The Weight of Elephants

Filmed in New Zealand’s deep south, this feature follows Adrian, a sensitive 11-year old haunted by the disappearance of three local children, who befriends mysterious new-in-town Nicole. The adaptation of Sonya Hartnett’s coming-of-age novel Of A Boy, is the feature debut of Denmark-based Dunedin-born director Daniel Joseph Borgman, following on from his lauded short films Berik, and Lars and Peter. The creative team behind the 'informal' Danish-NZ co-production included a number of frequent collaborators of Danish directors Lars Von Trier and Thomas Vinterberg.