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Uphill
Short Film (Full Length) – 2014
Jackie van Beek directed and starred in this 2014 short film, playing a tramper who finds her solitude interrupted in a Southern Alps hut. The short was filmed in Arthur’s Pass, where van Beek spent time climbing and exploring near her family crib, while growing up. Uphill won Best Film at an international showcase for organisation Women in Film and Television International; van Beek also won Best Actor at Kiwi festival Show Me Shorts. She would collaborate again with producer Aaron Watson on her feature directing debut, 2017 drama The Inland Road.
Bealey Spur is one of my favourite go-to places in the world ... In one of my short films, Uphill, there's a shot exactly there looking out over the river valley ... I had to persuade all of the crew to lug their very heavy gear up there, which they thoroughly enjoyed.– Jackie van Beek, in a 22 July 2017 Sunday Magazine article on favourite memories
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Produced by
Sabertooth Films
Source
Sabertooth Films
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