Brother's Keeper Ferit Karahan

Edition: First Cut Lab New Zealand 2025

Big Girls Don’t Cry

New Zealand
Production company: POP Film

World Premiere: Sundance Film Festival 2026 – World Cinema Dramatic Competition

Synopsis

Rural New Zealand, 2006. Over one transformative summer, 14 year-old Sid Bookman discovers desire, identity and the internet, as she imitates the people she longs to be loved by.

CREDITS

Director & Writer: Paloma Schneideman

Editors: Chia Chi Hsu, Cushla Dillon

Producers: Vicky Pope, Thomas Coppell

Cast: Ani Palmer, Rain Spencer, Noah Taylor