Point Your Toes, Cushla!

Set in the final minutes before a girl goes on stage for a ballet contest, Point Your Toes, Cushla, perfectly captures the nerves and emotional fragility of that moment where any wrong move could lead to humiliation. Cushla’s...
New Zealand Production
Short 2000 Drama 14.00 minutes
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It tells the story of a reluctant 9-year-old dancer, Cushla, as she competes at a ballet competition with her ambitious mother watching from the wings.
1999 - NZ International Film Festival

Directors

Simon Marler

Producers

Simon Marler

Screenplay Writers

Bobbie McKay

Cast

Alison Wall
Mum
Shane Bessant
Dad

Crew

Mairi Gunn | DOP
Eric de Beus | Editor

Production Company

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