Point Your Toes, Cushla!

Point Your Toes, Cushla! captures a girl's eye view of the final minutes before she goes on stage in a ballet contest — where one wrong move could be a short cut to humiliation. In this case the danger is heightened thanks to a stage mother whose idea of encouragement is constant meddling (played in scene-stealing brilliance by Alison Wall). Low on dialogue but rich in detail, this film by Simon Marler was invited to a number of overseas festivals, where it won a jury diploma in St Petersburg. It also got general release in Kiwi cinemas. 

Key Cast & Crew

Simon Marler

Producer, Director

Bobbie McKay

Writer

Shane Bessant

As: Dad

Alison Wall

As: Mother

Vicky Rodewyk

As: Cushla

Mairi Gunn

Camera