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Existence

Film (Trailer and Excerpts) – 2012

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In the film, some inhabitants had been isolated from the main population for several generations. The language was plausible because the film involved a catastrophe that could have an impact on speech, Dr [Martin] Paviour-Smith said.
– Massey University linguistics lecturer Martin Paviour-Smith talks about the dialect developed for the film, The Dominion Post, 27 April 2011
Heavy symbolism, moody Makara skies, indecipherable dialects — what’s not to love?
– Writer Grant Smithies in The Sunday Star-Times, 26 May 2013
The film required a very distinctive aesthetic — one that required a high level of design work and the ability to film in the most cinematic yet inhospitable locations we could find, with a cast who could turn largely silent characters into compelling, empathetic individuals that an audience would stay with for the length of the story.
– Co-producer Mhairead Connor on some of the challenges of making Existence, Onfilm, February 2012, page 10 (volume 29, number 1)