BOOKWORM
12-year-old Mildred’s life is turned upside down when her mother lands in hospital and estranged, American magician father, Strawn Wise (Elijah Wood), comes to look after her.
Hoping to entertain the bookish tween, Strawn takes Mildred camping in the notoriously rugged New Zealand wilderness, and the pair embark on the ultimate test of family bonding – a quest to find the mythological beast known as the Canterbury Panther.
DIRECTOR Ant Timpson
WRITER Toby Harvard
PRODUCERS Emma Slade Roxi Bull Victoria Dabbs Mette-Marie Kongsved
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS Steve Demmler Blair Ward Elijah Wood
CO-PRODUCER Jake Rice
INTERNATIONAL SALES AGENT Mister Smith
AU/NZ DISTRIBUTOR Rialto
STARRING Elijah Wood Nell Fisher
WRITER/DIRECTOR Nathalie Boltt
PRODUCERS NZ Emma Slade Victoria Dabbs Roxi Bull
PRODUCERS CAN Michelle Morris Sushant Desai
AU/NZ DISTRIBUTOR Transmission Films
SALES AGENT Independent Entertainment
A New Zealand / Canada Co-Production