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Ellen is Leaving
Short Film (Full Length) – 2012
I am interested in New Zealand’s fascination with the OE and how many of us have had relationships end due to travel. The choices that are open to us, in this time, in this place, at this age, is a type of relationship cancer of the young adult generation.– Director Michelle Savill, in a 28 July 2012 interview for website Admit One
I had been thinking about quitting film while making Ellen Is Leaving so for it to go on and win South by Southwest and other festivals made me rethink being a filmmaker, and what I had to contribute through the medium. I guess its success is partly the reason I’m still working in film.– Michelle Savill, in an interview for website Close-Up Culture, 17 September 2018
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