AndreaBosshard
- Director
- Writer
Alongside partner Shane Loader, Andrea Bosshard makes and distributes films through indie filmmaking initiative Torchlight Films. Dominion Post critic Graeme Tuckett called the pair's second feature Hook, Line and Sinker “likeable, admirable and hugely enjoyable”. Their feature The Great Maiden's Blush was released to acclaim and awards in 2016. It was followed by Kobi, a documentary about Bosshard's jeweller father.
Biography
Andrea Bosshard has made and written films, as well as critiquing them for magazine Illusions. In recent years — alongside partner Shane Loader — she has crossed into feature films, as part of a plan to create contemporary stories for a broad local audience.
Screenography
Awards
2017 Rialto Channel New Zealand Film Awards (The Moas)
Best Self-Funded Feature: The Great Maiden's Blush
Nominated for Best Screenplay: for The Great Maiden's Blush
2009 Wairoa Film Festival (New Zealand)
Best Feature: Taking the Waewae Express
“Hook, Line and Sinker began with a character. More characters were developed with the actors. We bring them together in improvisations and the journey begins. ”