How to Meet Girls from a Distance

In this 'peeping tom rom-com' Toby (Richard Falkner) gets a little carried away un-obscuring the object of his desire — SPCA worker Phoebe (Scarlet Hemmingway). His dating guru Carl (comedian Jonathan Brugh) doesn't help. The inaugural winner of the Make My Movie Feature Film Competition was made in six months for $100,000. The Wellington team behind Distance proved that you don't need a big budget and years of development to make a crowd-pleasing feature. Following successful screenings at the 2012 NZ Film Festival, it was picked up for theatrical release.

The team behind How to Meet Girls from A Distance should be applauded for doing the seemingly impossible by making a film in six months, and, even better, for making it genuinely funny.

– Francesca Rudkin, NZ Herald, 1 Nov 2012

Key Cast & Crew

Dean Hewison

Director, Writer

Ruth Korver

Producer

Andrew Beattie

Producer

Sam Dickson

Writer

Richard Falkner

Writer, As: Toby, Composer

Paul Yates

As: Veterinarian