descent. Her debut short Ani (2019) premiered at the Berlinale, was long-listed for the Academy Awards Narrative Shorts in 2020, and was acquired by Fox Searchlight Shorts. Te Whiu is also an alumnus of the TIFF Filmmakers Lab and Canada Goose Fellowship.
Polly Fryer
Producer
Polly Fryer is an Emmy-nominated producer, best known for the documentary drama The Golden Hour. A former co-head of Te Tumu Whakaata Taonga New Zealand Film Commission, Fryer was a supervising producer on the Hulu series Creamerie. She is currently producing I, Object, the upcoming feature film by Andrew Niccol (The Truman Show, Gattaca).
Films showing at this event:
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Tickets
Thu 13 Jun
6pm
Event Cinemas George Street - Cinema 9
Sat 15 Jun
3:30pm
Dendy Newtown - Cinema 1
- Program Strand
- First Nations Award
- Year
- 2024
- Classification
- Unclassified 15+
- Country
- New Zealand
- Language
- In English
- Director
- Josephine Stewart-Te Whiu
- Producer
- Morgan Waru, Polly Fryer
- Cast
- Erana James, Nathalie Morris, Manaia Hall
- Screenwriter
- Josephine Stewart-Te Whiu, Maddie Dai
- Cinematographer
- María Inés Manchego
- Editor
- Hansjörg Weissbrich, Richard Shaw
- Premiere
- Australian Premiere
- Genre
- First Nations, Women Directors, Focus on Women, Festival Award Winners, Human Rights
- Company Credits
- Australian Distributor: Madman Entertainment
