the great maiden's blush

Anchor 2

the latest feature from Andrea Bosshard & Shane Loader
the pair behind the critically acclaimed independent features Hook, Line & Sinker (2011) and Taking the Waewae Express (2008)

WINNER

JURY AWARD
BEST
FEATURE

REEL SYDNEY FESTIVAL WORLD CINEMA

2017

NZ NATIONAL
FILM AWARDS

2017

WINNER

BEST
INDEPENDENT
FEATURE

NZ NATIONAL
FILM AWARDS

2017

WINNER

BEST ACTRESS
Miriama
McDowell

FESTIVAL DU FILM ANTIPODES

SAINT-TROPEZ

2016

WINNER

BEST ACTRESS
Miriama
McDowell

"The work of a couple of mature filmmakers just dripping with intelligence, flair and vision. This is a sinuous, clever, ambitious, nuanced, layered and gorgeously assembled film. Pay The Great Maiden's Blush the attention it deserves and you'll be rewarded with one of the most beautifully photographed, best sounding and best written films you'll see all year. Bravo."
Graeme Tuckett Dominion Post

dvd now available

Our kaupapa is to create a sustainable, vigorous & independent local filmmaking community. Your purchase enables us to invest in future Torchlight Films projects.

1 x DVD — $35.00 incl. postage/delivery

2 x DVDs — $65.00 incl. postage/delivery

3 x DVDs — $95.00 incl. postage/delivery

French, German & Spanish subtitles, & English for the hearing impaired.

Please note, this is a PAL version which will play in New Zealand, Australia & Europe but NOT Canada and the US. It will however play through a computer in NTSC territories/
Please don't hesitate to contact us if you have any questions

download & streaming now available

Please note that the film can only be streamed or downloaded in New Zealand, Australia and the Pacific Islands due to distribution agreements.

vimeo on demand / The Great Maiden's Blush

The Great Maiden's Blush is a story of friendship, of forgiveness, and the redemptive power of truth. It's a story of new motherhood; of babies and absent fathers; of opera and drag racing, gardening and Schubert.

Two first-time single mothers, one a taxidriver and girl racer, the other a pianist and gardener, share a room in a post-natal ward after the birth of their babies.
A precarious friendship develops between the two, and as they face the challenges of new motherhood, they must also confront their pasts and face the truth of the paternity of their newborn babies.

This female-centred story explores territory rich in drama and emotion, which until The Great Maiden's Blush has been neglected as the powerful screen material that it is. (click here for full synopsis)

with: Renee Lyons, Miriama McDowell, K.C. Kelly, Ian Lesa, Barnie Duncan,
Carl Drake, George Fenn & Madeline McNamara

directors of photography - Alun Bollinger & Waka Attewell
editor - Annie Collins (Gardening with Soul, Hook, Line & Sinker)

music - Plan 9 (Janet Roddick, Steve Roche, David Donaldson)

producers - Jeremy Macey, Andrea Bosshard, Shane Loader & Isobel Mebus

One of the most beautifully photographed, best sounding and best written films you'll see this year

Graeme Tuckett Dominion Post