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