Went Up the Hill, produced by WIFT members, Vicky Pope, executive produced by Jill Macnab, line produced by Michelle Turner, with costume design by Kirsty Cameron, has been selected for the prestigious Toronto International Film Festival, Special Presentations! Congratulations to the entire team. We wish you all the best at your Canadian Premiere in September!
When Jack ventures to remote New Zealand to attend the funeral of his estranged mother, he meets her grieving widow, Jill. But his mother's spirit returns, inhabiting each of their bodies to speak to the other one, instigating a life-threatening three-way nocturnal dance.
WENT UP THE HILL is a psychological drama inspired by writer/director Samuel Van Grinsven's memories of his childhood in New Zealand's South Island. An intimate, modern ghost story that explores the extremities of grief in our pursuit of letting go.