Vigil

Vigil was the first ever film from New Zealand to compete in Cannes (1984). Winner of the Best Film award at the Madrid Film Festival it is the first feature film of 30 year-old Vincent Ward. Vigil is a powerful...
New Zealand Production
Feature 1984 Drama 90.00 minutes
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In a remote valley a farmer dies. In his wake comes a hunter. The farmer's daughter watches him. He starts a relationship with her mother and helps her grandfather to build a strange new invention. To the child he is a predator. She must expel him from her valley
Madrid Film Festival
Best Film
1984 Prades International Film Festival
Best Film
1985: Imag Fic Festival
Best Film
1986: GOFTA Awards for Best Original Screenplay: Vincent Ward and Graeme Tetley Cinematography: Alun Bollinger, Production Design: Kai Hawkins
1984: Cannes Film Festival - in competition
Chicago International Film Festival

Directors

Vincent Ward

Producers

John Maynard

Screenplay Writers

Vincent Ward
Graeme Tetley

Cast

Bill Kerr
Birdie
Fiona Kay
Lisa Peers (Toss)
Penelope Stewart
Elizabeth Peers
Frank Whitten
Ethan Ruir

Crew

Alun Bollinger | Director of Photography
Simon Reece | Editor
Kai Hawkins | Production Designer

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