Our Party

Hello friends, 

We're delighted to share that Our Party has been selected in competition at Whaanau Maarama NZIFF's short film programme 'Nga Whanaunga: Aotearoa New Zealand's Best'. 

The film will play in Auckland and Wellington as part of Programme One of the short film selection, which showcases six short films. If we are selected as one of the award winners, the film will also play in a short film Highlights selection in the other cities where NZIFF is screening: Christchurch, Dunedin, Hamilton, Napier, Masterton, Tauranga, Nelson and New Plymouth. 

Tickets are available now on the NZIFF website if you'd like to join us in celebrating the film. 

Thank you again for your support in helping us to reach our funding goal to be able to make the film. We're so grateful to you all, and so happy for the film to be seen by audiences very soon. We hope you'll agree that the performances by our wonderful lead cast of Davida McKenzie, Thomasin McKenzie, Alison Bruce and Michael Hurst are truly magnetic. 

We also congratulate the other films and filmmakers who have been selected for NZIFF. We're honoured to be in their company. 

Nga mihi nui,

Joshua, Jill, Kerry and Victoire

We're very happy to announce that Our Party has been selected to premiere at the New Zealand International Film Festival next month! 

We can't wait to share this special film with you all. We look forward to seeing you at one of the screenings! The film is screening as part of:

Ngā Whanaunga: Aotearoa New Zealand’s Best 2025 Programme One

Thank you to our incredible cast and crew for bringing this film to life, and, of course, everyone here who generously donated to the campaign and made it all possible.  

For screening times, please check out the NZIFF website here: https://www.nziff.co.nz/2025/tamaki-makaurau-auckland/nga-whanaunga-aotearoa-new-zealands-best-1/

Sugar Rae-Bruce, Rain Te’i, Emilio Mancilla & Zoe Crane join the cast of Our Party!

We’re thrilled to announce the addition of these four incredible actors to the ensemble. All four are recent graduates of NZ’s prestigious drama school Toi Whakaari and they are some of the country's most exciting emerging actors. 

We're so excited to announce that talented actor, artist and filmmaker Theo Shakes has joined the cast of Our Party! You may have seen him on the social media giant TikTok with 1.5 mil + followers for his impressions and characters based on everyday experiences, and he has recently wrapped a guest role alongside Elijah Wood in feature film Bookworm. 

Michael Hurst // Davida McKenzie // Alison Bruce

Very excited, and humbled, by these incredible actors and everything they're bringing to the roles. We couldn't have dreamed of a better ensemble to bring this special story to life. More updates to come!