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Point Your Toes, Cushla! captures a girl's eye view of the final minutes before she goes on stage in a ballet contest - where one wrong move could be a short cut to humiliation. In this case the danger is heightened thanks to a stage mother whose idea of encouragement is constant meddling (played in scene-stealing brilliance by Alison Wall). Low on dialogue but rich in detail, this film by Simon Marler was invited to a number of overseas festivals, where it won a jury diploma in St Petersburg. It also got general release in Kiwi cinemas.
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Fresh Faces Film Company
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Short Film, 1960 (Full Length)
World renowned dancers Rowena Jackson and Alexander Grant return to NZ with the Royal Ballet
Short Film, 1963 (Full Length)
A NFU doco about the beginnings of the Royal New Zealand Ballet
1999 Saint Petersburg Short Film and Documentary Festival (Russia)
Jury Diploma
Festivals include
2001 New York International Children's Film Festival, 2000 Chicago International Children's Film Festival, 1999 Toronto International Children's Film Festival, 1999 Bangkok Film Festival, 1998 Hawaii, 1998 New Zealand
Finalist - Most
Outstanding Website
The ONYAs 2010 & 2011
Best Entertainment Website
Finalist – Website design
Qantas Media Awards 2009
NZ ON SCREEN 2012
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