Saguenay international
short film festival

Synopsis

Set in New Zealand in the 1970s, Possum is a tale of two young brothers who accompany their lumberjack father to a forest campsite. At odds with each other, the two hatch a plan to head into the woods and hunt for a notorious possum named Scar.

Production :
Headlight Films Ltd
Distribution :
Network Ireland Television
Contact :
Cast :
Duane Evans Jr. and Te Ahi Hakaraia-Hosking
Cinematographer :
Matt Meikle

In competition for :


Best Youth Short Film

Direction
  • Dave Whitehead

    Writer and director Dave Whitehead has years of experience in the film industry as a composer and sound designer. He made his directorial debut with the short film Possum, which marked a turn in his career towards writing and directing. Dave is now developing several short and feature film scripts.