LifestyleThe Guardian‘Rip it open’: Big Girls Don’t Cry director explores wounds of early love in film festival hit
New Zealand coming-of-age film Big Girls Don't Cry, which explores consent and queerness in early 2000s small-town life, is winning awards at major film festivals ahead of its October release.
Director Paloma Schneideman explores issues of consent and queerness in coming-of-age film set in New Zealand
New Zealand director Paloma Schneideman's debut film Big Girls Don't Cry has become a hit on the international film festival circuit since premiering at Sundance in February.
The film won the Nouvelle Vagues Grand Prix and earned praise from actress Kristen Stewart, with Variety calling it a gentle, rigorous, queer coming-of-age story.
The film is set for general release in New Zealand and the US on 8 and 9 October respectively.
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