The Moon Is Upside Down
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With a stellar cast, this funny and poignant NZ romantic drama follows three women at a crossroads in their apparently unconnected lives.
A mail-order bride from Siberia, the lonely wife of a wealthy property investor, and an anaesthetist looking for frisky fun, are the engaging central characters in this sharply observed slice-of-life set around Wellington. Uproariously funny one moment and deeply affecting the next, New Zealand actor-filmmaker Loren Taylor’s free-wheeling debut contrasts life’s absurdities with our innate desire to form connections, seek happiness and maybe even make some sense of it all. Winner of the Best First Feature prize at Tallinn, it’s wonderfully acted by a cast that includes Australian Victoria Haralabidou (Prosper, The Tourist), and Taylor’s Eagle vs Shark co-star Jemaine Clement (Nude Tuesday, SFF 2022).
Limited seats are available for patrons requiring access for wheelchairs, low vision and hearing loop. Please contact our ticketing team directly on 1300 733 733 or tickets@sff.org.au to complete your booking.Special Guests
Loren Taylor
Director, Screenwriter, Cast
Loren Taylor is an actress best known for her screenwriting credits and performance in Taika Waititi’s Eagle vs. Shark, where she won Best Actress at the Newport International film Festival and the St Tropez Festival de Antipodes. Taylor has made both lead and guest appearances in Xena, Young Hercules, Atlantis High and The Strip.
Jemaine Clement
Cast
Jemaine Clement is a New Zealand actor, comedian, filmmaker, musician and writer, best known for his musical comedy with Bret McKenzie under the name Flight of the Conchords, which later became a comedy series on BBC and HBO. He co-directed, co-wrote, and co-starred in What We Do in the Shadows with Taika Waititi (SFF Closing Night 2014), which later adapted into an FX television series.
- Program Strand
- Features
- Year
- 2023
- Classification
- Unclassified 18+
- Country
- New Zealand
- Language
- In English and Russian with English subtitles
- Director
- Loren Taylor
- Producer
- Georgina Conder, Philippa Campbell
- Cast
- Elizabeth Hawthorne, Loren Taylor, Victoria Haralabidou
- Screenwriter
- Loren Taylor
- Cinematographer
- Adam Luxton
- Editor
- Simon Price
- Premiere
- Australian Premiere
- Genre
- Women Directors, Focus on Women, Comedies, Festival Award Winners, Off-Beat
- Company Credits
- Australian Distributor: Vendetta Films
