Poppy
98 mins | New Zealand | 2021
Director: Linda Niccol
Producer: Alex Cole-Baker and Robin Laing
Screenwriter: Linda Niccol
Cinematographer: Matthew Knight
Cast: Libby Hunsdale, Ari Boyland, Sebastian Hunter, Kali Kopae
Release Year: 2021
Language: English (Australia)
Subtitle: English (Australia)
Country: New Zealand
(THIS FILM WAS PART OF OUR 2022 FESTIVAL LINEUP AND IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE ON THE SLAMDANCE CHANNEL) Poppy's ambition to become a motor mechanic – starting with the apprenticeship promised by her late father – is stalled by her super protective brother who has reluctantly inherited the family workshop/garage business. It’s not until she teams up with a school friend who needs his car fixed in time to enter the local burnout competition that her plans progress.