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If you want to tell universal stories to the world, tell about your villageTorchlight Films is a production company based in Wellington, New Zealand, founded by Andrea Bosshard and Shane Loader producing independent feature films that deliver stories sourced in our communities to broad local audiences, sustainably and economically.

We tell contemporary, character-centred, inter-generational stories from our own backyard that explore the human condition and have the power to move and touch us. We want people of your enthusiasm and interest to be part of our on-going development.

Hook, Line and Sinker is the latest project (see trailer) from the makers of the critically
acclaimed Taking the Waewae Express and has recently completed 14 weeks in release in over forty cinemas. Our new film was shot on the Wellington South Coast with well-known veteran actors Geraldine Brophy(Second Hand Wedding), Carmel McGlone, Rangimoana Taylor (Waewae Express) and Dame Kate Harcourt as part of an ensemble cast, with top New Zealand editor Annie Collins at the editing bench.

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              DVD is now available!

     

                  "so completely and utterly and gloriously Kiwi"

                                                  Anna Rowe-Deane, Invercargill Film Society

                      "likeable, admirable and hugely enjoyable"

                                                                Graeme Tuckett, Dominion Post


We are always pleased to have our films seen, however there are countless sites offering free unauthorised downloads of HOOK, LINE & SINKER. Please purchase directly from us or from our agents. Or make a donation to Torchlight Films for your free download. Your purchase or donation goes towards our next film as well as paying wage deferrals to actors and crew.



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ATTENTION FILMMAKERS
If you are planning to screen your film please read our tips on digital projection where we share some of our technical lessons from distributing Hook, Line and
Sinker. Yet to come,the reality of self-distribution. Controversial, rarely discussed with any transparency, it has proven to be quite an eye-opener.