NZ dramatic feature film Went Up The Hill directed by Samuel Van Grinsven is premiering at the NZ International Film Festival across the country in August.
Filmed at architecture award-winning Flockhill Lodge, and featuring the work of NZ artists such as Chauncey Flay, Christopher Duncan, Nichola Shanley, Takaaki Sakaguchi, Sam Harrison, Rachel Wergrzyn, Michelle Walton and Rachel Long, the film is a masterwork of aesthetics, set against the remarkable gothic NZ landscapes of the Castle Hill area outside Christchurch.
Shot in Canterbury and funded by the NZ Film Commission, the film stars Vicky Krieps (The Phantom Thread) and Dacre Montgomery (Stranger Things) in a poetic ghost story that centres on a woman and her dead wife’s estranged son as they are each possessed by her spirit. The film premiered to critical acclaim as a Special Presentation at Toronto Film Festival in 2024 where Sam was hailed by Hollywood Reporter as already having the ‘control of a master’ in a film that is ‘captivating', ‘elliptical' and 'technically stunning’.
We have a red carpet premiere taking place in Auckland at the Civic on Thursday 7 August at 615pm and we want to encourage as many people from the Arts community in Auckland to come along. The director Samuel will be at the premiere along members of the cast and crew and some high profile guests including Dacre Montgomery from Stranger Things.
Tickets to the Auckand premiere are $26 and are available at
https://www.nziff.co.nz/2025/film/went-up-the-hill/
The film is also playing around the country in Wellington, Christchurch and the regional centres. Come and join us!
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