Film for Change Aotearoa has created two short films as part of the it matters! campaign (www.itmatters.org.nz). The campaign is an initiative of Platform Trust that aims to highlight the ‘elephant in the room’ - the need to improve support available to people experiencing mental health and addictions issues in New Zealand. This first film, starring Neill Rea, shows just how hard we have to work to ignore a problem. Both films aim to encourage a groundswell of public support for this issue to prompt political action.
The films were made possible by funds donated from Platform members and generous donations of time from actors and film crews working with Film for Change Aotearoa, Tigerstew Productions and Changing Minds. Platform gratefully acknowledges these contributions.
Crew
Lucy Allan - Director
Tasman Roy - Producer
Helen Anderson - Screenwriter
Hans Weston - Director of Photography
Arun Biswas - Editor
Elizabeth Medina - Sound Recorder, Production Assistant
Ella Steele - Production Assistant
Catriona McLagan - Executive Producer
Tamas Molnar - Executive Producer
Auckland unit
Taimi Allan - Director, Key Grip
Neesha Brenner - Camera
Kieran Morehead - Best boy
Maza White - Makeup
Stewart Allan - Music
Cast
Neill Rea
Hamish Boyle - “John”
Sarah Tuck - “Ellie” the elephant
Special thanks
Tigerstew Productions
Changing Minds
