Sophie Henderson

Essie Davis (The Babadook) and Thomasin McKenzie (Jojo Rabbit) star in this overcoming-adversity tale about a troubled mother of two fighting against the system to reunite with her children. This battle puts her in the path of Tonyah, her niece who she takes under her wing.

Rose Matafeo (The Breaker Upperers) and Matthew Lewis (Harry Potter) star in this unexpected pregnancy comedy.

A South Auckland petrol station is the setting for this independent drama about graveyard shift worker Tania (Sophie Henderson, also the film’s writer and based on her one-woman stageplay), whose long nights are spent chipping away at the savings she needs to leave with her little brother in search of their father.