Eleanor Catton

In 1800s England, a well-meaning but selfish young woman meddles in the love lives of her friends.

Esther, a compassionate woman in her thirties, has spent years caring for her elderly cousin on a bleak country estate. Esther's quiet life is disrupted by the sudden arrival of Jasper, a charismatic traveler with a murky past. Jasper claims to be the long-lost son and heir who was presumed dead thirty years earlier. As Esther navigates her growing bond with him, she becomes entangled in a web of secrets, inheritance schemes, and a deep reflection on truth, love, and the complex choices of middle age.

A movie based on the life of primatologist Jane Goodall. Plot TBA.

Two decades on from Sam Neill’s Cinema of Unease, Tim Wong’s essay film contemplates the prevailing image of a national cinema while privileging some of the images and image-makers displaced by the popular view of filmmaking in Aotearoa. Free to view at: lumiere.net.nz/films

In 1800s England, a well-meaning but selfish young woman meddles in the love lives of her friends.

Esther, a compassionate woman in her thirties, has spent years caring for her elderly cousin on a bleak country estate. Esther's quiet life is disrupted by the sudden arrival of Jasper, a charismatic traveler with a murky past. Jasper claims to be the long-lost son and heir who was presumed dead thirty years earlier. As Esther navigates her growing bond with him, she becomes entangled in a web of secrets, inheritance schemes, and a deep reflection on truth, love, and the complex choices of middle age.

A movie based on the life of primatologist Jane Goodall. Plot TBA.