Paradise Palace -- Feature Film

"I am the least difficult of men 

All I want is boundless love"

                                                                     - Frank O'Hara

"Looking 'round the room

I can tell that you 

Are the most beautiful girl in the... room

(In the whole wide room)"

                                                                     - Jemaine Clement

OUR PROJECT

Eli and Claire, two student neighbours in a Wellington apartment building, fall in and out of each other's lives over the summer of 2019, in this exploration of sex and relationships in the digital age.

Paradise Palace is a 90-minute micro-budget independent film created by an ambitious team of Victoria and Massey University film graduates in Wellington, New Zealand, who have all cut their teeth on short films and are now taking the mad plunge into something much bigger.

Inspired by indie film legends like Sean Baker, Richard Linklater, and Wong Kar-Wai, Paradise Palace is an authentic glimpse into student life in Wellington, examining the experiences of young people in the not-so-big city.