Earthly Shadows

Joshua Prendeville | Film

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Ashleigh Roworth
Victoire Maderou

Wellington Te Whanganui-a-Tara

$10,001.00 of $9,000 Raised

$10,001.00 of $10,000 Stretch Goal Raised

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42 Generous Donors

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20 May 2026

We made it! Thank you so much to everyone who generously contributed to this project and made it possible for us to now bring it to life! A special shout out to the heartwarming generosity of Unity Books in Wellington who got behind this film in a big way and then came back again to get us over the finish line. Please go a buy a book from their beautiful store!

With less than 24hrs left, we've added a stretch goal to help us cover some of the additional costs that will come out of everyone's own pockets over the course of the film. Any additional funds will go towards covering things such as food and transport expenses for cast and crew during pre-production and rehearsals and to help us to provide a more supportive working environment for everyone who will be giving so much already.

Overview

Earthly Shadows is a short film adaptation of the award-winning story by Fiona Kidman; one of Aotearoa’s most celebrated literary voices.

Following the success of his documentary The House Within, director Joshua Prendeville is now bringing Kidman’s precise, emotionally charged writing to life in a short film.

Set within a single meeting, Earthly Shadows examines what happens when art, identity, and power intersect. It explores the uneasy space between intention and perception; where the desire to do good can become entangled with prejudice, and where cultural frameworks shape not only the work itself, but how it is judged.

This is a film about pressure; social, political, and personal and the uncomfortable truths that surface when that pressure can no longer be contained.

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Random Penguin

Sending on behalf of the social impact team at Penguin Random House NZ and our entire whānau is excited for your film.
Lawrie McColl Unity Books Wellington
Anonymous

Great mahi! Bravi to all involved!
Stephen Kos
Carole Beu

Fiona's writing is sublime and Joshua's films do it justice.

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Project Updates

1 Day Ago

That's a wrap!

Thank you to all our incredible cast and crew for bringing this film to life with us and, of course, thank you to all the generous Boosted supporters who made it all possible!

We're now in the edit with material that we're all very proud of, and we can't wait to share the final film with you all in the near future!