First trailer arrives for SxSW Award Winning Kiwi feature ‘We Were Dangerous’
The all-new trailer for Josephine Stewart-Te Whiu’s We Were Dangerous has arrived, fresh off its world premiere in Austin, Texas, at the South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Festival in March 2024.
Watch the full trailer below:
Here’s the official synopsis:
Nellie (Erana James), Lou (Nathalie Morris) and Daisy (Manaia Hall) who attend an institution for delinquent girls on an isolated island. The trio rail against the system, finding strength in their friendship. But this is challenged when the school’s matron (Rima Te Wiata) divides them.
Set to play opening night at this year’s New Zealand International Film Festival, We Were Dangerous has already made a huge splash on the international scene, where it won a Special Jury Award for Filmmaking in the Narrative Feature Competition at South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Festival and earned rave reviews being called “a hopeful – sometimes borderline exuberant – rallying cry for girls to stick together across the various divides that people use to disempower them’ by Indiewire.
Speaking on behalf of the production, director Josephine Stewart-Te Whiu said: “The story is set in 1950s New Zealand, in a world where, ridiculously, teenage girls were seen as a risk to society. It’s a film that celebrates the joy and power of female friendships.”
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With its unique and thought-provoking narrative, off-beat comedy, and terrific young cast, We Were Dangerous is a film that will have audiences lining up for this Whānau Mārama New Zealand International Film Festival in Wellington on Wednesday, 31 July, and Auckland on Wednesday, 7 August, alongside its nationwide debut on August 22.
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