Falling Sparrows

Described as a “tour of duty at knee height” this short film sees a bunch of boys playing war games confronting reality on a rural New Zealand ‘battlefield’. Actor turned director Murray Keane described the film as an atonement for putting a rubbish bin atop a local war memorial when he was a boy. It was nominated for Best Film and Best Script at the Nokia NZ Film Awards. The young cast includes Daniel Logan (young Boba Fett in Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones) Tyler Read (Shortland Street’s Evan Cooper) and Elliot Lawless (The Bridge of Terabithia).

...could best be described as Saving Private Ryan for eight-year-olds.

– Producer William Grieve on Falling Sparrows

Key Cast & Crew

Elliot Lawless

As: Chris

Rewa Harre

Cinematographer

William Grieve

Producer

Daniel Logan

As: Mark

Murray Keane

Director, Writer

Tyler Read

As: James