Trial Run

Rosemary (Annie Whittle) is a photographer, mother and middle-distance runner. A project photographing the rare yellow-eyed penguin sends her to a remote Otago cottage. Despite menacing happenings, she refuses to be intimidated. Then events escalate, sending her running for help in the race of her life. Bird-watching, stranger danger and feminist film theory line up for a time trial in Melanie Read's first movie, for which 20 of the 29-strong production crew were women. Marathon champ Allison Roe — who trained Whittle off-screen — makes a brief cameo.

Key Cast & Crew

Annie Whittle

As: Rosemary Edmonds

Melanie Rodriga (née Read)

Director, Writer

Don Reynolds

Producer

Lee Grant

As: Mrs Jones

Karen Sims

As: Karen Sims

James Edmonds

As: Christopher Brown