Saving Grace

That’s what movies can do best. They can bend reality and explore dreamlike states ... I love surrealism, but I’m not into fantasy, as such. I like being on a cusp between what’s solid and what’s not. The same sensibility or balance in Duncan’s writing really attracted me, as theatre critic Denis Welch cleverly pointed out about Sarkies’ work: ‘It’s more ‘realism’ than ‘sur’.

– Director Costa Botes

It’s a real pleasure to welcome a New Zealand feature film with style and brains.

– Nicholas Reid in North & South

He understood Gerald, because in all the most positive ways, he's not unlike him. Far from being the macho man I'd feared, Jim's a lovely, nurturing kind of guy, full of irrepressible positive energy. He was a tonic for me and all the crew.

– Director Costa Botes on actor Jim Moriarty