“I don't know of any film quite like Dean Spanley, and I mean that as a compliment. It will stay with me long after 99 per cent of this year's films have been forgotten.”  Christopher Tookey - Daily Mail

“Truly original and very moving, with a hypnotic and elliptical quality all its own.  Its core ideas are absurd yet - uncannily and magically - this never matters. If you love intelligent dialogue - or, indeed, if you simply love dogs - you shouldn't miss it.”  Mark Demetrius - FilmInk

We finish the year with a fine example of reality, albeit one set in the past, twisted into the fantastical but at heart treating of the big questions of life.  It tells a story of fathers and sons, life and death and transformation - literal yet mystical.  Funny and sad by turns with outstanding performances from the late Peter O’Toole, Sam Neill and Jeremy Northam, we hope that you will find this a fitting close to our year of reality transformed.

Most of the New Zealand film and tv awards, including Best Film and Best Director