This Is Not a Love Story
| This is Not a Love Story | |
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| Directed by | Keith Hill |
| Written by | Keith Hill |
| Produced by |
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| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Phil Burchell |
| Edited by | Keith Hill |
| Music by | Steve Garden |
Release date |
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Running time | 81 min |
| Country | New Zealand |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $150,000[1] |
This is Not a Love Story is a 2002 New Zealand film directed and written by Keith Hill that depicts a love triangle.[2] It debuted at Dances With Films where it won the award for best produced screenplay.[3][4] It was filmed in Auckland with many of the cast and crew working for free[1] and was released into theatres in October 2003.[5]
Cast
- Sarah Smuts-Kennedy as Belinda
- Stephen Lovatt as Tony
- Peta Rutter as Suzanne
- Beryl Te Wiata as Violet
- Peter Elliott as Karl
- Stelios Yiakmis as Geoff
- Bruce Hopkins as TV writer
Reception
Robert Koehler from Variety writes "Far more adult than most American indie pics treading similar turf, Hill’s first feature (after several well-regarded shorts) reveals a writer-director-editor of considerable talent, equally strong on camera placement, pacing, language and character detail, all of it suggesting more good things to come."[2]
Awards
New Zealand Film and TV Awards 2003
- Best Screenplay - Digital Feature - Keith Hill - nominated[6]
- Best Performance - Digital Feature - Stephen Lovatt - nominated[7]
References
- ^ a b "City hosts NZ debut of acclaimed film", Waikato Times, 2 December 2002
- ^ a b Koehler, Robert (28 July 2002), "This is Not a Love Story", Variety
- ^ Agnew, Margaret (17 August 2002), "flick flak", The Press (Christchurch)
- ^ Dunkley, Cathy (18 July 2002), "'Dotcom' dialed in to fest", Variety
- ^ Ann, Graham (1 October 2003), "Low-budget local film bucks NZ movie trends", Waikato Times
- ^ "Keith Hill", NZ on Screen
- ^ "Stephen Lovatt", NZ on Screen