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Milk

Short Film (Full Length) – 2021

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The cost of milk is priceless in this 2021 short film, written and directed by part-time farmer and Country Calendar veteran Celia Jaspers. It's set in a country town where a young girl (played by Jaspers’ daughter Charlotte) has to choose between spending pocket money on herself, or a bottle of milk for a cash-strapped pensioner. Made in the Wairarapa on the smell of coffee grinds during lockdown — when “be kind” was the mantra — Milk shuns cinema of unease darkness for upbeat, stripped-down storytelling. It scored a run more than 40 awards and nominations at festivals around the globe. 

...the film became a self-fulfilling kindness prophecy — with crew offering help from as far afield as Auckland and Christchurch. A Martinborough cafe provided its setting, and local businesses offered support. Filming took place in spring of 2020 with Jaspers’ daughter, Charlotte — then eight — taking the starring role.
– Writer Kelly Dennett on the making of Milk, The Sunday Star-Times, 27 June 2021

Key Cast & Crew

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Frank Edwards

As: Man

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Charlotte Jaspers

As: Girl

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Christy-Anne Sullivan

As: Café worker

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Auriga Martin

Producer

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Juanita Deely

Producer

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Celia Jaspers (née Offwood)

Director, Writer, Editor, Producer

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