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Choice Night
Short Film (Full Length) – 2010
Fifteen-year-old James is a suburban kid who tries to have it all one night on Courtenay Place. A sensitive lead turn from newcomer Aaron McGregor captures the intensity of being taken by the night, as booze and hormones derail romantic intentions. Choice Night was a second short collaboration between director Christopher Dudman and writer Paul Stanley Ward, loosely based on the latter’s experiences as a teenager in 90s Wellington. It was selected for the Clermont-Ferrand (in competition) and BFI London film festivals, and won Best International Short at Geneva.
Affecting coming of age drama. […] Fine lead performances by Aaron McGregor and Pearl McGlashan locate this story firmly in the real world.– Flicks reviewer Dominic Corry, 2010
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